“It’s a final, Inter deserves to be here too. We knew it was going to be difficult, but we’re happy. It couldn’t be better. It could be 1-0, 4-0 or 3-0, it does it doesn’t.” t matter,” the player stated in the “flash interview” after the game.
The Portuguese midfielder, who is one of the regular starters in the side with Rúben Dias under the command of Spaniard Pep Guardiola, dedicated the victory in the final to his grandfather, highlighting the “historic” achievement of joining the ‘Champions’ to join the English League and the FA Cup.
“I wish my grandfather was still around to see me win the Champions League” Bernardo Silva #ChampionsELEVEN pic.twitter.com/GEZD2EDQsP
– ELEVEN Portugal (@ElevenSports_PT) June 10, 2023
“It’s the second time in England that someone has done it [após o Manchester United, em 1998/99]. We are so, so happy,” endorsed the ‘AA’ international for Portugal 80 times.
Born in Lisbon, the 28-year-old midfielder completed 55 appearances for the ‘citizens’ in 2022/23, scoring seven goals, three of them in the Champions League, and benefiting from the title for the toughness of the performance, confirmed in the 306th official meeting of the luso for the emblem of Manchester.
“I’m devastated, so tired, mentally and physically. But it was worth it because this club and these fans deserve it,” said the midfielder, who has played at City since 2017.
The English team from Manchester City became European football champions for the first time today by beating the Italians from Inter Milan 1-0 in the final of the 2022/23 edition of ‘Champions’, in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Spaniard Rodri scored the goal in the 68th minute served by the Portuguese Bernardo Silva for the team led by Pep Guardiola, who had already won two sceptres at FC Barcelona (2008/09 and 2010/11).
City, who were part of the ‘eleven’ with Rúben Dias and Bernardo Silva, join the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup to achieve a ‘treble’ achieved only by Manchester United in England in 1998/99 .
Source: DN
