Steven Gerrard

Fifteen years after the "Miracle of Istanbul" that cemented Steven Gerrard's status as a Liverpool legend, the Turkish metropolis was supposed to host its second Champions League final on May 30. But that was before the coronavirus pandemic wreaked worldwide havoc.

Real Madrid won the 2018 Champions League final to register their third consecutive title. They are struggling in the league right now, but they could improve under their newly appointed head-coach Santiago Solari.

Below we have listed three Champions League finals which are considered as one of the best finals in the history of the elite competition.

Senegal's ex-Newcastle and Chelsea striker Demba Ba on Jan. 31 rejoined his former Turkish club Beşiktaş until the end of the season from Shanghai Shenhua of China.

Beşiktaş said in a statement that the deal agreed with the player and Chinese club was a "temporary transfer" and adding no payment was involved.

While Chelsea heads into the close season serene in the knowledge of its Premier League supremacy, the English summer holds weeks of recalibration for the teams seeking to topple the Londoners.

Can Manchester City, the usurped champion and runner-up this season, successfully rejuvenate a starting XI that has barely changed since the 2012 title triumph?

Hakan Ar?kan, the Turkish goalkeeper of Trabzonspor who conceded four goals against Napoli in the last 32-stage first leg game of the Europa League on Feb. 19, has uniquely bad memories with Napoli coach Rafael Benitez.

With a 8-0 loss in 2007 still in mind, Istanbul?s Black Eagles visit Liverpool in a first leg tie of the teams? Europe League last 32 clash. Turkey?s Trabzonspor, meanwhile, will test itself against Napoli Be?ikta?

Be?ikta? will be out to erase the painful memories of a humiliating defeat in 2007 against Liverpool when it visits the Premier League giant tonight for the first leg of a Europa League Last 32 clash.

Trabzonspor will also aim for European success and host Serie A?s Napoli.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard announced Friday he was leaving the club at the end of the season, ending a rollercoaster 25-year association with the English giants.
      
The 34-year-old midfielder, who has never played for another club in his professional career, said it had been "the toughest decision of my life".
      

Brendan Rodgers insists there is no chance Steven Gerrard will crack under pressure when the Liverpool captain bids for redemption against Chelsea on Nov. 8.