Today, the European football season has reached its final stage, where the date is the most famous and most important competition, the European Champions League, the English Manchester City and the Italian Inter Milan teams will clash in the final for the “European” title. Champion 2023”, on the ground of Ataturk International Stadium in Istanbul. In Turkey, at 11:00 pm UAE time.
Playing in favor of City is a historical precedent, the same Atatürk Stadium saw the Italian-English final in 2005, when Liverpool beat Milan 3-3 on penalties in regular and extra time. City are a strong candidate to win the title, while Inter Milan are betting to spring a surprise.
City are seeking to crown a historic season by winning the most important title they have chased for years and came close to achieving in 2021 when they lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the final, while Inter Milan look to clinch the title. For the fourth time, after the years 1964, 1965 and 2010. Having won the English Premier League title for the ninth time this season and being crowned FA Cup champions a week ago, City are on a roll and need today’s title to complete a historic treble. Only nine times in 1999, by only one English club, Man United. across the European continent. City benefit from the experience of its Spanish coach Guardiola, who won the European title twice as coach with Barcelona, while this is a third European final for City, where he won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1970, while losing to the 2021 champions. The final ended Inter’s run of 10 finals, five of which saw them crowned champions. Three of those times, and five times in the Europa League Cup, three of which were won.
City has a large number of nominations based on the technical level of its players and its quality, especially with the tournament’s top scorer with 12 goals leading its attack, Norwegian Holland who has scored 52 goals in all competitions. This season, and Belgian player De Bruyne, has 10 goals and 31 assists each. In competitions, he also tops the list of assists of the European champions.
City knocked out arch-rivals such as Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, and eliminated reigning champions and reigning champions Real Madrid in the semi-finals, while Inter knocked out Benfica in the quarter-finals and then arch-rivals Milan in the semi-finals.
Inter Milan have weapons that could spring a surprise, including former City star Bosnian Dzeko and Belgian Lukaku, who is expected to be one of the substitutes, as well as Argentina’s top scorer Lautaro Martinez and veteran Mkhitaryan.
Ataturk Stadium was the scene of the England-Italy final in 2005, in which Liverpool beat AC Milan on penalties after a tie in regular and extra time.
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