PROBABLE STARTING LINE UPS FOR BOTH SIDES
This will be Man City's first ever Champions League final and Pep Guardiola's first final since 2011 when he was at Barcelona. The fans have waited for this moment for a long time going back to the day Pep arrived and they'll be 100% be looking forward to the big day because they've never seen their side at this stage of the competition. They were in League 1 about 20 years ago and for them to be in a Champions League final years later is an incredible achievement and it also shows how far they've come as a football club in that time.
Sergio Aguero will be looking to out on a high by winning this competition as this will be his last game in a City shirt. He's won almost everything on off during his time at City in five Premier League title, six League Cups and an FA Cup leaving the Champions League as the missing piece from his trophy cabinet. He has a great opportunity in this one to add that trophy to his collection so he can leave City with his head held high knowing that he has won every trophy on offer. It will be a big opportunity for his teammates as well because they'll all want to win it as much as Aguero does so they can end the season with a treble.
Chelsea achieved their target for the season in finishing in the top four but they'll be disappointed that they didn't win the FA Cup. They could've ended the season with a double if they beat Leicester in the FA Cup final which would've gone down as a successful season along with finishing in the top four of the Premier League. But it wasn't to be as they lost the cup final but they do still however have a chance to end the season with a trophy by winning this final.
Thomas Tuchel reached this stage of the competition with PSG last season where his side were beaten 1-0 by eventual winners Bayern Munich in Lisbon. That defeat will hopefully give him the motivation he needs to guide his side to victory in this final because he'll want to get his hand on the trophy after missing out on it last season. His side will be underdogs in this one like they were back in 2012 when they last won the competition and they'll be hoping that the underdog spirit will work again like it did back then. The blues have already beaten City twice this season in both league and cup which should give them some confidence going into this game. But they'll be expected to be up against a stronger team than they were for both of those games.
PREDICTION:
I'm going for a City win because I think they'll play a stronger team than they did the last two times they faced Chelsea. They have a stronger squad overall than Chelsea and they also have a manager who has done it before which I think will give them the edge in this final.
FS: 2-1
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