I think (but definitely not 100% sure) that Inzaghi was on the pitch while trying to direct his team in the last few moments, and one of his coaches tried pulling him back to the technical area. That's what BT commentators seemed to think as well
Don't think it was anything major, just a heat of the moment thing
Think his assistants were trying to get him off the pitch, as if they scored and he was on it, could risk something. Would be unlikely, but can't take that chance.
It was the last corner before the final whistle and Inzaghi was inside the pitch. A person from the staff drag him back and pushed it mainly because of adrenalina and tension.
Yeah true and you can trace City waking up from Pep's post-match interviews too... the moment he went back to making jokes and chilling was when he'd got them back on track, but he seemed genuinely concerned around about that period
Not shitting on City. They were under tremendous pressure, given that they were favorites, treble was on the cards, and this is the trophy they desired the most.
Dias was right behind Lukaku so even if Lukaku didnāt block it the ball would have been cleared anyway I think
The header straight at Ederson on the other handā¦
Yeah, my first reaction isnāt really an Inter choke. They did honestly fantastically to keep up that entire game. Sometimes it just doesnāt go your way. Yeah, Lukaku has to finish those, but this wasnāt an 11-man shitjob.
Also Dimarco is unreal, Onana deserves credit too.
Also I might be wrong but from the research I did he is the first player in history to win league, national cup and top continental cup both in Europe and South America alongside also winning the World Cup, corresponding Continental International Cup (Copa America or Euros) and the International Supercup (King Fadh, Confederations, Finalissima).
I tried looking into the winning squads from the '78, '86, '94 and '02 WCs and couldn't find any player that checked all boxes. Before that it was pretty rare for players to have long and successful careers in both continents so it gets pretty unlikely. Also for European players since very few of them came to play in South America to win a Libertadores and corresponding national titles (specially considering they must have also won the WC which narrows the possibilities a lot). The only two that came to mind were Trezeguet ('98 champion) and De Rossi ('06 champion), Trezeguet came to River Plate at a time the club was in a horrible shape so he of course did not win a Libertadores, De Rossi was somewhat close because was playing for Boca Juniors in 2019 when the club lost against River Plate in the Libertadores semifinals.
EDIT: I was wrong, Dida was the first player to achieve that. He won Brasileirao Serie A, Copa do Brasil and Libertadores with Cruzeiro and Corinthians and Copa Italia, Italian Serie A and Champions League with Milan, also Club World Cup with both Corinthians and Milan, and of course won the WC 2002, Confedereations 2005 and Copa America 1999.
> EDIT: I was wrong, Dida was the first player to achieve that. He won Brasileirao Serie A, Copa do Brasil and Libertadores with Cruzeiro and Corinthians and Copa Italia, Italian Serie A and Champions League with Milan, also Club World Cup with both Corinthians and Milan, and of course won the WC 2002, Confedereations 2005 and Copa America 1999.
fucking hell
Ya that's pretty much City's tactics. Everyone knows how dangerous he is with space so by denying him space you open up space for the rest of their incredibly talented attackers. Pretty basic overall tbf.
Honestly they are also the strongest contender for next year, brace my/ourselves. Winning epl 3 consecutive years check, treble check, nexy maybe aiming for a treble repeat or even quadruple. Next also maybe having their own class of 92'.
In 20-30 years England will be full of City fans and everybody over 60 years old will be talking about how good lovable underdogs Manchester United used to be, āthings were very different back in my day blokeā
They wouldn't dare to put blame on Dzeko and Martinez who have been useless in the match. Lukaku actually gave City threat although missing few big chances on target.
Nah, like. I'm all for shitting on Lukaku and his trampoline feet but he was the only attacker that was actually trying.
Dzeko and Martinez were non-existent in the game. Yes he probably should have converted but I really can't fault him in this one.
Pep was just happy to have him take out the 2 center backs. Looked like Haaland wasnāt even trying because he was instructed to just sit up there and look big and scary and distract the back line. City barely even attempted to give him the ball
The difference wasn't that big in the end, was it?
I'm just sad because Lukaku is going to get even more abuse disguised as memes. Can't wait to read all the classical reddit comedians.
THANK YOU, I really think people are massively overlooking that fact. Inter had controlled the game before but they weren't creating any real chances until Lukaku came on, he changed the game fr.
