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Manchester City will face Inter Milan in the Champions League final on June 10. The two clubs have never Ervin Santana Jersey played each other in a competitive match but manager Pep Guardiola does have some experience of facing the Italians. Here, the PA news agency looks back on those meetings.September 2009: Inter 0 Barcelona 0 (Champions League, group stage)All four of Guardiolas past encounters with Inter came during his Barcelona sides 2009-10 Champions League campaign, at a time when both clubs were among the most powerful forces in Europe, and pitted him against someone who would go on to become Michael Pineda Jersey his fiercest rival, Jose Mourinho. The first of those games was a goalle s draw at the San Siro.November 2009: Barcelona 2 Inter 0 (Champions League, group stage)Barca, the Max Kepler Jersey reigning champions, a serted their authority in the return fixture. A team that left Lionel Me si and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the bench won comfortably with first-half goals from Gerard Pique and Pedro.April 2010: Inter 3 Barcelona 1 (Champions League, semi-finals)It was a different story when the sides met again in the last four. This time Inter ran out convincing winners at the San Siro after coming from behind in the first leg of their semi-final. Pedro struck first for the holders but Inter levelled through Wesley Sneijder and took victory after further goals from Maicon and Diego Milito.April 2010 Brian Dozier Jersey : Barcelona 1 Inter 0 (Champions League, semi-finals)Mourinhos side were at their defensive best as Kirby Puckett Jersey they frustrated Barca with 10 men to end their reign as champions. Guardiolas side won on the night with a late goal from Pique but it was not enough as the Catalans failed to take full advantage of Thiago Mottas 28th-minute sending off. Inter went on to lift the trophy. |
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