The Champions League final and it is worth remembering to know interesting facts about one of the games of the year. City of Manchester and Inter Milan look for the title this Saturday at Istanbulwhich is fifth final in history between an English team and an Italian team.
In the total of four precedents between the British and the transalpines, it remains a balance of two victories on each side. So are the finals between teams from these two countries.
1
Rome 1984
Rome-Liverpool (1-1 / 2-4 pen.)
Conti, Ancelotti and Falcao’s Roma reached the grand final, where they faced Liverpool led by Ian Rush, Graeme Souness and Kenny Daglish. The ‘giallorossi’ box had the advantage of playing at home, but the wider experience of the ‘red’ ended, if only through penalties with a good performance by the goalkeeper, Bruce Grobbelaar.
2
Brussels 1985
Juventus-Liverpool (1-0)
This fight is remembered as the Heysel tragedy. A penalty converted by Michel Platini gave Juventus the title, although the match was marked by the death of 39 fans before kick-off.
3
Istanbul 2005
Liverpool-Milan (3-3 / 3-2 pen.)
Great game that took place in 2005 in Istanbul, where ‘Spanish’ Liverpool came back from 0-3 down against Milan at half-time to end up winning in a penalty shootout.
4
Athens 2007
Milan-Liverpool (2-1)
It wasn’t long before Milan’s ‘vendetta’ took place. Two years later, in Athens, the ‘Rossonero’ team repeated Liverpool’s 2005 victory and defeated the ‘Reds’ thanks to a brace from Filippo Inzaghi.
Source: La Verdad
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