The former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich coach called the debate about Klopp's final record "not fair" as "it is a great achievement to have reached all of these finals, but in the end, people will say he lost them." He admitted to being impressed by Klopp's coolness around that topic.

"You don't get much respect when you lose a final. He seems to have carried that load quite easily. He never gave up and invested as much emotion as a coach possibly can. That is to be admired."

Winning European football's most important club competition makes life for coaches easier, says Hitzfeld, who in 1997 was the first German coach to win the modern-day Champions League when his Dortmund side beat Juventus 3-1.

"You have a longer credit line as a coach. It is like a master's degree," said Hitzfeld, whose success attracted the attention of Real Madrid and several English clubs, before he ultimately joined Bayern with whom he would win the Champions League again in 2001.

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