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UEFA Champions League Final 2017

Excitement is building in Cardiff ahead of Real Madrid and Juventus' Champions League final clash in the National Stadium of Wales.Cardiff is gearing up to play host to the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday, June 3.

170,000 fans are expected to travel to the Welsh capital for what will be the biggest single sporting event in the UK since the 2012 Olympics.

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Champions League Final: Gareth Bale starts on the bench for Real Madrid

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Wales' Gareth Bale starts the Champions League final on bench.

The forward has not played since coming off in the first half of El Clasico on April 23, and he admitted he may have rushed his return following an ankle operation in November.

Bale hopes to become the sixth man to be crowned a European champion in his home city, with former Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney the only previous British player to do so at Wembley in 1968.

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