After knocking out defending champions Real Madrid, Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the second time in their history, where they will face Inter Milan. In the final, both teams will compete for the Triple Crown.
In the semi-finals of the Champions League, Inter reached the final for the first time in 13 years after beating Milan in the same city derby. This is Inter's sixth qualifying for the Champions League final, after three of their five promotions, the last of which was Mourinho's 2009-10 season. This season, Inter also won Serie A and Coppa Italia, becoming the first Serie A team in history to be crowned treble.
After winning the Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia, if they win the Champions League, Inter will win the small treble.
Of the last four teams in the Champions League, Manchester City are the only ones who have never won the Champions League. However, since Pep Guardiola's manager, Manchester City's strength has steadily risen, being hailed by Marca newspaper as Team of the Year, as confirmed by the elimination of the defending champions.
Manchester City had only reached the Champions League final in 2020-21, but in the final they lost 1-0 to Chelsea and missed out on the Big Ear trophy. It is worth emphasizing that in the last three Champions League finals, the final score was 1-0.
It is worth mentioning that the two teams have never met in the Champions League before, the first meeting was in the Champions League final, whether Manchester City can win the Champions League for the first time and be crowned the treble, or Inter can win the title again after 13 years, everything is still unknown.