Tottenham were just the third London club to reach the final of the Champions League, after Arsenal and Chelsea, and they were also the third to lose one. The 2018/19 Champions League season was one of the most dramatic in history as both Tottenham and Liverpool recovered from big semi-final deficits to set up an all-English final, with Lucas Moura the hero for Mauricio Pochettino’s side against Ajax. But in the final, it was all Liverpool. An early penalty from Salah put them in control and Origi completed the scoring late on. Like Juventus before them, Tottenham only made it to the last-16 the following year, falling to RB Leipzig.
We don’t yet know how PSG’s season after losing the Champions League has gone, of course, but they are making a good claim for another spot in the final after heartbreak at the hands of Bayern Munich and former player Kingsley Coman. The French champions won a difficult group ahead of RB Leipzig and Manchester United and pummelled Barcelona in the last-16, despite going through a transition period under Thomas Tuchel and now Pochettino. They have, unfortunately, been drawn against Bayern again in the 2020/21 Champions League quarter-finals but the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Marquinhos will be out for revenge.
