Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will make history as the two teams battle it out in the first ever all-German final in the Champions League.
Bayern will deservedly start favorites, after thumping Barcelona in the semifinals 7-0 on aggregate and romping to the Bundesliga title by 25 points.
The German champions are in line for a treble, with the German Cup final also awaiting them next weekend, and manager Jupp Heynckes, who will make way for Pep Guardiola at the end of the season, wants to go out on the highest of possible highs, even if he might want others to think otherwise.
"I've been involved in some pretty big matches, we've had victories and titles, but as a sportsman you have failures as well," Heynckes said. "This will be a special game for my players and my club.
"For our players who are 28, 29 and 30, winning against a German team would be the crowning glory of their careers and for me as well -- but perhaps with a little more detachment because I've experienced this before. For Bayern it would be really important, for me it's just another match.
"This season we've achieved extraordinary things. It's been the best season any team has had in 50 years of the Bundesliga. In recent weeks we've had one draw and won all our other games -- and of course we have the aspiration to carry that on."
Dortmund, though, will not lie down and play dead, having already knocked out the mighty Real Madrid in the semifinals, thanks largely to that stunning 4-1 win in the first leg.
Jurgen Klopp has received much praise for his work with the young side, and rightly so, and the affable German will now want to crown it all with a win in the Champions League final at Wembley.
"You can win with the right decision at the right moment," he said. "Both teams are very strong, that's why we're here. Small things can decide the game, but to be prepared for those you have to do the big things right.
"You need to enjoy what you're doing and focus on your task, but be aware that it can go wrong. People have climbed Mount Everest aware they might have to turn back ten metres from the top. They try anyway and so will we."
Dortmund will be without influential playmaker Mario Gotze, who will be a Bayern player next season, but Mats Hummels is expected to make the final. Bayern players Toni Kroos and Holger Badstuber remain sidelined.
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Expected lineups: Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer; Bender, Gundogan; Blaszczykowski, Reus, Groskreutz; Lewandowski.
Bayern Munich: Neuer; Lahm, Van Buyten, Dante, Alaba; Martinez, Schweinsteiger; Robben, Muller, Ribery; Mandzukic.
Prediction: 3-2 to Bayern Munich after extra time
