2023-05-16 21:42:13
While Inter qualified for the Champions League final by beating AC Milan on Tuesday evening (1-0, 3-0 on aggregate), Hakan Çalhanoğlu stopped at the microphone of RMC Sport to tell of his happiness. Not without emotion.
He was not born there, he never played there in a club, but he proudly wears the colors in the national team, since adolescence. Suffice to say that for Hakan Çalhanoğlu, playing a Champions League final in Turkey is a highlight.
While Inter won their ticket to Istanbul (next June 10) by leaving AC Milan this Tuesday evening (1-0, 3-0 overall), the midfielder – former teammate of our consultant Johan Djourou at Hamburg – stopped at the microphone of RMC Sport to confide in his happiness.
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“In the final, it’s 50-50”
“It’s amazing, it’s a dream, especially for me, returning home to Istanbul is magical, he says. We are so happy… thank you to all the supporters. I think we deserve this qualification. The first match we didn’t feel too much pressure, but tonight was different. It was really a match with enormous intensity, I’m very tired, I don’t even have a voice. In the final anything can happen, it’s 50-50.”
In the final, at the Atatürk stadium, Inter will find Manchester City or Real Madrid, who face each other on Wednesday evening in England (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1) after the first leg draw (1-1). Who does Çalhanoğlu prefer to face? “Whatever, both teams are very strong, we’ll see what happens tomorrow,” he slips.
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And to add on the beautiful atmosphere in the locker room: “These guys are more than friends, they’re a family, we spend all our time together, our children go to the same school… Inter , it really is a family.”
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