Quote from: Polkeins on Today at 05:43:17 PM

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Quote from: Polkeins on Today at 12:52:21 PM

Manchester City probably deserved to win the Champions League a long time ago, and several times already, but all the time the trophy has passed them by. Now Manchester City is probably the strongest team in the world, with an excellent balanced squad, where almost every player can be replaced and the team will not notice it. Perhaps only the absence of De Bruyne and Haaland can somehow weaken the game, but still Manchester City won without them.

I would also like to note that Inter at one time knocked everyone out in the Champions League when they won the Champions League in the season of 2010, when they were coached by Mourinho and Wesley Sneijder was shining there. So there is no need to write off Inter completely, although now Inter's squad is not as "star".

De Bruyne is one of the most influential players in the Manchester City squad, Guardiola really hopes De Bruyne can play in the final from the first minute. Manchester City success this season cannot be separated from the role of De Bruyne, he has scored 16 Assists and 7 goals in the EPL. While in UCL De Bruyne has scored 5 assists and 2 goals. Inter will be overwhelmed guarding Manchester City players, they always alternate scoring goals and assists.

When Haaland is closely guarded by opposing players, other players will replace Haaland role in scoring goals, Simone Inzaghi must have watched the FA Cup final when Manchester City beat Manchester United, Haaland was heavily guarded by Manchester United defenders but Gundogan managed to score two goals after receiving feedback from De Bruyne. Inter will be overwhelmed against Manchester City because Guardiola always has a plan that can surprise the opposing team. I think this time Manchester City will win the first treble winner this season.

You could say that Manchester City has two of the top talents of their decades in the lineup. If Messi and Ronaldo were the main star players born in the 80's, now De Bruyne as one of the main stars of the current era is a player born in the 90's and Haaland, a mega-talent and prodigy born in the 2000's and a player of a different school of fcu.
Maybe Haaland is basically a future star for decades, like Messi and Ronaldo.

It is very fortunate that Guardiola was able to set up their game so that De Bruyne perfectly assists Haaland and constructs the whole game of the team, and Haaland at the tip of the attack realizes all the chances in the penalty area.
Although Guardiola was initially skeptical about Haaland's arrival, now we can see that he is using his potential to the fullest.

In general, Inter will have to make a miracle and hope for luck, because City's squad seems much stronger.

I believe that any comparison bade between Messi and Ronaldo and other players is prone to falling short of many things. De Bruyne is a totally different type of player whereas a comparison between Ronaldo and Haaland could make sense at some point. But Messi is a category of its own. He has midfielder qualities as much as he has striker qualities and free kick qualities and assisting qualities. Ronaldo was a goal machine, but he never contributed to the game besides the result. He wasn't someone who also tried to pass the ball perfectly in order to make other players score. De Bruyne isn't the typical goal scorer, but is able to score important ones and probably one of the best conductors the game has seen. Haaland will need to confirm his performances for several years, but he is on a great way to stand up to a lot of comparisons.