The party was great in the Skyblues locker room after their victory against Inter Milan (1-0) in the Champions League final. Special mention for Jack Grealish, in great shape.
It’s the end of a (very) long wait. By defeating Inter Milan (1-0) on Saturday night in Istanbul, on the inspiration of its midfielder Rodri, Manchester City won the first Champions League in its history. For Pep Guardiola, this is a third coronation in C1 after the two won on the Barça bench (2009, 2011). Long in check on the European scene at the head of Bayern Munich (2013-2016) and City since leaving Catalonia, he finally broke the curse, two years after a lost final against Chelsea (1-0).
“Rodri’s on fire, your defense is terrified”
With three Champions League to his credit, he is only one unit behind Carlo Ancelotti, the most successful technician in the competition (4), and is doing as well as Zinedine Zidane and the Englishman Bob Paisley, too. crowned in C1 three times. Above all, it is a deliverance for this club bought in 2008 by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and which has invested more than 1.5 billion euros in the transfer market in 15 years to climb to the top of the European soccer. The Skyblues even achieve a fabulous hat-trick this year after having already won the Premier League and the FA Cup.
A hat-trick celebrated as it should be in the locker room of the Atatürk Olympic Stadium. Never the last to party, Jack Grealish notably assured the show. Beer in hand, the English international showed his talents as a singer, including the title “Everywhere” by the group Fleetwood Mac.
Joined by their families and staff members, the players also began to sing the famous Gala hit, “Freed From Desire”, changing the lyrics slightly to shout “Rodri’s on fire, your defense is terrified, Rodri’s on fire, your defense is terrified”. In a final with little opportunity during the first hour, it was the Spaniard who found the fault with a sublime curling shot from the right in the 68th minute. His second goal of the season in C1. And surely the most important of his career.
Kyle Walker, he played the journalists in the locker room by filming himself on his social networks in the process of questioning some of the heroes of the evening, like Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland, who wasted no time in lighting up a good cigar… And the party looks even better when they return to Manchester this Sunday.
