Champions League Final | Inter (N) - Sat 10th June 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Cityinmud]

Lautaro for them has been on fire.

He seems to be their Aguero this season.. getting clutch goals whenever they need.

I hope we kill them quick. The more time we go without scoring the more confident they get. Inter are a better version of Brentford. With 5 at back they will probably not allow us to play beautiful football. Ederson could come in handy with his beautiful passes and play some long balls to haaland.

 

[BLUEBOY67]

There's an argument to be made that yesterday players might have been playing with the CL final in the back of their minds. Don't get injured or you might not play next week. Whereas the CL final is a game where they can give it everything. Hopefully the experience of losing last time will help. But let's be honest, you're never going to get an easy game in the final. Any team that gets to the final is going to be dangerous, and for the underdog, it's basically a free hit without much pressure. They're always going to play well, so we have to make sure we do the same.

Just said that exact same thing to my lad, must have been in the back of their minds - don’t get injured! Hence we were not at our best yesterday, also must have been 10 days plus since we played a meaningful match - Will be full commitment next Saturday - every confidence in Pep and our Team and that we will get it done !

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

I hope we kill them quick. The more time we go without scoring the more confident they get. Inter are a better version of Brentford. With 5 at back they will not allow us to play beautiful football. Probably ederson will come in handy with his beautiful passes and play some long balls to haaland.

Doesn't matter how long it takes.. but they sure love taking leads and then parking the bus.

Can't give them counter attacks.




BTW don't underestimate them. We can do it.. just need to put in a real defensive performance, control the game and hopefully nick a few goals.

And I hope we get lucky.. Haaland's been unlucky for a few games now.. he's due a couple of goals.

 

[buckshot]

On one hand I hate it when Pep changes things up in big matches but on the other hand I feel like starting Foden, Alvarez and Haaland up front would give them fits.

 

[PaulTheOctopus]

I think the united match is a perfect stepping stone for us to warm up to this inter final

 

[ManCityGR!]

Final, how have Inter been playing - have they had many games?

I know they finished 3rd and Dzeko (37) that is his age not his number, plays for them and he is one of my favourite City players so we need be aware of him, but apart from Dzeko who else is good for Inter?

Dzeko is the last I would mention from their good players :)
They have some very good players like:
Barella, an excellent midfielder very dangerous and good with the ball.
DiMarco, a high paced left back that usually goes full force on the left side to help the offence with a very sweet left foot and many contributions(6 goals, 10 assists this season). He is most probably the best left back in Italy right now. Walker would be needed there and he will need help also, as they overload all the time that side along with Brozovic.
Brozovic a well known very good and dangerous player.
Lautaro Martinez obviously on great form with Inter a very dangerous player in his day. He will play.
Lukaku well I guess you know him well :) It's between him and Dzeko for playing in the final.
Mkhitaryan excellent player, too dynamic, with good technique and dangerous on attack.
Calhanoglu a solid central midfielder but nothing too great.
Dumfries playing on right wing with a great pace is a very dangerous weapon. He is sloppy defensively though.
Onana a solid goalkeeper with a great season.

Also what is their injury situation and what sort of squad depth do they have, will their bench be as bad as United's - Mctominey and Weghourst - or do they have more squad depth?

Mkhitaryan, a key player for them this year was injured since May 15, but he will first return to training on Monday. Will be fit enough to play in the final? No one knows but he won't be 100 % on form that's for sure.
Correa is also injured and will be difficult to play as they say, but he is not that important for them anyway as they have enough firepower. A good striker though.
Skriniar also injured but he returned yesterday so he will be fine, but not too important.

 

[ManCityGR!]

Handball for Liverpool against Spurs? That's one shocking final decision just off the top of my head.

Sure, I didn't say all were perfect :)

The worst refereeing had to be in the Milan-Liverpool(the 3-3) in penalties, were Dudek was not 1 step out of the line but 3-4-5-6 steps.
In Pirlo's penalty he was 3 meters out, even after so many years I still recall it and want to break my TV and everything@@@@@@@@@@

 

[ManCityGR!]

Sure, I didn't say all were perfect :)

The worst refereeing had to be in the Milan-Liverpool(the 3-3) in penalties, were Dudek was not 1 step out of the line but 3-4-5-6 steps.
In Pirlo's penalty he was 3 meters out, even after so many years I still recall it and want to break my TV and everything@@@@@@@@@@

Let's see how the @@@@ won that CL.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

If we score more goals than Inter then we win.

 

[Superace]

To be fair, that poster isn't wrong. There is no reason in the world they can't beat us. And what are rival fans going to do, say there's no point in playing and give us the trophy to avoid the trip.

Anybody can beat anybody on a given day, but it needs the best team (which City are) to have an off day. Forget other results (especially Brentford) as they mean nothing, they are bound to focus on spurs and not Arsenal, Liverpool, Munich and Madrid. It's simple we play our best we win.