London Calling

Three tantalising subplots ahead of Saturday's showpiece

The Champions League final is just three days away. Real Madrid are preparing to face Borussia Dortmund in the grandest showpiece in European club football, set at the self-styled ‘home of football’, Wembley. Los Blancos head into the final as heavy favourites, but there will be no room for complacency. For them, this competition is in their DNA, it in so many ways defines their very essence as an entity. Beyond the obvious - the almost mythical, untouchable decimoquinta - there are countless other subplots to get stuck into, and here are three of them.