Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Between the joy of victory experienced by the Manchester City team and the tears of defeat in the eyes of the Italian Inter team, the interests of the international sports media came
International sports newspapers published this morning, Sunday, paid attention to many important events, on top of which was Manchester City's coronation of the European Champions League title for the first time in its history, after beating Inter Milan with a clean goal, in the final match that brought them together yesterday evening, at the "Ataturk Olympic Stadium", in the city of Turkish Istanbul.
And we start with the Belgian newspapers, including the newspaper Latest News, which said that the Champions League final was not a distinguished final for the Belgians. The Belgian, Kevin De Bruyne, the City player, was forced to leave after an injury after only half an hour, while the other Belgian, Romelu Lukaku, became subject to sharp criticism at Inter by wasting an opportunity. big. So the striker received a lot of comments in the foreign media, for De Bruyne there was understanding and sympathy
And the British newspaper “Daily Star” published a picture of Rodri, who scored the goal of crowning Man City with the Champions League title, under the headline “Champions, Rodri the star achieves the hat-trick for Pep Guardiola.”
As the British newspaper "The Sun" headlined, "Celebrate as if it were 1999, the City champions equal the legend of their rivals United."
In Italy, the Italian newspaper "Toto Sport" said, "The dream stopped, Rodri's goal, Manchester City, European champions for the first time, the Nerazzurri play at the same level, but pay the price for mistakes and misfortunes: Lukaku first "saves" Dimarco's effort, then wastes his header, in the minute 96, Ederson saves Gosens header, Guardiola achieves the hat-trick.
The cover of the Italian newspaper, Corriere dello Sport, headlined, “So no, Guardiola raises the Champions League, but the Nerazzurri deserve applause: 1-0, Inter makes City tremble: Demarco on the crossbar, chances for Lautaro and Lukaku, tears, Italy loses the third European final in a row.” ".
Whereas, the Italian newspaper "La Gazzetta dello Sport" commented, saying, "The tears of the champions, Inter plays at the same level and is lost. The champions are for City. The Nerazzurri lose (1-0)."
Finally, the Spanish newspaper "Marca" praised Spain's Rodrigo, who won the Champions League title for City, saying, "Don Rodrigo."