Istanbul finds the Champions again: induced by 75 million for the final between Inter and City
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Istanbul, finally. Yes finally, it must be said, because the match between the Ataturk Olympic Stadium and the Champions League final was postponed for a long time, too long, and for the most dramatic of reasons. To review it briefly, the story of the attribution of this Champions League final to Turkey seems to describe a distant world that has rapidly shattered in just a few seasons, and which will now be difficult to put back together: it is in fact the UEFA congress taking place in Kiev on 24 May 2018 (on the eve of the final which will see Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1, also thanks to the mistakes of the Reds goalkeeper Karius, now partner of showgirl Diletta Leotta) to assign the final for the 2019 season to Istanbul- 20, preferring it to Lisbon.
But the Covid-19 pandemic is upsetting the entire globe, and as we well remember, also the world of football: the final in Istanbul will never be played, on the contrary it will be played (after the UEFA decision of 17 June 2020) right at the Da Luz in Lisbon , behind closed doors, on 23 August 2020, exceptionally on Sundays, at the end of a simplified tournament precisely due to the pandemic and which will see Bayern Munich win over Paris Saint Germain with the transalpine Coman’s goal. In 2020-21, then, the final in Porto saw City lose to Chelsea 1-0, in another final appointment for which Istanbul was initially considered, then once again rejected due to the consequences of the pandemic . In short, the new landing of the Big Ears Cup on the Bosphorus has the flavor of just compensation, and is experienced with the sense of anticipation of a party that has been postponed for too long.
Lusitanian temptation
To tell the truth, rumors about another sudden transfer of the final, once again in the direction of Lisbon, have chased each other on several occasions in recent weeks, above all by those who hypothesized a Turkey shaken by the outcome of the presidential elections, which at the end However, May saw the re-election of Recep Tayyp Erdogan. However, rumors denied by UEFA even before the final outcome of the vote, just as the firm will to play in Istanbul was also reaffirmed after the terrible earthquake that hit the south-eastern regions of the country on the border with Syria last February.
Milanese Ataturk
Istanbul in the fate of the Milanese teams, when it comes to the Champions League. In fact, the reference to the other final played here is obvious, the first, that of 2005, which entered the legend with Liverpool’s epic comeback against Milan, capable of closing the first half ahead 3-0, before being caught again up 3 to 3 in just seven minutes into the second half, only to have the trophy stolen by the Reds on penalties. Now it’s up to Inter to play for that cup, after having denied Milan the possibility of exorcising that painful memory right on the Ataturk lawn, and against another English, Manchester City, whose destiny changed radically in those same years: in 2007 Milan took revenge on Liverpool in Athens, the following year Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan acquired Citizens through the Abu Dabhi United Group, transforming them with petrodollars into one of the powers of continental football and worldwide, with revenues estimated at 731 million euros at the end of the 2021-22 season (first in the ranking drawn up by the Deloitte Football Money League).
A new history, that of City, of which former Inter fans Roberto Mancini (who as a coach won an English Cup, an English Super Cup and above all the historic 2012-13 Premier League) and Mario Balotelli have written certainly not trivial pages, before landing in their turn in Turkey (Mancini for a brief experience at the helm of Galatasaray, Balotelli more recently with the Adana Demirspor shirt).
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