The most iconic Champions League final performances ranked
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The most iconic Champions League final performances rankedByAlex BysouthBBC Sport senior journalistPublished2 minutes agoCommentsIt's European football's grandest stage, where goalscorers are etched in Champions League folklore and match-winning performances can define careers.You know the drill. With Saturday's showdown between Arsenal and holders Paris St-Germain on the horizon, we're looking at the most iconic individual Champions League final performances of all time.I've ranked my top 10 below - a heady mix of last-gasp goals, all-round artistry and golden-gloved heroes. You can have your say below too.Ranking the most successful world record transfers of the past 50 yearsPublished21 AprilFootball's great entertainers - ranking the biggest showboatersPublished24 MarchHaaland? Kane? R9? Ranking the best centre-forwards this centuryPublished3 MarchAdriano, Samba, R.Larcos - ranking the most iconic video game footballersPublished5 MayShackling ZizouImage source, Getty Images10. Paul Lambert (Borussia Dortmund v Juventus, 1997)Zinedine Zidane is Champions League royalty, as a player and a coach. But there is one final - and one player in particular - that sticks in the Frenchman's mind. "Oh my god, that game!" he remarked to Paul Lambert when they met years later.Lambert joined Dortmund on a free transfer in 1996. Portugal star Paulo Sousa arrived fresh from winning the Champions League with Juventus the same summer, but it was the Scottish midfielder who wrote his name into Westfalenstadion legend.Dortmund saw off Manchester United in the semi-finals to set up a showdown against Juventus in Munich in 1997, with Lambert handed the task of man-marking a playmaker emerging as one of the world's greatest."The thing about Zidane, he drifts off your shoulder. He often goes away from the ball, almost baiting you. But the ball's not the danger, it's him," Lambert told the Guardian. "Zidane did put...


