Champions League
Inzaghi: “We will play against the strongest team in the world”
Simone Inzaghi called the forthcoming Champions League final with Inter Milan the most important game of his career and spoke about how difficult it will be for his side to face Guardiola’s City.
Inter finished 3rd in Serie A this season and went to the new Champions League. With good morale after winning the cup and the domestic Supercup, they are looking forward to the duel with Manchester City for the treble.
Five days before the final on 10 June in Istanbul, Simone Inzaghi spoke to the press at Inter Milan’s media day. The Italian expressed his pride at the Nerazzurri’s achievements so far and admitted that their mission to the citizens is extremely difficult.
“It’s been a long journey, starting last summer and the day of the draw, which wasn’t lucky for us (ie in the same group as Bayern and Barcelona… I think it all started last year, they were the four games in our mind , which we played against Inter and Liverpool.
“In 2010 we achieved a big goal and we will try to repeat it in 2023.”Inzaghi initially emphasized, adding: “Immediately after the second game against Milan, we worked a lot on City.
But it wasn’t until after the Torino game that I really started thinking about what we should do on Saturday. It’s the most important game of my career and it makes up for all the hard work we’ve put in over a year.
We will find a full stadium with many Turkish fans split between Calhanoglu and Gundogan.”
Praise for City and Guardiola before the final
Regarding the chances of the two teams in the final, he said: “I’m not too good with the odds, we’re going to meet the strongest team in the world who have won the Premier League five times in the last six years, in the most competitive league in the world.”
We have to play as a team because we’ll have the best against us, with an excellent coach who has shaped modern football.
I played against him as a player and I remember on my honeymoon in New York drinking my colacato with my wife and Guardiola sitting at the next table. Both teams have players who can make the difference. They won two titles this year, but so did we.”
When asked to speak more specifically about Manchester City, he said: “There is great admiration for them for what they have achieved in recent years. This year I felt like they were going to make it to the finals.”
The more you see them, the better you understand why they get these results. The game will be decided by moments, we have to stop City’s possession a bit and let the ball circulate well when we have it.”
In the regular part, the Nerazzurri coach made it clear that he has not yet decided which of Dzeko or Lukaku will be Lautaro Martins’ attacking partner and underlined this “We still have four training sessions plus the ones we will do in Istanbul.”
Source: Sport 24
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Real Madrid’s French forward Kylian Mbappe He became the top scorer of the Champions League in 2025.
The 27-year-old striker has 14 goals.
Inter’s Lautaro Martinez is in second place with 12 goals.
Third place in the summary rankings for 2025 was taken by Bayern’s Harry Kane (scored 11 goals).
Champions League’s top scorers in 2025
- 14 – Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
- 12 – Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
- 11-Harry Kane (Bayern)
- 10 – Serou Guirassi (Borussia)
- 9-Ousmane Dembele (PSG)
- 9 – Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- 9 – Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray)
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Former coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Showkovsky He should have been sacked in August after a poor performance in the Champions League qualifiers.
The blue-whites, who lost twice to Cypriot Paphos in the 3rd round of the European Cup (0:1 and 0:2), were relegated to the Europa League and then promoted to the Conference League.
“I know that Dinamo management believes that a change of coach could and should be made in the summer, after they lost to Paphos in the Champions League qualifiers.
Then an opportunity arose. But the necessary candidate was not available,” the source said.
Due to the lack of alternatives, the president of the Kiev club decided to leave Shovkovsky as head coach, but in November the Ukrainian specialist was nevertheless fired and left Dynamo.
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We continue to examine the future of Donetsk shakhtar To buy tickets directly to the main stage Champions League 2026/27.
This will be possible if the place reserved for the team that wins the Champions League trophy is redistributed.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
Donetsk Miner They are in fourth place with a coefficient of 50.250 among the clubs competing for a possible position at the heart of the Champions League.
In the last European week, the Donetsk club added +2.625 points. This increase was achieved with a 0-0 draw with Croatian Rijeka in the 6th round of the Conference League and a sixth place in the main round final table.
Main rival Greek Olympiacos – 56,500 points remaining. The Miners can regain the 6,250-point lead if they perform well in the spring part of the European Cups.
It is interesting that Shakhtar lost the first place in the UPL (Cherkasy has the same number of points as LNZ – 35 points each), and Olympiacos lost the lead in Greece to the AEK team (36 points against 37). Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk plays for the team of the city of Piraeus.
Positions rangers (59,250), 4th in Scotland and Copenhagen (53.375), placed 5th in Denmark, looks less competitive in the rankings due to its position in the national championships. Leader only in championships Dinamo Zagreb And RB Salzburg (44,000 each) but there is no certainty that the turn will come.
Let us remind you that if the cup holder buys a ticket to the Champions League through the national championship, there will be a vacancy in the main squad in the 2026/27 Champions League. In this case, a balance will arise again and if Shakhtar wins the UPL and is ahead of Olympiacos in the UEFA club rankings (or the Greek club does not become the champion of Greece), it can get a direct ticket to the base of the Champions League.
If the Piraeus team is higher in the rankings and takes advantage of the available space, the Donetsk club will start from the 4th quarter of the Champions League, not the 2nd quarter, in case they win in the UPL.
Candidates for direct tickets to the Champions League 2026/27 main stage
(In case the quota reserved for the Champions League champion becomes vacant)
UEFA Club Rankings 2026
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