Experience is a key factor in football and this Real Madrid squad boast a whopping 292 titles between them, almost six times as many as those accumulated by the Liverpool team they will face on Saturday.
In the Champions League alone, there are 47 winners' medals across the Blancos dressing room with 45 of those won in Spain, along with Toni Kroos' and Cristiano Ronaldo's claimed at Bayern Munich and Manchester United, respectively.
That compares with the lone medal won by Emre Can as a young squad player in that same Munich team of 2012/13, which helps the Reds' tally onto a mere 50.
Many of those have come in leser competitions and don't include individual honours such as the Ballon d'Or, where Real are again on top.
Out in front of the pack is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has lifted 26 titles throughout his time with Madrid, United and the Portuguese national team.
Behind him comes Karim Benzema's 24 and Kroos' 23, aided by trophies claimed back in their homeland, while Sergio Ramos and Marcelo are both on 20.
As mentioned, experience can be the determiner in big games such as the Champions League final and Liverpool will have to find a way to make up for their relative lack of big game victories in Kiev.
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