Pep Guardiola has changed his usual starting XI. Ederson, the Brazil international replaces Stefan Ortega in goal while Dutch defender Nathan Ake replaces Kyle Walker.
Man City dominates its opponent in the 1st quarter of an hour without taking the lead. Then the Italians regain ground to rebalance the game.
In the 27th minute, André Onana won his duel in front of Halaand who was ideally served by Kevin Debruyne and de Grealish to see their respective attempts fail in the gloves of the Cameroonian goalkeeper.
Half an hour into the game, Kevin de Bruyne writhed in pain and the medical staff came to his aid. The captain of the Belgian national team does not continue the game despite his efforts which will have lasted 4 minutes after his injury. He is replaced by Phil Foden. 0-0 at the break.
2nd half
Lukaku goes up to the game in the 56th. The Belgian striker replacing Edin Dzeko injured.
Rodri opened the scoring in the 69th minute with an unstoppable armed strike at the entrance from 16 meters from Onana who had his sight obscured by two interist defenders.
In the 77th, Foden fails on Onana vigilant. Lukaku almost equalized with a header 2 minutes from regulation time.
29th It’s around Kevin Debruyne from 06/10/2023
Champions League final
Stade Atatürk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul)
MANCHESTER CITY VS. INTER MILAN
11 MANCHESTER CITY
31 Ederson
6 N. Aké
5 J. Stones
3 Rúben Dias
25 M. Akanji
8 I. Sunflower (C)
17 K. De Bruyne
10 J. Grealish
20 Bernardo Silva
16 Rodri
9 E. Haaland
Coach: Pep Guardiola
INTER MILAN
24 A. Onana
36 AD Darmian
15 F. Acerbi
32 F. Dimarco
2 D. Dumfries
95 A. Sticks
77 M. Brozović
20 H. Calhanoglu
23 N. Stretcher
9 E. Dzeko
10 L. Martinez
Coach: S. Inzaghi
