“Citizens” for the first time in history won the main European club competition.
On Saturday, June 10, in Istanbul, at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, the finals of the Champions League took place, where the English Manchester City and the Italian Inter met.
Surprisingly, this match did not turn out as most fans and pundits predicted.
The first dangerous moment really appeared in Manchester City after Bernard Silva was a little short to send the ball into the goal after his strike, but Inter responded after a few minutes.
Not without help from Ederson, who created a “fire” out of the blue, but Lautaro still failed to take advantage of it.
Ederson recreated the next moment. The Brazilian made a mistake coming out of the gate, which Barella almost took advantage of, but the Italian failed to score from long range.
The townspeople responded almost immediately. Holland went to a rendezvous with Onan, but failed to defeat the Cameroonian. The second attack within two minutes also did not end in a goal. here the ricochet helped the Cameroonian.
At the end of the half, bad news appeared for Pep Guardiola’s team, as Kevin de Bruyne was injured. Instead, Phil Foden was forced to leave.
In the second half, the Nerazzurri had their first chance. Lautaro catches Akanji’s mistake, but fails to beat Ederson.
A minute before, Romelu Lukaku appeared on the field and it will still play an important role in the match, but first of all.
City opened the scoring in the 68th minute. After a clumsy transfer to Bernard Silva, the ball went to Rodri, who, with a “billiard” shot, sent it almost into the corner of Onan’s goal.
Almost immediately, Inter needed to equalize, but Romelu Lukaku prevented it. In the first attempt to score Di Marco’s header hit the crossbar, and the second was blocked by the foot of his teammate, who was in the wrong place at the wrong moment.
10 minutes after the goal, Rodri Foden could have “buried” Inter, but Onana played incredibly, keeping chances for Simone Inzaghi’s wards.
However, the same Lukaku did not take advantage of these opportunities. Having an incredible chance to score a goal from about a meter away, the Belgian teed up Ederson, and two minutes later shot wide of the goal from a rather dangerous position.
These moments were the last match, and it meant that Manchester City won. For the “citizens” it was the first victory in the Champions League in history.
Match statistics Manchester City – Inter Champions League final
City of Manchester – Inter 1:0
the objectives: Rodri, 68
Possession of the ball: 58% – 42%
blow: 7 – 14
shots on target: 4 – 5
fouls: 10 – 18
Expected goals (xG): 0.80 – 1.55
City of Manchester: Ederson – Akanji, Dias, Ake – Stones, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish – Holland.
Inter: Onana – Darmian, Acherbi, Bastoni – Dumfries, Barella, Brozovich, Chalkanoglu, Dimarco – Martinez, Dzeko.
Source: korrespondent
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