Man City wins Champions League for the first time, completing the great 'treble'

Winning 1-0 against Inter thanks to Rodri's goal, Manchester City not only won the Champions League for the first time but also completed a historic "treble" in the 2022-23 season.

Manchester City won the Champions League for the first time, achieving a historic treble. (Source: UEFA)

Manchester City have become champions of the 2022-23 Champions League season after a 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in the final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Türkiye).

Midfielder Rodri played the hero when he coolly curled in the only goal in the 68th minute to send Manchester City to the pinnacle of glory.

This is also the first time in history that the Etihad team has won the Champions League, after falling short in the final two years ago against Chelsea.

With this title, coach Pep Guardiola's team has officially completed the historic "treble" in the 2022-23 season.

Before the Champions League title, Pep and his students also won the Premier League championship and were crowned champions of the FA Cup.

Personally, this is the Spanish strategist's third Champions League title after winning twice with Barcelona (2008-09 and 2010-11).

This is a completely deserved result for Manchester City after what they have shown throughout this extremely impressive season.

Especially in the prestigious Champions League arena, Manchester City went straight to the throne without losing any match, despite facing countless difficulties from strong candidates like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the knockout round.

As for Inter Milan, defeat at the gates of heaven is extremely regrettable, especially after what they have done this season, especially in the final at the Ataturk Olympics.

In the final that just ended, Inter Milan entered the game confidently, making it impossible for Manchester City to deploy their familiar style of play like in past matches.

Coach Pep Guardiola's students continued to control the ball more but could not impose their position and create any danger for most of the first half.

Man City's usual dominating style of play was also significantly affected when midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was injured and had to leave the field in the 36th minute.

In the second half, Inter even had a great chance after Manuel Akanji's regrettable mistake. However, Lautaro Martinez could not defeat Ederson in a one-on-one in the 58th minute.

Inter Milan wasted the opportunity, only to pay dearly with a goal conceded just 10 minutes after Martinez's shot.

From the wing, Bernardo Silva passed the ball back for Rodri to coolly execute a perfect curling shot that left goalkeeper Andre Onana rooted to the spot as the ball flew into the net, scoring the opening goal 1-0 for Manchester City.

Unexpectedly conceding a goal, Inter fought back to find a goal but luck did not smile on them when Di Marco's shot hit the crossbar. In the follow-up shot, Inter's left-back unfortunately hit Romelu Lukaku.

In the 89th minute, bad luck continued to haunt the Belgian striker Lukaku when his header, less than 5m from the goal, went right to the position chosen by Ederson. 1-0 was also the final result of the most anticipated final match of the European Cup 2022-23 season.

Inter were sad after losing to Man City in the final.

With Inter Milan's defeat, Serie A ended the season with regret when the representatives of this football league could not win in the final match of the tournament.

Previously, AS Roma lost to Sevilla in the Europa League final, while Fiorentina lost to West Ham United in the Europa Conference League.

As for Manchester City, they became the second English team after Manchester United to achieve the "treble" in one season.

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