2023-06-11 02:02:48
08:06 PM
In a closely contested game, with few goal options on either side and impeccable tactical work, Manchester City was crowned champion of the Champions League after beating Inter 1-0.
The favorite was crowned champion with a goal from the Spanish Rodrigo Hernández, in the 68th minute, for the English team to break the curse that tormented them in Europe: the Champions League that they had lost in the 2021 edition at the hands of Chelsea.
In the game played in Istanbul, City suffered the unspeakable and lost its brain Kevin de Bruyne due to injury in the first half, after 35 minutes, injecting more drama into a match that, in the end, earned the English team the triplet: League, Cup and Champions League.
A beautiful final that the spectators enjoyed from beginning to end with the options of Lautaro Martínez and Romelu Lukaku for Inter, who had the clearest compromise for the Italians, who brought out the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson as a figure, and a Lukaku with little luck .
The hero of the night was Rodri, the Spaniard who celebrated at the end. “I am very happy, and grateful to be able to experience this, it is something I never imagined and my family, my girlfriend, all those who have passed through this club that so longed for this crown and being in charge of the goal come to mind. something wonderful. It is not only for me but for those who have passed through here like Sergio Agüero, Fernandinho, Vincent Kompany and David, ”he commented during the broadcast.
Rodri, a former player for Villarreal and Atlético Madrid, is not a regular in scoring goals. In fact, he had only scored one goal this season, also in the Champions League, in the quarterfinals against Bayern Munich, but he broke Inter’s goal and lit up the party for the English.
Rodri disguised himself as Erling Haaland, with his 52 goals this season, and shot the Cameroonian goalkeeper André Onana, after a backward pass from the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, when City had the worst.
A winner
Coach Pep Guardiola was also able to win his first Champions League away from Barcelona, where he had won the titles in the 2009 and 2011 editions.
The Spanish strategist reached 35 titles in his career, of those, three in the Champions League, five Premier Leagues, three Uefa Super Cup, among others.
The South American Quota
In addition to starting goalkeeper Ederson, who was key, especially in the second half, when he prevented his goal from falling, the champion club has several South Americans on its roster who turned the Olympic game around in Istanbul.
Along with Ederson, 29 years old and who covered the 34 games played in the 2022-2023 Champions League, City had the Argentines Maximilano Perrone, 20 years old and Julián Álvarez, 23 years old, who has a great record , since he was champion with River Plate of the Argentine league, the Copa Libertadores and the Recopa Sudamericana. While with the Argentine team, the Copa América, the South American Pre-Olympic and the World Cup held last December in Qatar.
Synthesis Manchester City 1 – Inter 0
Estadio: Ataturk (Istanbul).
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Polonia)
Assistants: Paweł Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz (Polonia).
Assistance: 71,412 spectators.
Manchester City: Ederson; Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji; Nathan Aké, Bernardo Silva, John Stones (Kyle Walker, 82′), Rodrigo Hernández, Jack Grealish; Kevin De Bruyne (Phil Foden, 36′), Ilkay Gündogan and Erling Haaland.
DT: Pep Guardiola.
Gol: Rodrigo Hernandez (68′).
Expelled: did not have.
Figure: Ederson.
Inter: Andre Onana; Denzel Dumfries (Raoul Bellanova, 76′), Matteo Darmian (Danilo D’Ambrosio, 84′), Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni (Robin Gosens, 76′), Nicolo Barella, Federico Dimarco; Hakan Calhanoglu (Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 84′), Marcelo Brozovic; Edin Dzeko (Romelu Lukaku, 57) and Lautaro Martínez.
DT: Simone Inzaghi.
Gol: did not mark
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