Milan's San Siro stadium is preparing for a glitzy all-Spanish final of the Champions League final as fans of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid packed the city in glorious summer sunshine. R&B star Alicia Keys will become the first artist to perform live at the final during a glitzy, nine-minute opening ceremony that will feature 400 dancers and be capped by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing the competition's anthem.
Record ten-time champions Real, who won the inaugural trophy in 1956, are gunning for their 11th title from European football's premier club event two years after a stunning comeback victory over Atletico in Lisbon secured 'La Decima'. Atletico, however, are the ones hoping to be singing and dancing in the streets of Milan later Saturday as the 'Rojiblancos' go in search of a maiden trophy.
AFP