Women's Champions League final build-up: Arsenal & Barcelona news conferences
Update:
Date: 18:04 BST
Title: Champions League trophy stolen
Content: Arsenal v Barcelona (Sat, 17:00 BST)
Emma SandersBBC Sport women's football news reporter at Estádio José Alvalade
We've just heard about a crazy story...
On Saturday, Sporting were crowned Portuguese champions after beating Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0 in the Primeira Liga.
They were playing at the Estádio José Alvalade - where we are now for the press conferences - and fans celebrated heavily.
In their excitement, they broke through to a trophy cabinet area where they stole what they believed to be the newly-won Portuguese title.
Instead, they went home with the Women's Champions League trophy, that was brought here in preparation for tomorrow's final.
Realising what they had done, the Sporting fans rang up to apologise and brought the trophy back!
Update:
Date: 18:02 BST
Title: Three in a row?
Content: Arsenal v Barcelona (Sat, 17:00 BST)
Barcelona are looking to cement their legacy and extend their dominance in Europe.
They are competing in a sixth Champions League final in total and their fifth in a row as they bid to become only the second team to lift the trophy three years in a row.
Arsenal, on the other hand, have reached just their second Champions League final. No English side has won the competition since the Gunners lifted the trophy in their first final. Can they make it two wins from two?
Update:
Date: 17:59 BST
Title: Olá!
Content: Arsenal v Barcelona (Sat, 17:00 BST)
This time tomorrow the Women's Champions League final be under way in Lisbon.
Will it be a third successive European crown for Barcelona, or a first in 18 years for Arsenal?
There's plenty to get stuck into before Saturday's showpiece event so let's get to it.
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