City clinched our spot in this year’s championship game with a superb 4-0 victory over Real Madrid in the semi-final second leg that was played at Etihad on Wednesday night. This victory sealed a 5-1 victory overall for City in the matchup.
Inter, meanwhile, clinched their berth in the championship match by cruising to a 3-0 victory over AC Milan across both legs of their semifinal match, which came to a conclusion on Tuesday.
On Saturday, June 10, the Champions League final will be played in the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. The game is set to begin at 8:00 p.m. local time in the United Kingdom.
The two championship matches that will take place in 2020 and 2021 will both take place at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium. The European Football Federation (UEFA), however, decided to transfer the location to Portugal because of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic would have. The Turkish stadium will not be able to host the last match until 2023 because those rights have been reserved.
The number of people who can fit within Ataturk Stadium is 75,000. Each team is granted 20,000 tickets to sell to the attendees, while the remaining tickets are dispersed by the event organizers.
The experience of competing at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium will live on in the hearts of English athletes forever. The 2004–2005 season was the most recent time that this venue played host to the Champions League final. After defeating AC Milan, Liverpool was crowned champion at the time and received the trophy.
During the Olympic Games that took place in Turkey this year, the Ataturk Stadium was the scene of a dispute between two representatives of England and Italy. This season in the Champions League, Man City did not suffer a single defeat on their way to the championship game. They scored a total of 26 goals and allowed only 5 goals to be scored against them.
Man City is competing alongside Dortmund, Copenhagen, and Sevilla in the same group. The squad led by coach Pep Guardiola finished in first place in the standings with 14 points. They qualified for the final by advancing through the knockout round and claiming victories over RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid, respectively.
In the meanwhile, Inter Milan is competing alongside Bayern Munich, Barcelona, and Plzen in the same group. They were the runners-up in their group, therefore they advanced to the knockout round. Inter defeated Porto, Benfica, and AC Milan en route to the semifinals of the competition.
Inter Milan has been crowned king three times in the club’s history. The most recent occasion was when they defeated Bayern 2-0 to win the championship in the 2009–2010 season. This is a competition that Man City has never won before. The team from Etihad Stadium only ever competed in the championship game once, during the 2020–2021 season, when they were defeated by Chelsea.