Rodri entered the history of Champions through the door

In a final that dwarfed the opponent of the strikers of City of Manchester, Rodri Hernandez He was decisive again when he was most needed. The Spanish midfielder managed to unlock the final in the second half with a powerful shot that cannoned through the goal of Onana and ended up giving the first title of Champions of English group history.

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And the first part was predicted to be a tough match for the ‘citizens’. Inter’s defensive solidity did not allow the team to combine with diligence DeBruyne, Gundogan and company, uncomfortable before the pressure of the ‘nerazzurri’, for what Rodri and stones, as pivots, they need to find alternatives to developing the game. Added to this is the muscle injury of the Belgian midfielder, who is chasing a curse in the European finals as it happened against him. Chelsea in 2021.

Knowing that his team needed something else, Guardiola make some changes to the resume. He rose a little to the position of stones, who almost as a midfielder increased in offensive tasks, to leave the central place to a rather thick Rodri in the early stages. The midfielder of city began to order himself from the property, and bottled the Inter in your own place.

Within minute 68 party, Akanji lines are broken after unchecking the Bernardo Silva In the place. The Portuguese were eliminated Cane, who jumped under pressure, and received a heel at the near post. Bernardo, without much of an angle, put in a back pass that was orphaned near the front of the area. That’s when it appeared Rodrithat scored 1-0 with cannon fire in place and powerful under the net.

The midfielder’s goal, something similar to the one he scored in the quarterfinals match Bayern, was once again decisive for the ‘citizens’. “I had in mind to hit it hard, but at that moment I thought: you will have one the whole game so put it,” Rodri confessed to the microphones of Movistar+ at the end of the final. A decision that he made in an instant and that, if it had been different, could have left him in the dark side of history. Not so, so the big goal helped Rodri get named against MVP and kissed with tears on the grass of Ataturk Stadium before raising his first ‘Orejona’.