Manchester City FC against FC Internazionale Milano, the excitement before this first-time confrontation in a Champions League final.
Manchester City path
Starting with the group stages, the citizens were in group G with Borussia Dortmund, Sévilla FC, and FC Copenhagen. The team of Pep Guardiola finished unbeaten with 4 wins and 2 draws getting 14 points out of 18 points possible. In the knockout stages, Manchester had to face some of the big teams to reach that final.
For the round of 16, Haaland became the third player to ever score 5 goals in one single UEFA Champions League game alongside Lionel Messi and Adriano. After Leipzig secured the 1-1 draw at home, the Norwegian striker finished the job at home scoring 5 goals for a 7-0 win against the German team.
A final for the quarterfinals, this match between Manchester City FC and FC Bayern Munich was the fight fans wanted to see for a couple of years now. Manchester did not disappoint their fans after winning the first leg 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. The second leg was only a week after, not a lot of suspense at the Allianz Arena, with a final score of 1-1.
You need to beat the champions to be champions, this is the mindset of Manchester for those semifinals playing against the last edition winner, Real Madrid. After last year's comeback, it was not possible a second time for Pep Guardiola, but the Spanish coach learned from it and secured a ticket after beating Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate.
Crowned Premier League Champions last week, Manchester City is going for the Treble with the FA Cup final to play a week before the Champions League one. The team led by out-of-this-world Erling Haaland with 12 goals and with a brilliant Kevin de Bruyne with 6 assists, Manchester is ready to win their first Champions League trophy!
FC Internazionale Milano in the final 13 years after
In the group of death with FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich, not many people might have thought that this Inter Milan team was able to reach this final stage of the competition. As outsiders in the group, even with their two defeats against Bayern Munich, they managed to win the first leg against the Catalans and to draw at Spotify Camp Nou with a final score of 3-3 for a dramatic end of the game.
One single goal in the round of 16, this is how Inter went straight to the quarterfinals. After winning the first leg 1-0 at Giuseppe Meazza, all to was still possible in Porto but nothing happened to defeat the Italian side.
Back-to-back Portuguese team for Inter playing Benfica Lisboa in the quarterfinals. This time opposite to the previous Porto matchup, a high-scoring Inter won 5-3 on aggregate after winning 0-2 in Lisbon for the first leg.
Back to the 2000s to see a Milan derby in UEFA Champions League football. What a beautiful gift offered by both Milan's teams to their familiar stadium San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza to hold a semifinal of the UCL with both teams. The stadium will be destroyed in a few years, with both teams moving to another one. A beautiful gift to the stadium but also to Inter Milan's fans. The Nerazzurri were unstoppable in both legs, winning the 2 games respectively 0-2 and 1-0 to secure their ticket to Istanbul.
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