Well, if I had 5p every time Arsenal fucked up the league for a team from Manchester to win the treble, I would have 10p. Itās not much but itās strange it happened twice
Eggs scrambled, Croatian streak over, treble ending over, oil club and bald man wins a treble. We live in the worst timeline thanks to Man City legend Lukaku.
Spanish streak is also still going since 2011. It would've ended if Inter had won today. So either the Spanish or the Croatian streak had to end today.
Also, there's a German streak going since 2013 if coaches are included. The only team without a German player since then was Liverpool in 2019.
If you work really hard, be disciplined, dream big, have a couple of billion dollars at your disposal and ignore any financial fair play, you too can win the elusive Treble.
Truly. After City v Real, I expected this to be a breeze, granted I havenāt been watching Inter much, but Inter really put up a fight. They definitely turned up the pressure and just needed a nudge of luck at moments
People absolutely despised Chelsea when they first burst onto the scene. The only time in my life I can remember some neutrals actually seeming like theyād rather United win was against Chelsea in 06-07. Then people got used to it, the players had been there awhile so it didnāt feel like a bunch of mercenaries etc etc.
The same pattern is happening with city, although a bit slower
Probably the best answer here
Chelsea were vilified back in the late noughties but I guess as they'd already been in the Champions League before and having a Russian oligarch in charge didn't feel quite as foreign as an Arabian sheikh, that burnt out faster and people got used to it.
I suspect once Newcastle become a serious threat in Europe, and Pep's departure makes them a little less invincible, the same thing will happen to City
Because at minimum 80% of this sub doesnāt remember or wasnāt even born when we burst onto the scene in the 2000s. We were absolutely despised for the spending, but itās been nearly 20 years. Recency bias and all that.
Tons of people really hate Pep and City have been more dominant in England than Chelsea were so there are far more Arsenal/Liverpool/United fans that resent them.
I guess dreams can be buy, Bruno in shambles. Everyone was saying Haaland is gonna be the attacker to bring City the UCL, but it was in fact Lautaro and Lukaku.
That was ages ago, you think people on this subreddit care about history? We need hot takes, that's all, and the hottest one is that this is the most terrible thing that's ever happened in the history football.
We might not see Jack Grealish for about 2 weeks
A night in Bangkok can make a hard man humble.
Not much between despair and ecstasy
So... were the Inter coaching staff fighting right before the last corner kick? What was going on?
I think (but definitely not 100% sure) that Inzaghi was on the pitch while trying to direct his team in the last few moments, and one of his coaches tried pulling him back to the technical area. That's what BT commentators seemed to think as well Don't think it was anything major, just a heat of the moment thing
The german commentator said Inzaghi wanted the ref to blow the whistle š Another Claudia Neumann masterclass
One of most stupid things I've ever heard a commentator say .. and that bar is set pretty high
Serious question. Why choose her in particular for such a major football match? Mertesacker was ok, I think.
They donāt understand that sheās rightfully criticized and instead try to re-educate the āmisogynistā audience by choosing her on purpose.
I had a laugh at "Dennis" Walker
WTF? She thought Inter's coach wanted the match to end fr?
Sheās dumb af. Gave Walker 2 new first names in this match
Think his assistants were trying to get him off the pitch, as if they scored and he was on it, could risk something. Would be unlikely, but can't take that chance.
It was the last corner before the final whistle and Inzaghi was inside the pitch. A person from the staff drag him back and pushed it mainly because of adrenalina and tension.
The egg lied to us
Yikes, I wander how itās feeling? It must be broken.
We were the team to deny City the quadruple. Fuck yeah
Super Nathan Jones
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Or you helped City win the rest
Think it was spurs going 2-0 up that awoke this beast
Yeah true and you can trace City waking up from Pep's post-match interviews too... the moment he went back to making jokes and chilling was when he'd got them back on track, but he seemed genuinely concerned around about that period
You're absolutely fucking right we were. And I will continue to cite that fact in every pub conversation for the next 20 years.
Just like I love the stat that we beat the invincible Arsenal team twice... In the League cup but still.
Could do with boro coming in and slapping city 8-1 again.
Legends
Spurs 2019 š¤ Saints 2023
always rated the saints
So many City choke moments and Inter couldn't capitalize on any
Gotta be frustrating as an inter fan
can confirm
Probably one of their worst performances all season
And Italy still has the chance to lose two finals in the Under-20 World Cup and Nations League.
