2023 UEFA Champions League final

The 2023 UEFA Champions League Final was the final game of the 2022–23 season. It was played in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 10, 2023. Manchester City from England played against Inter Milan from Italy, Manchester City won 1–0 with a goal from Rodri in the second half. This marked Manchester City's first European trophy since 1970. They also won the Premier League and FA Cup titles that season, completing a treble. Because they won the Champions League, they got to play against Sevilla, who won the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, and they also qualified for the 2023 and 2025 FIFA Club World Cups.

Originally, the final was supposed to be at Wembley Stadium in London, but because of changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to Istanbul. Munich will host the 2025 final as a result.

Schedule
The final was originally scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England. However, the Allianz Arena in Munich was assigned the 2023 final. This is due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final because of the COVID-19 pandemic,  When the 2021 final, which had been scheduled at Istanbul, also had to be relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, the 2023 final was given to Istanbul instead. Munich will now host the 2025 final.

Winners
The winners will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

Venue
This will be the second UEFA Champions League final played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium; the first was held in 2005.

Host selection process
An open bidding process was launched on 22 February 2019 by UEFA to select the 2022 and 2023 UEFA Champions League final venues. Associations had until 22 March 2019 to express interest, and bid information had to be submitted by 1 July 2019.

While the bidding associations have not been confirmed by UEFA, the German Football Association was reported to have bid with the Allianz Arena in Munich, should they not be awarded the 2021 final.

Selection results
The Allianz Arena was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019. The hosts for the 2021 and 2023 UEFA Champions League finals were also appointed at here.

Match

Summary
In the final match, Manchester City made a surprise change by putting Nathan Aké in the starting lineup instead of Kyle Walker. Inter Milan stuck with their usual lineup. Both teams had chances to score in the first half, but Inter's goalkeeper André Onana stopped City from taking the lead. There was a scary moment when Kevin De Bruyne got injured and had to leave the game in the first half. The first half ended without any goals, as Inter played defensively.

In the second half, Romelu Lukaku came in for Edin Džeko and had a good chance with a header. In the 68th minute, Rodri scored the first goal for City, thanks to a pass from Bernardo Silva. Inter almost equalized with a header that hit the crossbar, and they had more chances. Similarly, City also had multiple chances, notably, by Haaland and Phil Foden but ended up wasting them. Ederson and City's defense held strong. In the end, City won the final 1–0.

Details

 GK 31 Ederson  CB 25 Manuel AkanjiCB 3  Rúben DiasCB 6  Nathan AkéDM 5  John Stones   DM 16 RodriRM 20 Bernardo SilvaCM 17 Kevin De Bruyne   CM 8  İlkay Gündoğan (c)LM 10 Jack GrealishCF 9  Erling Haaland  Substitutes:GK 18 Stefan OrtegaGK 33 Scott CarsonDF 2  Kyle Walker   DF 14 Aymeric LaporteDF 21 Sergio GómezDF 82 Rico LewisMF 4  Kalvin PhillipsMF 32 Máximo PerroneMF 47 Phil Foden   MF 80 Cole PalmerFW 19 Julián ÁlvarezFW 26 Riyad MahrezManager: Pep Guardiola300px GK 24 André Onana  CB 36 Matteo Darmian   CB 15 Francesco AcerbiCB 95 Alessandro Bastoni   RM 2  Denzel Dumfries   CM 23 Nicolò Barella  CM 77 Marcelo Brozović (c)CM 20 Hakan Çalhanoğlu   LM 32 Federico DimarcoCF 10 Lautaro MartínezCF 9  Edin Džeko   Substitutes:GK 1  Samir HandanovićGK 21 Alex CordazDF 6  Stefan de VrijDF 12 Raoul Bellanova   DF 33 Danilo D'Ambrosio   DF 37 Milan ŠkriniarMF 5  Roberto GagliardiniMF 8  Robin Gosens   MF 14 Kristjan AsllaniMF 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan   FW 11 Joaquín CorreaFW 90 Romelu Lukaku    Manager: Simone Inzaghi  

Man of the Match:
Rodri (Manchester City)

Assistant referees:
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Support video assistant referee:
Marco Fritz (Germany)Match rules
90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Twelve named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

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