The finals of the Champions League who will star this Saturday in Istanbul Manchester City and Inter This will be the first official match where both teams will face each other. Throughout their careers, the ‘citizen’ team and the black and blue have only met in two preseason friendlies (in 2010 in Baltimore and in 2011 in Dublin). There are no doubt some surprising precedents among the protagonists of a historic final.
And that’s the best time of Inter in Europe occurred before the City of Manchester made the leap to the international front as a result of passing into the hands of Qatari owners in 2008. The truth is that Inter have won the Champions League three times ((after those in 1963-64, 1964-65 and 2009-10) , so that the citywho lost the 2020-21 final against Chelsea (0-1).
But, speaking of the two friendships in which they were measured Manchester City and Inter, the first occurred on July 31, 2010, when Roberto Mancini taught the ‘citizens’ and Rafael Benitez The bench was occupied by the Negriazul team, which on May 22 of that year and under the command of Jose Mourinho he won his third and for now final Champions League.
The then reigning European champions defeated the city in Baltimore (United States) with goals from Victor Obina (minute 33), Joleon Lescott own goal (54′) and Cristiano Biraghi (74′). The former ‘citizen’ Patrick Scallop he was dismissed at 21′.
Exactly one year passed, on July 31, 2011, when Manchester City and Interagain with Samuel Eto’o in their ranks, they met again, this time at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. This time the victory was for Mancini’s ‘citizens’. A 3-0 with goals from Mario Balotelli (45′, he came to City from Inter), Edin Dzeko (46′, the Bosnian will play in the final this Saturday as an interista) and adam johnson (90′). Inter was led by Gian Piero Gasperini, hired on June 24 and dismissed on September 21. At the end of that 2011–12 season, the city seized the Premier from Manchester Utd in the last breath of the last day thanks to a goal from If Aguero
The reference to the official confrontation of City of Manchester Among the Italian teams, his record is 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. And as for Inter’s matches against English teams, they achieved 16 wins, 6 draws and experienced 18 losses.
Source: La Verdad
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