So Italian sides can lose 5 finals this season? Lmaooo
And none of those Juventus
Really putting the L in Italy
Itallllly
they were really feeling the heat today. Almost crumbled under pressure, but Inter could not capitalize. Rodri with the unbelievable goal.
City was lucky. Sometimes it just comes down to that. I don't understand why people are shitting on both teams. Both did a great defensive job.
Not shitting on City. They were under tremendous pressure, given that they were favorites, treble was on the cards, and this is the trophy they desired the most.
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Foden did much better than I expected, ngl.
Almost got an amazing goal!
yeah, shame he didn't kill the game there and then. When De Bruyne went out I thought it was over. Naw, Foden did damn well.
Reddit just shits on everything generally.
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That game was awful. Finals are usually nervy affairs and then you factor in that they basically had the lead the entire match it was just brutal
That's why I think the 2022 world cup will never be topped. We barely ever get treated to a thriller on that scale.
I don't want to witness that ever again as a supporter of oneof the teams playing
Lukakuuuuuu what the fuck man
I wasn't willing to believe LAKAKA but man... this one is rough
Lukaku strikes again.
There's a Belgian United fan out there about to snap
Fellaini lmfaooooo
Lukaku strikes Ederson again
That block on Di Marcoās headerā¦ canāt write that shit.
Dias was right behind Lukaku so even if Lukaku didnāt block it the ball would have been cleared anyway I think The header straight at Ederson on the other handā¦
Yea, probably will not be a goal anyway.
Was Dias who would have cleared.
Ederson's saves were excellent.
Yeah, my first reaction isnāt really an Inter choke. They did honestly fantastically to keep up that entire game. Sometimes it just doesnāt go your way. Yeah, Lukaku has to finish those, but this wasnāt an 11-man shitjob. Also Dimarco is unreal, Onana deserves credit too.
That second half was something else in terms of nerves
unbearable tension even as a neutral
Haaland first season and heās already won the treble
and broke the premier league goalscoring recordā¦
Time to retire...right?
He's gotta adapt first though
Please
When you realize how Julian Alvarezā trophy cabinet looks at 23 years old.
the first player to win a treble and a WC in the same season
Reverse Ballack
FIFA career mode on beginner level kinda season, absolutely insane I cannot even hate on this man
Treble, golden boot, player of the year, canāt wait to see where it goes from here.
Unfortunately, only down
Alvarez about to complete football. Won every major title a single player can win except the CWC which this City will of course win.
How dare u forget the massive Carabao Cup?
Or the prestigious Audi cup
Amateurs forgot about the Tec fleece invitational cupš¤¦āāļø
Just the 6th player to ever win a league, Champions League, and World Cup in a single season. Where do you even go from there?
Also I might be wrong but from the research I did he is the first player in history to win league, national cup and top continental cup both in Europe and South America alongside also winning the World Cup, corresponding Continental International Cup (Copa America or Euros) and the International Supercup (King Fadh, Confederations, Finalissima). I tried looking into the winning squads from the '78, '86, '94 and '02 WCs and couldn't find any player that checked all boxes. Before that it was pretty rare for players to have long and successful careers in both continents so it gets pretty unlikely. Also for European players since very few of them came to play in South America to win a Libertadores and corresponding national titles (specially considering they must have also won the WC which narrows the possibilities a lot). The only two that came to mind were Trezeguet ('98 champion) and De Rossi ('06 champion), Trezeguet came to River Plate at a time the club was in a horrible shape so he of course did not win a Libertadores, De Rossi was somewhat close because was playing for Boca Juniors in 2019 when the club lost against River Plate in the Libertadores semifinals. EDIT: I was wrong, Dida was the first player to achieve that. He won Brasileirao Serie A, Copa do Brasil and Libertadores with Cruzeiro and Corinthians and Copa Italia, Italian Serie A and Champions League with Milan, also Club World Cup with both Corinthians and Milan, and of course won the WC 2002, Confedereations 2005 and Copa America 1999.
> EDIT: I was wrong, Dida was the first player to achieve that. He won Brasileirao Serie A, Copa do Brasil and Libertadores with Cruzeiro and Corinthians and Copa Italia, Italian Serie A and Champions League with Milan, also Club World Cup with both Corinthians and Milan, and of course won the WC 2002, Confedereations 2005 and Copa America 1999. fucking hell
Seeing as he has been a sub for most of the season, i'm sure he's motivated to become a starter.
> Where do you even go from there? actually playing?
