On the Exploria Stadium scoreboard, the result of the Lions' Concacaf Champions League Round-of-16 second leg against Tigres UANL read as a 1-1 draw at the full-time whistle. But on the pitch, it was the Liga MX side deep in celebration and Orlando eliminated from the tournament on away goals.

More on Football\n\n HEAD-TO-HEAD: Liverpool and Real Madrid have met eight times in competitive fixtures in the past and the Reds have won just once, in the Champions League final of 1981, which also took place in Paris. Real Madrid has won four times, while the remaining three matches have been draws.

This was a record-third time that the two teams meet in the final, after the 1981 final, which was held in the Parc des Princes in Paris and in which Liverpool prevailed 1 0, and the 2024 final held at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv, which was won 3 1 by Real Madrid.