ESPN brings you all the details of the Grand Final between the Italians and the English for the highest UEFA title
Manchester City and Inter Milan will be the protagonists of the 2022/23 Champions League Final. The English and the Italians won their qualifying rounds with authority and now they will fight to the maximum to conquer ‘Orezona’.
With a 5–1 aggregate score, Pep Guardiola’s squad knocked out Real Madrid, the team that had won UEFA’s top club competition the previous season, and knocked City out in the semi-finals.
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En route to the Grand Final, Manchester were knocked out by Leipzig in the Round of 16 and Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals. In the group stage, City finished with 14 points from four wins and two draws.
For their part, Inter put up an extraordinary performance against their arch-rivals AC Milan in the semi-finals. The ‘Nerrazurri’ beat Milan 3–0 on aggregate, beat Benfica in the quarter-finals and knocked Porto out in the round of 16. In the group stage, Inter finished second in their group behind Bayern Munich.
The Champions League Grand Final will be held at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium and Manchester City are favorites on the FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index to win their first ever ‘Orezona’. The SPI gives the ‘Citizens’ a 74% chance of winning the Champions League while Inter have 26 per cent.
Erling Haaland is shaping up to be Pep Guardiola’s main offensive weapon with more than 50 goals this season in all competitions as they face the final match for the Champions League title. However, the Norwegian failed to score in the tie against Real Madrid and in the final it will depend on receiving balls from players such as Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva, who was the hero against Real Madrid with two goals. in a duel.
In the Italian side, Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko and Hakan Calhanoglu will be some of the key players for Simone Inzaghi, who is looking for the first Champions League in his career as manager.
When and what time to watch the Champions League final?
The 2022/23 Champions League final is scheduled for Saturday, June 10 and will begin at 1:00PM ET in Mexico City.
