Manchester City defeats Inter Milan and wins the UEFA Champions League for the first time in history

The closest to scoring a goal was Erling Holland, whose shot in the 27th minute was neutralized by Andre Onan.

In the second half, after ten minutes played, “Inter” brought Romelu Lukaku into the game. A little later, Manchester made a mistake in their own half, but Ederson Santana prevented Lautaro Martinez from continuing the attack.

In the middle of the half, in the 68th minute, after Bernardu Silva’s pass on the goal, the ball bounced to the edge of the penalty area, from where Rodrigo Hernandez or Rodri made a strong and accurate shot, making it 1-0 in favor of the English club. A couple of minutes later, after Federico Dimarco’s shot from close range, the ball hit the crossbar.

Lukaku and Phil Fowden had shots from good positions in the rest of the game, but both goalkeepers were up to the task.

Inter had another excellent chance to make it 1-1 two minutes before the end of regular time, but Lukaku’s close-range effort was saved by Ederson. In stoppage time, Nicolo Barella fired a long-range shot into the top corner.

In the last seconds, a corner kick was taken at the “City” goal, but “Inter” did not take advantage of this standard situation, saving Ederson again.

“City” participated in the title game for the second time in history and improved its 2021 result, when it had to recognize the superiority of London’s “Chelsea”, while “Inter” played in its sixth final in Europe’s most prestigious club tournaments, where it won three titles.

The captain of the Manchester club, Giuseppe Guardiola, has already won two Champions League titles as a coach, in 2009 and 2010 with “Barcelona”. Simon Inzaghi, on the other hand, failed to seize the opportunity to win his first major title as a head coach

The two teams had not met each other in European club tournaments until now.

In the national championship, “City” became the champion of England, and “Inter” got the third place in the Italian Serie A, so both of them already secured a place in the next season’s UEFA Champions League group stage before the final. Both also won their respective national cups.

In the final of the previous season in Paris, “Real” Madrid beat “Liverpool” with 1:0. It is significant that the last four UEFA Champions League finals ended with the result 1:0.