Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi has decided to start Edin Dzeko and Lautaro Martinez up top, with Marcelo Brozovic in midfield in tonight’s Champions League Final against Man City with kick-off scheduled for 21.00 CET.
Firstly, Cameroon goalkeeper André Onana starts in goal with Nerazzurri captain Samir Handanovic and Alex Cordaz both on the bench.
Secondly, an all-Italian national team back three with Matteo Darmian and Alessandro Bastoni starting on either side of Lazio owned Italy defender Francesco Acerbi.
Thirdly, Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco play on the wings.
Edin Dzeko & Marcelo Brozovic Start
Fourthly, in midfield, Coatian international midfielder Marcelo Brozovic starts in the middle of the park wearing the captain’s armband.
Accordingly, Brozovic is flanked by Turkish international Hakan Calhanoglu and Italy international midfielder Nicolo Barella.
Furthermore, up front, Argentina FIFA World Cup winner Lautaro Martinez starts and he is partnered up top by Bosnian legendary striker Edin Dzeko.
Neither is Armenian international midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan who also misses the game due to injury.
Fifthly, both Robing Gosens and Matteo Darmian start the game on the bench.
Slovakian international defender Milan Skriniar is back from a long period of injury and subsequently makes the bench. As does Armenian international midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan who is also back from injury.
In addition, Joaquin Correa makes the substitutes bench too. In conclusion, Belgium all time national team goalscorer Romelu Lukaku also starts the match on the bench.
Official Starting Lineups Manchester City Vs Inter Milan
Manchester City (3-2-4-1): Ederson; Nathan Aké, Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji; John Stones, Rodri; Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gündogan (C), Jack Grealish; Erling Haaland.
Substitutes: Stefan Ortega, Scott Carson, Aymeric Laporte, Kyle Walker, Rico Lewis, Maximo Perrone, Kalvin Phillips, Cole Palmer, Sergio Gomez, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez.
Coach: Pep Guardiola.
Suspended: No-one.
Injured and unavailable: No-one.
Inter (3-5-2): André Onana; Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic (C), Hakan Calhanoglu, Federico Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko.
Substitutes: Alex Cordaz, Samir Handanovic, Stefan de Vrij, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Milan Skriniar, Robin Gosens, Raoul Bellanova, Kristjan Asllani, Roberto Gagliardini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Joaquin Correa, Romelu Lukaku
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
Suspended: No-one.
Injured and unavailable: No-one.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak.
Assistant referees: Paweł Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz.
Fourth Official: István Kovács.
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski assisted by Bartosz Frankowski and Marco Fritz.
