For the second time in history there are two English clubs in the final, after the match between Liverpool and Tottenham at the Metropolitan Stadium in Madrid, this season there will be a Manchester City against Chelsea in the grand finale of the UEFA Champions League. The campaign has been quite different for the two clubs, while the whole Sky Blue He started the season with doubts and came to Christmas as the favorite to win everything, the London team had many doubts with their former coach Frank Lampard, even replacing him with Thomas Tuchel.
The main difference between teams is the style, the Manchester City by Pep Guardiola play in a more positional style and control the timing of the match through possession of the ball. On the other hand, Tuchel’s Chelsea It is a team that lives and enjoys transitions much more, taking advantage of the speed of its forwards.
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Manchester City key players
If there is a decisive footballer in Manchester City it is Kevin de Bruyne, It is true that the Belgian midfielder has not had his best campaign, and that he has surely not been the most decisive in his position in the Premier League, but the great ability he has to play the ball, in addition to the conversion to the position of false “9”, Makes him the most important player on the team in offensive terms.
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In this campaign, Phil Foden He has become one of the great names of Manchester City, the youth squad, has found his place within Pep Guardiola’s scheme, and he has done so by playing in a position where he had already played, but which, however, was not the expected place. When everyone thought he would be David Silva’s replacement in the indoor position, English has proven to be one of the best left wingers of the moment, getting to remove Raheem Sterling from the starting eleven.
In a team that has so much the ball it is very important not to grant chances in defense, for this reason, Rúben Dias he has earned the tag of key player in Pep Guardiola’s team. The Portuguese central defender arrived in the summer market from Benfica, and in his first season in England has had a brutal impact in a team where being central is not easy. In addition to being a piece key to get the Premier League and the long-awaited Champions League finalOn an individual level, he has been awarded the award for best player in the Premier League by journalists.
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Key players for Chelsea
If there is a player at Chelsea who is key in the most important moments, it is N’Golo Kanté. The French midfielder has made a leap in quality with Tuchel, in a season in which he began with doubts about his level and even a possible exit was rumored. In the semifinal against Real Madrid that great Kanté returned, recovering and assisting their peers, making believe that it has lungs larger than the Amazon.
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Last season Frank Lampard brought with him a young Chelsea youth squad who was on loan from Derby County, Mason Mount. He immediately showed great quality, but with the English coach’s goodbye it seemed that he had to deflate. Finally, the opposite has happened, and the youth squad has become a pillar of Tuchel, giving an improvement in their game and helping the team to achieve a great collective level. In the semifinal against Real Madrid he shone, and showed that he was not only Lampard’s darling.
One of the big problems for Chelsea after the departure of Courtois, was the lack of security generated by the team’s goalkeepers, Kepa, it seemed that it was a great replacement for the Belgian, but it has not finished working. Last summer a Senegalese goalkeeper came to the team from Stade Rennais. Edouard Mendy has given the assurance that the entire Bridge needed. The beginning of his stage at the club was already on a stratospheric level, but it is that now he has become a key piece for his teammates.
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In short, it will be a great final between two teams that know each other and that promise to make you enjoy the last nights of May, with different styles and with two technicians who know each other very well. Long live football!
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