Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium on Sunday. After the victory, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said, “This final was written in the stars,” according to Manchester City’s official website. The 99 season also became the second Premier League club to secure the treble after Manchester United.
Guardiola and his team received praise and well wishes from around the world after the historic night. Along with this, Hollywood actress Julia Roberts also congratulated Catalan. Back in March, Guardiola said he felt like a “failure” when the Ocean’s XI star visited Manchester United’s Old Trafford instead of Man City’s Etihad Stadium. (Meet the world’s richest footballer and it’s not Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar or David Beckham)
“Congratulations to @pepteam on leading your team to become UCL champions,” Roberts wrote on Instagram with the hashtags #pep and #soccermom.
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Manchester City won their first UEFA Champions League title. Furthermore, they became the second English club to complete the treble by winning the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in the same football season.
After the final match, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said, “Sometimes it seems that this year’s competition, this final, was written in the stars,” according to Manchester City’s official website.
He further praised his goalkeeper Ederson, “The goals, the chances he had. In extra time you can lose the game, Ederson makes saves there.”
Pep Guardiola became the first manager to win two trebles with two different teams. First with Barcelona in 2008/09 and then with Manchester City in 2022/23.
Pep Guardiola, 52, said, “I will be the same person and we will be the same team and we will be the same club. Today was our year, but of course to have done it in the past we are incredibly satisfied.” Get something unique, a treble for this club.”
“Right now it looks to me like we leave the Champions League and five Premier League titles to our credit. Two FA Cups, four Carabao Cups, Community Shields in seven years,” he said according to Manchester City’s official website.
“Credit to what we have done. We have to win Europe to be considered one of the really good teams and we will win it. Suffering, you can expect it because Inter is an exceptional team. The physicality that is needed to win.” Fights for,” said Guardiola.
He added, “Sometimes you need that type of luck that in the past, against Tottenham and other games, in the final against Chelsea, we didn’t have it. Today we have it.”
In the first half of the match, Manchester City looked a bit nervous with their style of play. Inter Milan worked well on their plans in the first half, but could not score. Manchester City also struggled to find the net in the first half.
In the first half, Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was forced off after suffering a hamstring injury. Phil Foden was sent in as his replacement. In the second half, Manchester City changed tactics, with defender John Stones playing in midfield and making vital overlap runs.
Manchester City’s efforts soon began to produce positive results. Rodri scored in the 68th minute of the match to give Manchester City a 1–0 lead.
Inter Milan tried to reply quickly but Federico DiMarco’s header hit the post and the follow-up was blocked by teammate Romelu Lukaku. Inter Milan tried every weapon in their arsenal but could not find the back of the net as Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson denied them every time.
Manchester City took a total of seven shots, four of which were on target. His ball possession during the game was 56 percent. He completed a total of 512 passes with an accuracy of 86 percent.
Inter Milan took 14 shots, of which only six were on target. His ball possession during the game was 44 percent. He completed a total of 384 passes with an accuracy of 82 percent.