A Historic Matchup

Tonight, Saturday, at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, the final match of the 2023 European Champions League, which is expected between the English “Manchester City” and the Italian “Inter”, will take place.

The Referee

42-year-old Polish international referee Szymon Marchiniak will blow his whistle at the start of the match at exactly (20:00) GMT.

The Starting Lineups

And the Spanish “spherical philosopher” Pep Guardiola (52), manager of Manchester City, will start the English team’s big dream match against Inter Milan with the following starting line-up:

• 31 - Ederson
• 25- Manuel Akanji
• 3- Robin Diaz
• 5- John Stones
• 6- Nathan Ake
• 16- Rodrigo
• 8- Ilkay Gundogan
• 17- Kevin De Bruyne
• 20- Bernardo Silva
• 10- Jack Grealish
• 9- Erling Haaland.

And the Italian Simone Inzaghi (47), coach of Inter Milan, chose the following starting lineup for the Serpents for the match against Manchester City:

• 24- Andre Onana
• 36- Matthew Darmian
• 15- Francesco Acerbi
• 95- Alessandro Bastoni
• 2- Denzel Dumfries
• 23- Niccolo Barella
• 77- Marcelo Brozovic
• 20- Hakan Calkhanoglu
• 32- Federico DiMarco
• 9- Edin Dzeko
• 10- Lautaro Martinez.

The Teams’ Dreams

Manchester City, the champions of the English Premier League, dream of winning their first ever Champions League title after knocking out the previous champion and most titled title, Spain’s Real Madrid (14 titles), from the semi-finals of the League champions.

On the other hand, Inter Milan Nerazzurre, Coppa Italia champions, are looking for their fourth European Champions League title and their first since 2010.

Source

Source: RT