Manchester City Seal The Treble With Champions League Triumph!
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The Times
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🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd to look back at the Champions League final, as Manchester City complete the treble with a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in Istanbul.
The Times' Manchester Correspondent Paul Hirst joins the show to reflect on the game, and discuss how Inter Milan made it so difficult for Manchester City. We also discuss the off-the-field issues in getting to the stadium on the day, and look at how Pep Guardiola has transformed the careers of some of his players. (00:00)
What does Manchester City's treble victory mean going forward? How big of an achievement is it for Pep Guardiola's side to do this, or should they have won the Champions League sooner? (22:30)
The Times' Chief Sports Writer Owen Slot joins the show to reflect on his recent visit to Abu Dhabi. He discussed what it was like there to watch Man City win the Champions League, and whether Abu Dhabi have embraced Manchester City and if the locals now support the club. (44:30)
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| 0:59.8 | from the times today we revel in Manchester City's treble win after they |
| 1:04.4 | sealed the Champions League over Inter Milan at the weekend. We will discuss |
| 1:08.6 | Pep Guardiola and his relationship with his team the football that Manchester |
| 1:13.7 | City have played during the course of the season and we will talk about the |
| 1:17.4 | magnitude of the achievement. We will also delve into why some fans aren't as |
| 1:22.4 | happy as others over Manchester City's victory including the charges |
| 1:26.5 | currently hanging over the club. This is the game. Hello, welcome back to the |
| 1:32.7 | game podcast. I'm Hugh Wasncroft of course it's been a long season we're at the |
| 1:36.9 | end of the road or maybe reflect on that a little bit later on but of course |
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