Date: Saturday 10th June, 2023
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Ataturk Olympic Stadium
Referee Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Manchester City
The Man City medical team have largely been allowed to put their feet up ahead of Saturday's final, although a minor concern for Kyle Walker was recently reported by Guardiola, who confessed that the right-back had been experiencing trouble with his back.
However, Walker himself has since alleviated concerns regarding his fitness, and the England international should form part of a fully-fit contingent for the Citizens, whose starting XI surely picks itself in Istanbul.
The same 10 outfield players that began the second-leg demolition of Real Madrid lined up to shake Prince William's hand for the FA Cup final, and the only alteration should therefore come in goal, where Stefan Ortega will reluctantly hand the gloves back over to Ederson.
With no new contract agreed, Saturday's game could very well be Gundogan's Man City adieu, and the 32-year-old will don the armband for the Premier League champions 10 years after coming up short in the 2012-13 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund against Bayern Munich.
Another goal for the indomitable Erling Braut Haaland would represent his 13th of the 2022-23 Champions League - hardly an unlucky number, as it would see him overtake Ruud van Nistelrooy for the most single-season Champions League goals for an English team - and despite failing to make the net ripple against Real Madrid, the Scandinavian sensation has never gone three successive games without a goal in Europe's top tournament.
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji; Stones, Rodri; Silva, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland
Inter Milan
As for the Nerazzurri, Inter lost former Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan to a thigh injury in the second leg of his side's semi-final success over AC Milan, but the Armenian playmaker is reportedly winning his battle to be fit for the final.
The same can be said for Argentine attacker Joaquin Correa, who picked up a calf issue against Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia final, although a spot on the bench will await the 28-year-old if he is given the green light to make the journey.
Indeed, Inzaghi appears to have settled on Martinez and Dzeko as his established strike pairing for crunch matches - meaning that misfiring Chelsea loanee Romelu Lukaku will also aim to provide impetus from the bench before he bids farewell for a second time - while Mkhitaryan may force Marcelo Brozovic out of the XI if he can prove his fitness.
Left-wing back Federico Dimarco was not even in the squad to meet Torino on the final matchday in Serie A due to muscular fatigue, but the Italian is expected to line up from the off here, and his duel with Walker down the flank promises to be a riveting watch indeed.
In what could be their final appearances in a Nerazzurri shirt, centre-back duo Milan Skriniar and Stefan de Vrij - who were indispensable members of their 2020-21 Scudetto-winning team - are set to start on the bench, as Alessandro Bastoni, Matteo Darmian and Francesco Acerbi shield Andre Onana, who needs one more clean sheet to match Edouard Mendy's record of nine from 2020-21.
Inter Milan possible starting lineup:
Onana; Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Dimarco; Martinez, Dzeko
Head-to-head record
Incredibly, Saturday's final will represent the maiden competitive showdown between Man City and Inter in any competition, with the two sides only locking horns in two friendly matches down the years.
A couple of months on from their 2010 Champions League final triumph, Inter put three past Man City without reply in the Pirelli Cup, where Victor Obinna and now-Fiorentina left-back Cristiano Biraghi were on target alongside a Joleon Lescott own goal.
One year later, the Citizens avenged that loss with their own 3-0 friendly win in Dublin - during which Dzeko netted against his current club alongside another former Nerazzurri marksman in Mario Balotelli.
Prediction: Manchester City 2-1 Inter Milan
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