Manchester City and Inter, who will be the protagonists of the Champions League final in Istanbul on June 10, have not met once in an official match. But instead it will be the fifth final in history between an English team and an Italian. The previous four included the Heysel tragedy (in 1984-85) and the so-called ‘miracle of Istanbul’, Liverpool’s comeback against Milan. Like the current final, at the Atatürk Olympic.
Istanbul is where Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City (a team that has never won the Champions League and wants to lift the first, after losing against Chelsea 0-1 in 2020-21) and Inter, who has 3 in his record (1963-64). , 1964-65 and 2009-10).
As for the finals between Italian and English teams, the first took place at the Olímpico in Rome in the 1983-84 season. Liverpool beat the hosts, Roma, in that final on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
History says that, in those 4 finals between the Italians and the English, on the British side the representative was always Liverpool, winning 2 and losing 2.
The second final between English and Italian was Heysel’s. On May 29, 1985, Liverpool fans caused an avalanche in which 39 people died, most of them Juventus fans. Despite the disaster that occurred before the game, the final was played and Juventus won it thanks to a penalty goal from Michel Platini (1-0).
The other two finals between the Italians and the English were clashes between Carlo Ancelotti’s Milan and Rafa Benítez’s Liverpool. In 2005, at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, Milan beat Liverpool 3-0 at halftime. The ‘reds’ leveled in the second and won on penalties.
In 2006–07, however, Milan got their revenge and beat Liverpool in the final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on 23 May 2007 2–1.
Source: La Verdad
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