On Friday morning, I boarded a train away from cloudy Denmark, and just like the Barcelona players, my final destination was Berlin. The conditions could not have been any better; I arrived in the afternoon and was met with the wonderful summer weather of Berlin and by a few Juventus fans at the train station who were just as optimistic as I was toward the final.

After a short break at my hotel, my friend and I decided to visit Brandenburger Tor where the official fan festival event for the final was taking place. When we arrived, we were told by the stewards we couldn't enter the venue because there were just too many fans at the event. Instead of waiting, we went around looking to chat with fans from both sides before the big match that will decide a historical treble.

On one side, Barcelona fans predict a comfortable win with players such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez getting on the score sheet, while on the other side, Juventus fans expect a win for The Old Lady with goals scored by Álvaro Morata and Carlos Tévez, but not the one-sided affair as imagined by culés. As you would imagine, both Barça and Juve supporters were full of excitement and hope toward the final and without a fierce historical rivalry between the two fan groups, there was a generally positive atmosphere among the traveling supporters. The Barcelona supporters clustered into several groups, with some Catalan gatherings dedicated to make their voice heard with independency chants accompanied by Catalan flags, while the Italains were mostly split up in small bands.

Once we were finally allowed to go inside the fan gathering, the mood swerved with optimism where fans from both clubs were peacefully together as if they were friends, taking selfies and having fun.

As dawn came over the astonishing Brandenburger Tor, the crowd got thinner and people moved on to other parts of the city. During the night we continued to see Blaugrana and Bianconeri shirts all around the city, some of them were mingling with one another at bars, hanging out for some drinks, any cultural or language differences seemingly forgotten, at least for the night.

While we fans wait for the Champions League final, the teams are preparing as hard as ever before to give us one spectable to remember. Will Barcelona go all out from the start while Juventus sit back and look for the counter? Or are the Italians ready to press high up the pitch to give the Catalan midfield some trouble?

Time will tell how the match will unfold and who will stand victorious after the final whistle, but one thing is for sure: the fans are ready!