The storm of the UEFA Champions League Final is fast approaching.
All eyes turn to Porto this weekend as Manchester City and Chelsea meet at the Dragao to compete for the most coveted prize in European football.
And this year, that famous trophy will arrive at European football’s annual showpiece event via the All-New Nissan Qashqai - the ultimate UEFA Champions League Trophy Carrier.
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Nissan became an official sponsor of the competition worldwide from the 2014-15 season, an inaugural campaign that saw two giants of the game heading for an historic final.
Barcelona struck early against Juventus, Ivan Rakitic converting an Andres Iniesta pass to give the Spanish giants the lead inside the opening five minutes.
An old foe equalised ten minutes after half-time, though, as former Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata reacted first to pass into an empty net afer Marc-Andre ter Stegen had saved from Carlos Tevez.
The tide looked to be turning, but Barca weathered the storm and eventually sailed to a 3-1 victory to be crowned kings of Europe in Berlin.
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The following year saw the Madrid derby arrive in Milan as a local rivalry took over the biggest game in football in a repeat of the final from just two years earlier.
Sergio Ramos gave Real the lead at San Siro, the defender showing all the predatory instincts of the world’s top strikers as he nipped in to convert a flicked header from Gareth Bale.
Antoine Griezmann had the chance to restore parity just seconds after the break, only to see his penalty fly back off the crossbar.
But Atleti had made a habit of digging in and refusing to be beaten, and the honours were even when Yannick Carrasco turned in a low cross from Juanfran.
From then, a penalty shootout felt inevitable, and so too did it that Cristiano Roanldo would be the man to step up and strike the winning kick as Real reigned in Italy.
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Then it was Cardiff’s turn to play host as the Old Lady of Juventus returned to show us her tricks - most notably through Mario Mandzukic, who cancelled out Cristiano Ronaldo with one of the greatest goals the UEFA Champions League Final has ever witnessed as his acrobatic volley brought the Italians level on 27 minutes.
But Juve were up against the real deal at the Millennium Stadium, and were back behind before the break when Casemiro let fly with a long-range stunner to restore the lead for Zinedine Zidane’s side.
Cristiano then got back in on the act, putting daylight between the sides before Marco Asensio struck in the final moment to make it 4-1 and see Real retain their crown and make it two in a row.
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And it was more of the same in Kiev, as Cristiano and co. saw off Liverpool this time to clinch a remarkable hat-trick of UEFA Champions League titles.
Karim Benzema put the reigning champions ahead with a bizarre opener early in the second half, cutting out a throw from Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius to deflect the ball into an empty net.
Jurgen Klopp’s side were level just a few minutes later, however, as Sadio Mane stole in to convert an equaliser from close range.
But that was as good as it would get for the Reds. Real would not be denied and Gareth Bale took centre-stage, with the pick of his two goals in their 3-1 victory coming via an astonishing overhead-kick.
The hat-trick was complete.
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But Liverpool roared back the following season, passing Tottenham in an all-English final in none other than Madrid itself.
Real had fallen earlier on in the competition and so, for the first time in three years, the UEFA Champions League Trophy would be leaving the Spanish capital for a new home - and it would find familiar lodgings on the Mersey.
The Metropolitano Stadium would see the Reds go one better this time around as an early Mo Salah penalty and a late Divock Origi goal saw Liverpool crowned the new kings of Europe.
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Last year was the season none of us saw coming.
But like Bayern Munich and PSG, nothing could stop the UEFA Champions League Trophy finding its way to Lisbon.
Paris put up a fight at the Estadio da Luz, but the Bavarians were crowned the kings.
Kingsley Coman struck the only goal of the game on the hour mark and Europe had a new champion.
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With Porto now braced to crown a new champion, watch the video below to recall when the UEFA Champions League Trophy came to you.