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  • UCL Final: Inter Milan bigger than Manchester City – Guardiola admits

    UCL Final: Inter Milan bigger than Manchester City – Guardiola admits

    Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has revealed that Spanish club side Inter Milan is a bigger club than them.

    Guardiola made this comment while speaking with BT Sport ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final at Istanbul stadium, Turkey.

    City are looking to win the trophy for the first time, while Inter wants to end a 12-year wait for it, after winning it under Jose Mourinho in 2012.

    “I saw Inter’s games and we tried to do our game. Everything finishes with a game and the team who performs best over 95 minutes will win.

    “Inter Milan is bigger than us, in terms of history in this competition, and we are favourites to win the game, but what’s important is that, at 10pm Istanbul time, we do the best performance possible and that can make the difference,” Guardiola said.

  • UCL: We are very close to another final appearance – Ancelotti

    UCL: We are very close to another final appearance – Ancelotti

    Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti, has hinted that his side is closing to reaching two UEFA Champions League finals in a row.

    Recall Both Liverpool and Real Madrid played last season’s final with the Madrid side carrying the day.

    However, Ancelotti said this while speaking on the favourite club between Real Madrid and Manchester City that will advance from the Champions League semi-final stage.

    Real Madrid and Man City will clash in the Champions League last four in May after knocking out Chelsea and Bayern Munich, respectively in the quarter-final stage.

    Real Madrid will face Manchester City on April 10 ar Madrid with the reverse fixture at the Etihad one week later.
    AC Milan will trade tackles with neighbours Inter Milan in the other UEFA Champions League game, the winner of this fixture will face off with the Madrid vs Manchester City winner in the final of this year’s UCL

  • Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Gerrard predicts winner of Champions League final

    Former England and Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard, has predicted the Champions League final between the Premier League side Liverpool and Real Madrid.

    According to Gerrard, Liverpool  will win the game in Paris by  2-0.

    Gerrard who made this prediction via his twitter account mentioned in a video that the Reds will defeat Real Madrid by 2-0 in Paris.

     

    Recall that Gerrard lifted the Champions League title with Liverpool in 2005 after defeating AC Milan 5-4 on Penalties in Instabul.

    “Hopefully it’ll be a fantastic game and I predict a 2-0 Liverpool win,” Gerrard said.

  • CL Final: Real Madrid releases 26-man squad to face Liverpool

    The coach of Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti, has released his squad that will face Liverpool in the UEFA champions League final on Saturday in Paris.

    Ancelotti named a 26-man squad in a post via Real Madrid’s official website to face Liverpool in Paris.

    The Spanish giants  had defeated Chelsea and  Manchester City two English sides  in the Quarter-final and  semi-final stage respectively before reaching the final

    Meanwhile their opponents,  Liverpool Football Club defeated Inter Milan and Villareal to get to the final of the competition.

    UEFA has fixed the match kick-off for 8pm Nigerian time at the Stade de France.

    Below is Real Madrid’s squad against Liverpool:

    Goalkeepers: Courtois, Lunin, Fuidias.
    Forwards: Carvajal, E. Militão, Alaba, Vallejo, Nacho, Marcelo, F. Mendy.
    Midfielders: Kroos, Modrić, Casemiro, Valverde, Lucas V., D. Ceballos, Isco, Camavinga.
    Forwards: Hazard, Benzema, Asensio, Jović, Bale, Vini Jr., Rodrygo, Mariano.

  • Owen predicts winner of Liverpool vs Real Madrid UCL final

    Former 3 Lions of England ,Liverpool and Real Madrid striker, Michael Owen has predicted the Correct Score of Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final between both teams.

    Liverpool and Real Madrid square up against eachother in this year’s final of the UEFA Champions League on Saturday,May 28th in Paris, France.

    Jurgen Klopp’s side head to the game after eliminating Villarreal in the Champions League semi-final stage, while Real Madrid knocked Manchester City out of the competition.

    Owen who  has played for both sides has  given his expert prediction from the pundits point of view  in an interview with Betvictor

    “For Liverpool, it was not quite enough to win the league on Sunday. A cup treble would still be a brilliant season for the club. The only worry entering this game is the injury doubts in midfield, if Klopp can get most of the first 11 fully fit, I really fancy Liverpool’s chances.

    “Real have done brilliantly to reach this final, but I am not sure they should have got this far. They have produced some improbable comebacks at the Bernabeu, I don’t think they will be able to do likewise on a neutral ground.

    “I think Liverpool will have too much energy, pace and quality for this Real side. I will never write Real off, but I think Liverpool will score a few against what can be a suspect defence. 3-1 is my prediction.”