road to the end
“Manchester City” spends an almost perfect season, except for the results in the English League Cup, which the English giants are traditionally a bit cold. “Citizens” ahead of schedule became champions of their country, won the FA Cup last week and are now ready to issue the so-called “triple”.
What is surprising: on the way to Istanbul, the “City” met such teams as “Real”, “Bayern” without any problems. The Madrid club suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in recent years, losing in the second leg of the semifinals against the “citizens” with a score of 0:4. In general, the Manchester club in 12 meetings won seven wins and five draws, scoring as many as 31 goals.
As for Inter, the Milanese have not been able to really compete for the title in the national championship, but they did take the country’s Cup and will participate in the Champions League final for the first time in 13 years. The Blue Jays look very good in the play-offs: they managed to eliminate Porto, Benfica and, most importantly, Milan. Of the six games in the knockout stage, Inter left the doors closed in five cases. So City should think about how to break through the Italian defense.
Quotes
Josep Guardiola, Manchester City manager: “We have to accept that if we want to take the step as a great club, we have to win the European competition. City have to win the Champions League and there is no turning back. But the most important thing is” Go far every year, over and over again. For Inter, the Italian team in the final is the worst option. The guys will have to work hard.”
Inter manager Simone Inzaghi: “We understand what kind of game we have to play. We know that Manchester City are a top team, the best in the world right now. It’s the 57th game of the season. There have been ups and downs when there were failures , we grew and added. We have the opportunity to write history. It will be extremely difficult to win, but we will work together to please our fans.”
Interesting data
– Manchester City and Inter have never met in official tournaments.
– City will play their second final in history: in 2021, the Citizens lost in the decisive match against Chelsea (0-1). In turn, Inter played in the Champions League final five times and won the trophy three times: in 1964, 1965 and 2010.
– Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola has twice won the Champions League as manager, but the last time was in 2011 with Barcelona. Since then, he has been in charge of Bayern and City. As for Simone Inzaghi, the team he leads will play the European Cup final for the first time.
– One of Inter’s top scorers, Edin Dzeko, played for Manchester City for four years (2011-2015), winning five trophies.
– Manchester City could become the sixth English club after Manchester United, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forrest, Chelsea and Liverpool to win the European Cup trophy.
– Inter became the first Italian club to reach the Champions League final in eight years. In 2015, Juventus lost in the final game of the tournament against Barcelona with a score of 1:3.
Approximate compositions according to “RG”
Manchester City: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dian, Nathan Ake, John Stones, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish, Erling Holland.
Inter: Andre Onana, Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Chalkhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco, Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko.
betting shops
Bookmakers consider Manchester City the clear favorite for the upcoming match: experts accept bets on the victory of the British in regulation time with a calculation of 1 to 1.5, and on Inter – 1 to 6 ,5. A draw is valued at 4.7.
where we will look
June 10, Saturday, “TV Party”
22.00 Manchester City-Inter. Live broadcast.
