MADRID (EUROPA PRESS).- Manchester City was proclaimed champion of the Champions League for the first time in its history by beating Inter Milan 1-0 this Saturday, with a goal from Spanish midfielder Rodrigo, in the final played at the Olympic Stadium Ataturk of Istanbul.
Pep Guardiola’s men took the sting out of the final lost in 2021, fateful at times also for a Kevin de Bruyne injured again, thanks to the Spaniard’s goal in the 68th minute.
The English team thus lifted the first Champions League in its history, after an even match, with few occasions and a great final scare due to the very clear occasion that Lukaku forgave in the 89th minute and one more in the Italian corner kick with which the end died
City was the team that tried to do the most damage, as just after minute three Erling Haaland fired a powerful left-footed shot that went wide, but they already warned the Italian defense.
For the 27th minute goalkeeper André Onana saved his team before a new shot from the Norwegian striker, Haaland found himself alone in the area thanks to a filtered pass from Kevin De Bruyne.
Before going to rest, Manchester suffered a significant loss due to the injury of Kevin de Bruyne, the Belgian had to come out of substitution and the story of the 2021 Champions League Final was repeated, when de Bruyne could not finish the game. game after fracturing his cheekbone in a collision with Antonio Rüdiger.
Already in the second half, after several offensive attempts, the team led by Pep Guardiola took the lead, the play began with a great filtered pass from Manuel Akanji to Bernardo Silva who put a diagonal that was cut by the Italian defense, but thanks to the rebound in the small area, the Spanish Rodri appeared who took a right hand and beat André Onana’s nets. His team was already winning 1-0.
After being down on the scoreboard, Inter Milan advanced their offensive lines and had several shots on goal. At 71 Federico Dimarco found the ball inside the area to turn it on with a header that ended up crashing into Ederson’s crossbar and on the rebound he headed the ball again, but it hit the legs of his Belgian teammate Romelu Lukaku.
For 73 Now Lukaku shot at the goal that the Brazilian goalkeeper easily saved. The Belgian had another chance at 81, but took a weak header to the center that did not hurt, and finally at 89 the striker, but took a new left footed shot, but it went too cross and went over the side of the goal of the City. The marker no longer moved and City raised their first Orejona in history.
