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Two former winners look ahead to Saturday's UEFA Champions League final
Jose Mourinho once called it 'the biggest trophy in the world,' and the wait to crown a champions league winner is now just one day away.Former winners and pundits at TNT Sports, Rio Ferdinand and Steve McManaman, join World Sport's Amanda Davies in Munich to look ahead to the match between PSG and Inter Milan.
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