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Global shock, Klopp's team to support in Champions League final revealed

Liverpool manager has his favourite 

By Charles Cornwall

Liverpool manager has his favourite 
Liverpool manager has his favourite 

In the hundreds of meetings that have taken place in the 67-year history of the Champions League, Manchester City-Inter Milán have never met, until now, when they will contest the final and the series to lift the trophy for the 2022-2023 season.  The Citizens will be contesting their second final of the competition, which has become a whim for their Arab owners, who since the 2009-2010 season have spent more than 1.4 billion euros on top players to try to get the trophy into their trophy cabinet.

 

On the other side, the Italians already know what it is like to be Champions League winners, having won it three times. The most recent, in the 2009-2010 campaign, when the team coached by José Mourinho beat Bayern Munich, then coached by Louis van Gaal, in the decisive game. The other two crowns were won in the 1960s and came back-to-back in the 1963-1964 and 1964-1965 seasons, beating Real Madrid and Benfica respectively.

The history of Pep Guardiola's side in the Champions League is relatively young, as prior to the 2011-2012 campaign, which marked a before and after in the competition, they had only participated in the 1968-1969 season, in which they were eliminated in the first round. Pep, for his third Champions League; Inzaghi looks to make his debut It is worth noting that Pep knows what it means to win this tournament. In the 2008-2009 and 2011-2012 seasons, he won it with Barcelona, the team with which he made his name as a coach and with which he won the sixteens, as well as the treble, something he will also try to secure with City this season.

 

Who Klopp supports

In several interviews Jürgen Klopp has revealed his appreciation for Ilkay Gundogan, whom he coached at Borussia Dortmund. As a result, many suggest that the Liverpool manager is keen for his former player to finally win the Champions League, something they were denied in the 2013 final defeat to Bayern Munich at Wembley.

 


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