Manchester City beats a decent Inter and wins the Champions League

Winning a Champions League is not easy, let alone a final. It doesn’t matter if you’re the best team in the world. He suffered, he was not comfortable and far from it fulfilled the predictions that the majority of the world of football made before the crash. Still, the Manchester City Pep Guardiola has managed, after many years, to win a European Cup after beating Inter de Milan in the final played in Istanbul (1-0).

In the first half, the approach of Simone Inzaghi had in check to Guardiola. Intensity, few spaces and a constant search for dizzying cons. The set was not found comfortable sky blue at no time, although he had more of the ball. Nonetheless, Haaland He had a clear chance in his boots that Onana cleared with a masterful save. The Norwegian, constantly marked by Franco Acerbi, could not support his team as usual.

It was in the 33rd minute when the Spanish coach’s team found a problem in capital letters. Kevin de Bruyne had to retire injured to make way for Phil Foden. A huge setback for Guardiola, who lost his captain general in three quarters of the field. After that, the first half entered a period of maximum equality that remained without chances until the 22 protagonists had to retire to changing rooms.

The break, like the first 15 minutes after the restart, were the calm before the storm. Inter also suffered an injury, and Edin Dzeko had to leave the field of play to make way for Luke.

More of the same at the beginning, until the game went crazy. Occasions on the part of both sides, which ended up opting for the English side. In the 68th minute, Bernardo Silva entered the area to cross the ball. A rejection left the ball dead for Rodri Hernandez He will shoot practically alone at Onana’s goal. The Spaniard made it 1-0, and it was the spark that ended up waking up Inter.

Inzaghi’s pupils turned on Ederson’s goal, although without luck. Dimarco had the clearest, with a header to the crossbar. The rejection blocked him, inadvertently, Lukaku. From then on, City dominated the ball and put the game to sleep.

Despite the desperate attempts by the Italians —with a carom included in which Rúben Días almost scored his own goal—, the game came to an end. Manchester City gets its first Champions League and Guardiola the third after the two he won with Barcelona (2009 and 2011). A project, that of the citizenswhich puts the finishing touch to many years of unsuccessful attempts.

Datasheet

Manchester City, 1: Ederson; Akanji, Rúben Dias, Stones, Aké; Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne (Foden, m.35); Grealish, Bernardo and Haaland
Inter Milan, 0: Onana; Darmian (D’Ambrosio, m.84), Acerbi, Bastoni (Gosens, m.76); Dumfries (Bellanova, m.76), Barella, Brozovic, Calhanoglu (Mkitaryan, m.84), Dimarco; Dzeko (Lukaku, m.57) and Lautaro

Gol: 1-0, m.68: Rodri
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland). He admonished Haaland (m.92) and Ederson (m.94), from Manchester City; and to Barella (m.59), Lukaku (m.83) and Onana (m.92), from Inter Milan
Incidences: Final of the Champions League played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul in front of some 70,000 spectators