The Champions League has an all-England final for the first time since Chelsea and Manchester United squared off in the 2008 tournament.
Tottenham defeated tournament darlings Ajax, a Dutch club from Amsterdam, by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday, despite trailing 2-0 at halftime. Tottenham's Lucas Moura found the back of the net in the final minute of extra time to put Tottenham through to the finals, where they'll face off with Liverpool.
Both Tottenham and Liverpool advanced to the final of the continent-wide tournament in exhilarating and improbable fashion. Tottenham was already down 1-0 to Ajax in the aggregate after the first leg of the semifinal. It looked like they were finished before the three-goal second half surge. Liverpool, meanwhile, blanked Barcelona 4-0 on Tuesday to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds after dropping their first leg against the Lionel Messi-led Spanish superclub, 3-0.
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The comeback kids will play in a winner-takes-all final on June 1 in Madrid. Liverpool, last year's Champions League runners-up, have won five Champions League tournaments, with their last victory coming in 2005. Tottenham's potential victory would be their first.
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