Manchester City Wins the Champions League and Completes the Treble

Manchester City and its fans can breathe a sigh – the Citizens have completed their task and won the Champions League. And not just won – they became the second English team to make the treble, winning the English Championship, the FA Cup and the Champions League in one season.

The match with “Inter” turned out to be extremely tense and … absolutely unspectacular, if we talk about moments. It was not a revelation to anyone that the Milanese built a tight defense and deprived the opponent of almost all the trump cards. This is their game. And when De Bruyne left the field due to an injury in the 36th minute, the confidence that Manchester City would be able to justify its status as a favorite was noticeably shaken. So good in his game was “Inter” – so faded looked “Man City”.

Everything continued after the break. And what’s more, the Italians waited for their opponent’s mistake, when Akanji didn’t figure it out near his penalty area and simply gave the ball to Lautaro Martinez. But the Argentinean could not shoot into the center of the penalty area for Lukaku.

And he “Inter” made in this match, perhaps the only mistake. But it was she who turned out to be fatal – in the 68th minute, Bernardo Silva broke in from the right and shot into the center. The ball bounced to the penalty line, from where Rodri struck into the bottom corner. Manchester City’s first goal in a Champions League final. And immediately – “golden”.

Although in the remaining time, the Milanese had three great chances to take the game to extra time. Twice unlucky Lukaku. In one case, Dimarco hit a Belgian striker while finishing off a ball that bounced off the crossbar. In the second, Lukaku was already heading himself, but hit the knee of Ederson, who was moving along the goal line. Finally, in the last corner, Ederson got the ball flying under the crossbar.

And then the final whistle sounded. Manchester City win the Champions League!

2022-23, Champions League

Manchester City – Inter 1:0 (0:0)
Naked: Rhodri, 68 (1:0)

Manchester city: Ederson; Akanji; Ake; Dias R.; Stones (Walker, 82); Silva B.; de Bruyne (Foden, 36); Rodri; Gundogan; Grealish; Holland E.
Spare: Ortega Sh.; Carson; Lewis R.; Laporte; Perrone; Palmer Co.; Gomez S.; Phillips K.; Mahrez; Alvarez Hul.
Warnings: Ederson 90; Holland A. 90

Inter: Onana A.; Dumfries (Bellanova, 76); Dimarco; Darmian (D’Ambrosio, 84); Bastogne (Gozens, 76); Acerbi; Chalkanoglu (Mkhitaryan, 84); Brozovich; Barella; Dzeko (Lukaku R., 57); Martinez L.
Spare: Handanovich S.; Kordats; de Vrey; Shkriniar; Gagliardini; Aslani K.; Correa H.
Warnings: Barella 59; Lukaku R. 83; Onana A. 90