Argentinian world champion Julian Alvarez made history by winning the Champions League with Manchester City on Saturday night against Inter Milan (1-0).
After a long fight, Manchester City won the 2022-2023 version of the Champions League by winning against Inter Milan (1-0) in the final on Saturday evening in Istanbul, Turkey. With a clear strike, Rodri offered success to the English club in the 68th minute of play.
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If he did not come into play in this final, Julian Alvarez still won this Champions League, just a few months after lifting the World Cup with the Albiceleste. The Argentinian striker thus becomes a legend by becoming the 12th player in history to win the C1 as well as the World Cup in the same season, in addition to having also won the Premier League and the FA Cup in recent years. weeks with the Skyblues.
Julian Alvarez in a very closed circle
In 1973-1974, seven Bayern Munich players including Gerd Müller achieved such a performance, before Christian Karembeu (1997-1998), Roberto Carlos (2001-2022), Sami Khedira (2013-2014) and Raphaël Varane (2017- 2018) only complete this famous list. At 23, the Argentinian international (20 caps, 7 goals) now joins this very closed circle.
For his first season in the colors of Manchester City, Julian Alvarez had 49 appearances in all competitions, for only 23 starts. This did not prevent the winner of the Copa América 2021 from scoring 17 goals and delivering 5 assists.