2023-06-09 11:49:00
Friday, June 9, 2023 – 3:49 PM
ABU DHABI, 9th June, 2019 (WAM) — The eyes of millions of football fans around the world will turn to the “Ataturk” Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, to watch the final match of the UEFA Champions League between Manchester City and Inter Milan.
The final match of the Champions League always attracts great attention, as it is the final match for the strongest continental club championship in the world, and its importance is doubled this time by the level of the two teams and the need for each of them to win the title.
Manchester City continued its series of brilliance, which began years ago, and the team presented a distinguished season at the local and European levels, and the team crowned its local start with the league and cup double; Where he won the Premier League title for the third season in a row and the fifth time in the last 6 seasons.
Manchester City, led by Spanish coach Josep Guardiola, also won the FA Cup by defeating its neighbor Manchester United 2-1 in the final match of the tournament.
The team made its way to the final match of the European Champions League, where it overthrew more than one strong team on its way, and the most recent of them was the Spanish Real Madrid, the defending champion, by defeating it in the semi-finals.
And now, “City” is looking forward to completing the historic treble (FA League, Cup and Champions League) by winning its first title in the Champions League.
On the other hand, Inter Milan is looking forward to winning the third title in the current season as well, following winning last January the Italian Super Cup title by defeating its neighbor Milan 3-0 in the Saudi capital Riyadh, then the team recently crowned the Italian Cup title by defeating Fiorentina 2-1. in the final.
Inter Milan hopes to beat Manchester City tomorrow and win its fourth title in the history of its Champions League participation.
Inter Milan previously won the historic treble (the Italian League and Cup and the European Champions League) in the 2009-2010 season, led by former Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho.
Manchester City and Inter Milan meet for the first time in official matches, but it may be one of the most important matches in the history of the two teams, as the first aspires to achieve the historic treble and the other aspires to compensate for his empty-handed exit from the Italian League this season and his third place in the competition behind Napoli and Lazio. .
Manchester City is in the final for the second time; Where he previously lost the final once morest Chelsea, England, 0-1 in 2021, but the team gained great experience from its participation in the tournament over the past years, and gained a huge boost from passing Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals and Real Madrid in the semi-finals.
Inter Milan is in the final for the sixth ball in its history, where it was crowned champion 3 times and lost the final two previous times, and its last appearance in the final was before tomorrow’s match during the 2010 edition when it crowned the title at the expense of Bayern Munich.
Guardiola, who crowned Barcelona with the Champions League title in 2009 and 2011, said: When you reach the Champions League final, you should celebrate. Playing in the final once morest an Italian team is not always the best gift. Inter Milan is a team that can compete strongly.
Simone Inzaghi, coach of Inter Milan, said: For us, qualifying for the final was a dream, but we always believed in the possibility of achieving it. Exceptionally towards the final, and winning the derby in the semi-finals gave us a special conviction,” referring to the victory over AC Milan in the Champions League semi-finals.
Each of the two teams presented a distinguished path on the way to the final, and Manchester City achieved 7 wins, a draw in 5 matches, and did not lose any match, and its players scored 31 goals, while conceding only 5 times.
The team’s march in the Champions League was an extension of its brilliance in local tournaments throughout the season.
On the way to the final, Inter Milan scored 7 wins, drew 3 matches and lost two matches, and its players scored 19 goals compared to 10 goals conceded by the team.
Despite the team’s suffering in some periods in the Italian League during this season, Inter Milan presented a balanced and coherent march in the Champions League and overcame more than one difficult obstacle on the way to the final.
Manchester City is counting on Guardiola’s great experience in the Champions League, as well as the experience gained by more than one player in the tournament, such as Belgian Kevin De Bruyne.
The team also places high hopes on the scoring capabilities of its young Norwegian player Erling Haaland, who was crowned top scorer in the English Premier League in his first season with the team and tops the list of Champions League scorers so far with 12 goals.
Inter Milan also relies on the experience of its coach Simone Inzaghi and his proficiency in dealing with final matches, as well as the high scoring capabilities of his Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez, who scored 25 goals in 49 matches he played with Inter Milan in various tournaments this season. The player also forms a distinguished duo in the team’s attack with the Belgian. Romelu Lukaku.
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