The recent Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal witnessed a rare occurrence. Ousmane Dembélé’s successful conversion of a penalty, earned by Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia just past the hour mark, brought the score to 1-1 in the 65th minute. This pivotal goal not only leveled the match but also concluded an improbable eight-year stretch where both competing teams had failed to score at least once in the final showdown of Europe’s premier club competition.

Before this thrilling encounter, one had to look back to 2018 to find a Champions League final where both sides found the back of the net. That year, Real Madrid claimed victory over Liverpool with a 3-1 scoreline. The subsequent seven finals had all concluded with one of the two teams failing to register a goal. Interestingly, this isn’t the first time such a scoring pattern has emerged in the tournament’s history; a similar eight-final streak of one-sided scoring occurred between 1988 and 1996.