This is the final football purists have been waiting their lives for. The two best sides in the world lock horns in a contest of technique, vision, brawn and heart. A final romanticised as an exhibition of attacking flair.
The mesmerising dribbles of Lionel Messi will be pitted against the sublime trickery of Cristiano Ronaldo, both players capable of ripping defences apart with breathtaking skill, deadly pace and a willingness to bring the game to the opposition.
Both teams are armed with matchwinners. Ronaldo can turn the tides with a single freekick, and not even the whole backline can stop Messi at his best. And even without these 2 key men, there are 20 others on the field equally capable of making football history.
This will be the day thousands of football fans around the world wear their hearts on the sleeves of their champions. This will be the day thousands of men, women and children unite around a single obsession, willing their team to go forth and do battle in their names on the arena of greatness. This will be the day the fate of the team and its supporters come together as one, to be lifted or broken as a collective spirit. This is the day soccer fans live and breathe for, the biggest match of the year.
It will be an enthralling contest, no holds barred, no prisoners taken. Sit back and watch the fireworks.