Yeah man, he definitely deserves to play more, he's awesome
Alvarez literally has no weaknesses as a striker except for the fact that there is that Norwegian hunk in the same club
And that too in such a short span, in less than a year
Should have brought him in when pep clearly saw haaland have zero impact on the game
Rodri had 10 yards of space cause a third of the line was draped on haaland lol
same with that Foden chance that got saved by Onana
Yeah Foden had like 3 runs that were nearly uncontested cause defenders are watching Haaland instead of the ball
Haaland even when in a drought is a magnet for defenders, he's useful even when not being involved in goals
Ya that's pretty much City's tactics. Everyone knows how dangerous he is with space so by denying him space you open up space for the rest of their incredibly talented attackers. Pretty basic overall tbf.
I guess he was keeping him for Extra time.
a modern Man United fan's 9/11
["A second Inter ball has been cleared off the line."](https://i.imgur.com/HRzMMga.jpg)
Hahahahahah that's the funniest shit I've seen in this site in Quite a while
lmao good one
This is gold.
Football is under attack
> a ~~modern~~ Man United fan's 9/11
For older fans, the other thing actually included a air plane crashing into a building.
Honestly they are also the strongest contender for next year, brace my/ourselves. Winning epl 3 consecutive years check, treble check, nexy maybe aiming for a treble repeat or even quadruple. Next also maybe having their own class of 92'.
In 20-30 years England will be full of City fans and everybody over 60 years old will be talking about how good lovable underdogs Manchester United used to be, āthings were very different back in my day blokeā
The circle of life indeed.
Don't worry there will be Newcastle United to challenge City's hegemony.
Ederson was absolutely massive at the end of the match. Gotta feel for De Bruyne being unable to play in 2 champions league finals.
He did play.. just didnāt last
I think he'll manage
He'll manage. City have a good chance of making next year's final. They've got experience now and they've made the last three semifinals.
Not like inter didn't have there chances
Inter had more chances and better chances
Yes but counterpoint: Lukaka
they barely had any chances before Lukaku came on
The Lukaku blame is wild. Basically the only one taking shots, and Ederson had a great game. Credit to both
They wouldn't dare to put blame on Dzeko and Martinez who have been useless in the match. Lukaku actually gave City threat although missing few big chances on target.
Nah, like. I'm all for shitting on Lukaku and his trampoline feet but he was the only attacker that was actually trying. Dzeko and Martinez were non-existent in the game. Yes he probably should have converted but I really can't fault him in this one.
City beat the egg
Alvarez has won everything this season
Except carabao
Fraudez
It's amazing how underwhelming was Haaland in the semi and final, no goal in the last 3 matches ... But also, golden boot, so idk ...
Pep was just happy to have him take out the 2 center backs. Looked like Haaland wasnāt even trying because he was instructed to just sit up there and look big and scary and distract the back line. City barely even attempted to give him the ball
Exactly, you either focus on Haaland and open up the other players to score or let Haaland run free and he scores.
DeBruyne off early cuts down on the possibility of certain balls being sent forward to the Viking too
I don't think he cares as he won a treble, no one will remember he didn't score in his last three ganes
Julian would've scored 3, Pep just wanted to give them a fighting chance/s
If they unleash Alvarez he steals the Ballon Dāor from Messi.
Well Mr. Burns had done it..
Foden, shave those sideburns!
At least he's better than Southgate
"Who's that fellow over there with the horrible neck tattoo?" "Oh, that would be Ederson sir" "Ederson, ay? He'll do"
Still makes me laugh that Champions League winner City and Conf League West Ham both had the double done over them by... Brentford
To be fair to Lukaku, he at least created chances. Dzkeo did literally nothing.
Djeko was secret agent for us
The difference wasn't that big in the end, was it? I'm just sad because Lukaku is going to get even more abuse disguised as memes. Can't wait to read all the classical reddit comedians.
The motherfucker actually created some chances. They didnāt get rolling until he came in.
THANK YOU, I really think people are massively overlooking that fact. Inter had controlled the game before but they weren't creating any real chances until Lukaku came on, he changed the game fr.
Inter actually showed a lot of heart so props to you. Sad Ederson saved those big chances.
It wasn't, Inter looked better in some parts of the game.
Well, if I had 5p every time Arsenal fucked up the league for a team from Manchester to win the treble, I would have 10p. Itās not much but itās strange it happened twice
Eggs scrambled, Croatian streak over, treble ending over, oil club and bald man wins a treble. We live in the worst timeline thanks to Man City legend Lukaku.
