He Manchester will try this Saturday for the first time in its history to conquer UEFA Champions Leaguehis second international title since the 1970 European Cup Winners’ Cup, which would also be accompanied by a historic treble, the second for his manager, the Spaniard. Josep Guardiola and Sala.
Citizens will play in Istanbul against Inter Milan their second Champions League final since losing to Chelsea in 2021, and it’s the finishing touch to a campaign they’ve already won Premier League And FA Cup.
In the event of the ascension of their first “Orekhona” to heaven, the English team would join Glasgow Celtic (1967) ajax (1972) PSV Eindhoven (1988) Manchester United (1999) football club barcelona (2009 and 2015), Inter Milan (2010) and Bavaria (2013 and 2020), other European teams that have won the treble in the same season.
In addition, this victory will mark Guardiola’s second treble as a manager after the one he achieved in 2009 at Barça, with which he won the League, Copa del Rey and his first Orejona, beating Manchester United by 2 :0 in Rome.
The Catalan achieved a historic sextet, also winning two Super Cups and the Club World Cup, and two years later he returned to win the main continental competition with the Catalan team, once again beating the Red Devils (3-1). . However, the Champions League has eluded him since then, with just two finals, both with his current club.
Thus, in three seasons at Bayern Munich, he played in three semi-finals in a row between 2014 and 2016, but in all of them a Spanish team (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid) crossed his path. ), and he left Munich without having achieved this.
He then faced the challenge of turning Manchester City, a team that had only one Champions League semi-final to its credit, into one of the best teams in Europe. But the European competitions did not give him any benefits, and in seven seasons he “allowed” him only two finals; and more sorrows than joys.
The Spanish manager has guided the English champions to a second final this season following a 1-0 loss to Chelsea in 2021 with a firm hand. And after touching it last year when he appeared to be holding it at the Santiago Bernabéu, before Real Madrid’s epic comeback, he seemed to rip it out in front of everyone’s goggles.
This time, after being knocked out of Real Madrid in the semi-finals, the Santpedor coach has joined a prestigious club of coaches who have played four Champions League finals, including Marcello Lippi (Juventus 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003); Alex Ferguson (United 1999, 2008, 2009, 2011); Miguel Munoz (Real Madrid 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966) and Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund 2013 and Liverpool 2018, 2019 and 2022). Ahead of all of them is Italian Carlo Ancelotti, who has five goals between Milan (2003, 2005, 2007) and Real Madrid (2014 and 2022).
Similarly, he could have won his third title by drawing with Bob Paisley, who did so during the glory days of Liverpool (1977, 1978, 1981); and Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, who won three consecutive Champions Leagues (2016, 2017, 2018) with Real Madrid. Ancelotti is also ahead with four trophies, two with Milan and two more with Real Madrid.
If successful again, the Catalan will fill his showcase with his thirty-fifth trophy, fourteenth with Manchester City, the same ones he won with Barcelona.
Huge list of winners, with nine trophies short of rival Inter, who are looking for their fourth Orejona, their first since the 2010 treble since Jose Mourinhoin his first final since his success at the Santiago Bernabéu, where he ended 45 years of waiting.
On the contrary, the Catalan technician will be much more inexperienced in these fights than he is now. Simone Inzaghi. The former Italian striker is playing his first international Grand Final as a manager and in search of his eighth title, a very important first after winning three Italian Cups and four Italian Super Cups.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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