Bola.com, Jakarta – Manchester City and Chelsea will clash in this season’s Champions League final at the Estadio do Dragao, Sunday (30/5/2021) early morning WIB. The two teams will kill each other to grab the Big Ear trophy.
Man City managed to swing to the top of the Champions League after beating Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 on aggregate. On the other hand, the Blues won 3-1 on aggregate over Real Madrid in the two-legged semifinal match.
Manchester City and Chelsea have met three times in domestic competition this season. The Citizens won once, and the Blues won twice.
In Week 17 of the Premier League this season, Manchester City won 3-1 at home to Chelsea. City won through goals from Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, and Kevin De Bruyne. At that time, Chelsea was still handled by Frank Lampard.
After that, the two teams met in the FA Cup semifinals. This time, Chelsea has changed to being coached by Thomas Tuchel. Playing at Wembley, the Blues won 1-0 through Hakim Ziyech’s single goal.
In the last meeting, Manchester City hosted Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in the 35th Premier League match. In the duel, Tuchel again beat Guardiola.
Chelsea made by the German manager won 2-1. Having been left behind by a Raheem Sterling goal, Chelsea turned things around through goals from Hakim Ziyech and Marcos Alonso.
Manchester City and Chelsea have only faced each other twice on the European stage, when they met in the semifinals of the 1970/1971 Cup Winners’ Cup. At that time, Chelsea eliminated Manchester City 2-0 on aggregate after winning each with a score of 1-0 home and away.
This is the first Champions League final for Manchester City. Meanwhile, this is the third final for Chelsea, who have won once in 2012.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has won the Champions League twice as a coach, with Barcelona in the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 seasons. Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Tuchel only reached the final of this competition with PSG last season, and lost 0-1 to Bayern Munich.
Then, who will come out victorious? Will Manchester City won the first title in the Champions League and became the new champion, or Chelsea who will take the second Big Ear trophy?
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