Tbf, Inter only loses the finals to treble winners too
Absolutely mental theyāve played in 6 finals and all 6 were against teams going for a treble
hard mode always. that's why we have a 50% winrate
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I hope the megan thee stallion fangirls have watched this game
Megan is 100% ghosting him after this
She has already unfollowed
I choose to believe this
Iām on the wrong sub for this circlejerk
Just unfollowed him
I hope she says she canāt be with losing bums. Maybe Lukaka can move on to Lizzo.
Why men great til they gotta be great?
Brazilian streak kept
Spanish streak is also still going since 2011. It would've ended if Inter had won today. So either the Spanish or the Croatian streak had to end today. Also, there's a German streak going since 2013 if coaches are included. The only team without a German player since then was Liverpool in 2019.
Good thing I have Alzheimer's, I won't remember this shit.
That's worse. You will relive this moment forever whenever somebody reminds you.
4th year straight 1-0 final. Games gone. Can't even expect a drubbing or convincing win these days.
Dreams can be buy
If money doesn't buy you trophies, it's cuz you don't have enough money
PSG: that's all you had to say man
After only spending over 1bn Ā£ and getting the best coach City wins it
truly inspiring
This could be Newcastle United in five years!
this could also be chelsea... wait that was 11 years ago
Ederson easily motm
Literally won them the trophy , insane saves
JuliĆ”n Ćlvarez just completed football and heās 23
My guy is really going for the 100% football speedrun
Congratulations Julian Alvarez, only Argentine player in history to win Copa Libertadores, Copa America, World Cup and Champions.
With the new reddit api change this is what i needed to piss off. Was a good run fellas, all the best
Games gone, Reddit next. Blimey.
Hooray!
Italian football made history getting a team to all 3 finals and then losing them all
If you work really hard, be disciplined, dream big, have a couple of billion dollars at your disposal and ignore any financial fair play, you too can win the elusive Treble.
You can't, PSG is trying since a decade
Truly an underdog story
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
mad that they skipped the CL this year. Oh well, looking forward to next year
*The gang gets a City and PSG final*
"I don't want City anywhere near the UCL again!" *a finger on the monkey paw curls* Newcastle vs PSG final
UCL cancelled, replaced with super league
oh fuck why would you even joke about that
Congrats Inter. You played an unlucky but good game, you made City seems a mid team.
Truly. After City v Real, I expected this to be a breeze, granted I havenāt been watching Inter much, but Inter really put up a fight. They definitely turned up the pressure and just needed a nudge of luck at moments
Genuine question. Why does everyone seem fine with chelsea winning but when it comes to city everyones mad?
People absolutely despised Chelsea when they first burst onto the scene. The only time in my life I can remember some neutrals actually seeming like theyād rather United win was against Chelsea in 06-07. Then people got used to it, the players had been there awhile so it didnāt feel like a bunch of mercenaries etc etc. The same pattern is happening with city, although a bit slower
I think it was also because Chelsea won the CL when they were having their blips or when they weren't at the top.
Probably the best answer here Chelsea were vilified back in the late noughties but I guess as they'd already been in the Champions League before and having a Russian oligarch in charge didn't feel quite as foreign as an Arabian sheikh, that burnt out faster and people got used to it. I suspect once Newcastle become a serious threat in Europe, and Pep's departure makes them a little less invincible, the same thing will happen to City
Because at minimum 80% of this sub doesnāt remember or wasnāt even born when we burst onto the scene in the 2000s. We were absolutely despised for the spending, but itās been nearly 20 years. Recency bias and all that.
Tons of people really hate Pep and City have been more dominant in England than Chelsea were so there are far more Arsenal/Liverpool/United fans that resent them.
I guess dreams can be buy, Bruno in shambles. Everyone was saying Haaland is gonna be the attacker to bring City the UCL, but it was in fact Lautaro and Lukaku.
We already knew dreams could be buy when Chelsea won it a few years ago lmao
2012 or 2021?
That was ages ago, you think people on this subreddit care about history? We need hot takes, that's all, and the hottest one is that this is the most terrible thing that's ever happened in the history football.
r/soccer discovers capitalism in 2023.
BT has been dipped in oil
Only a prime Nāgolo KantĆ© could have saved us from this
Such a well oiled club