Champions League Final 2023: Manchester City vs Inter Milan

[Jezza]

The Champions League Semi Final ties are now completed with Manchester City and Inter Milan advancing to the Champions League Final for 2023.

Manchester City will be playing in their 2nd Champions League Final and be aiming to become the 23rd club in Europe to win the competition. They previously made a final in 2021, but lost to Chelsea 1-0.

Inter Milan will be looking to win their 4th Champions League Final. The club has previously won the competition in 1964, 1965 and 2010.

Road to the Final:

Manchester City:

Group Stage:
Match 1 - Sevilla 0-4 Manchester City
Match 2 - Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
Match 3 - Manchester City 5-0 Copenhagen
Match 4 - Copenhagen 0-0 Manchester City
Match 5 - Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester City
Match 6 - Manchester City 3-1 Sevilla

Knockout Stage:
Round of 16 - Manchester City 8-1 RB Leipzig (over two legs)
Quarter Final - Manchester City 4-1 Bayern Munich (over two legs)
Semi Final - Manchester City 5-1 Real Madrid (over two legs)

Inter Milan:

Group Stage:
Match 1 - Inter Milan 0-2 Bayern Munich
Match 2 - Viktoria Plzeň 0-2 Inter Milan
Match 3 - Inter Milan 1-0 Barcelona
Match 4 - Barcelona 3-3 Inter Milan
Match 5 - Inter Milan 4-0 Viktoria Plzeň
Match 6 - Bayern Munich 2-0 Inter Milan

Knockout Stage:
Round of 16 - Inter Milan 1-0 FC Porto (over two legs)
Quarter Final - Inter Milan 5-3 Benfica (over two legs)
Semi Final - Inter Milan 3-0 AC Milan (over two legs)

This match will be taking place at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, June 10 2023 with kick off being at 21:00 CEST (5:00am AEST).

[LaurieHolden]

While clearly not at home, City are now unbeaten in 26 home matches in the competition, I just think they keep rolling on.
I reckon it'll be like Richond or Hawthorn when they moved to their 3-peat.

[Jezza]

^ I agree. City look invincible at the moment.

Meanwhile, Inter are in a struggle to reach top 4 in Serie A.

[Jezza]

Manchester City 1-0 Inter Milan

Goals:
Manchester City - 68' (Rodri)

[Jezza]

Champions League Tally:

Real Madrid = (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) = 14

AC Milan = (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007) = 7

Liverpool = (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019) = 6
Bayern Munich = (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020) = 6

Barcelona = (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015) = 5

Ajax = (1971, 1972, 1973, 1995) = 4

Manchester United = (1968, 1999, 2008) = 3
Inter Milan = (1964, 1965, 2010) = 3

Benfica = (1961, 1962) = 2
Nottingham Forest = (1979, 1980) = 2
Juventus = (1985, 1996) = 2
FC Porto = (1987, 2004) = 2
Chelsea = (2012, 2021) = 2

Celtic = (1967) = 1
Feyenoord = (1970) = 1
Aston Villa = (1982) = 1
Hamburg = (1983) = 1
Steaua Bucharest = (1986) = 1
PSV Eindhoven = (1988) = 1
Red Star Belgrade = (1991) = 1
Marseille = (1993) = 1
Borussia Dortmund = (1997) = 1
Manchester City = (2023) = 1

[K]

Did ya watch it? (I didn't.)

[Jezza]

^ No. Too early for me, and I don't enjoy watching City all that much.