Europe’s champion team is Manchester City. The 2023 UEFA Champions League was theirs as they overcame Inter Milan, completing an unprecedented treble.
The 68th-minute goal by Rodri gave the Premier League champions a win over Inter Milan in a tight final in Istanbul.
The largest club championship in football in Europe has never been won by City, but Pep Guardiola has now won the trophy three times in his tenure as a manager.
Despite Kevin De Bruyne suffering an injury in the first half, the inspirational midfielder helped City win.
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Romelu Lukaku, Inter’s substitute, nearly tied the game with a point-blank header that Ederson turned away.
However, City, who fell to Chelsea in the championship game two years ago, would not be dissuaded.
15 years after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family converted it into one of the wealthiest clubs in the world, the triumph means the club finally accomplished its goal of reaching the pinnacle of European football.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the club’s owner, was present for the triumph. In the previous fifteen years, he had only twice seen his team live.
“Emotional.A dream come true. All these guys around here waited I don’t know how many years. They deserve, we deserve, Rodri remarked.
By winning the Champions League, they equaled Manchester United’s 1999 treble of winning the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League.
Pep Guardiola, the manager of City, has now won the Champions League three times, bringing his total number of trophies with City to 12.
