Manchester Metropolis gained the Champions League title for the primary time by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium on Saturday.
Rodri struck within the 68th minute to see the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners full a treble of trophies this season.
Whereas it’s the first time Metropolis has gained European soccer’s greatest membership competitors, it’s the third time Pep Guardiola has lifted the trophy as a coach.
Metropolis triumphed regardless of shedding inspirational midfielder Kevin De Bruyne to an damage within the first half.
The victory means the membership lastly achieved its ambition of reaching the summit of European soccer, 15 years after Abu Dhabi’s ruling household remodeled it into the richest groups on the planet.
Proprietor Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan was in attendance to see Metropolis’s crowning second. It was solely the second time he has watched his staff in particular person in 15 years.
Romelu Lukaku had the possibility to attain a late equalizer, however headed straight at Ederson from about 4 meters (yards) out.
Metropolis’s winner got here when Rodri collected Bernardo Silva’s cutback and fired by a crowded penalty field.
The reduction was unmistakeable as he raced in direction of Metropolis’s followers and slid on his knees in celebration.
Inter nearly evened the rating inside minutes of that objective when Federico Dimarco hit the bar from shut vary.
He then appeared like turning within the rebound, however noticed his shot come again off teammate Lukaku.
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