Dramatic final in Atletico Madrid

Julian Alvarez opened the scoring in the 9th minute, Inter equalized in the 54th minute, but Jose Maria Gimenez gave Chivu the decisive blow in the 90th+3rd minute.

Inter with the opportunities, Atletico with the goal in the first half: the phase of the goal, controversial

Cristi Chivu's midfielder entered the Atletico Madrid field casually, and in the 3rd minute he had already missed two great opportunities through Dimarco. The Italian shot well from the free-kick, but Musso opposed.

After a few seconds, Dimarco escaped to the left flank, closed his angle, but managed to shoot just wide of the Madrid goal. Top scorer Lautaro Martinez also sent a warning in the 8th minute: a shot from the edge of the box, parried by Musso.

After just one minute, Atletico escaped on the counterattack, an action started on the right flank. The ball was crossed to Alex Baena who took the ball first with his hip and then cleared it with his hand. He shot, the ball ricocheted to Julian Alvarez who did not forgive like Dimarco or Lautaro. After VAR analysis, the goal was validated.

Inter continued the recital of misses until the break: Calhanoglu with a shot from distance in the 20th minute, and Dimarco in the 43rd minute. Inter was the team that had the initiative, Atletico Madrid waiting for the Nerazzurri's mistake.

Zielinski did not miss! He simply executed Musso in a moment of relaxation for the Madrid players

The start of the second half was agonizing for the Nerazzurri. Barella hit the crossbar in the 46th minute, and in the 50th minute Dimarco missed from a one-on-one position with the goalkeeper. In the end, Zielinski was the most effective and scored in the 54th minute following a relaxation in the Madrid defense. The Pole opted for an unpretentious execution: he shot from the spot, on the ground.

Spirits flared after Chivu's side restored parity and in the 56th minute, a stronger tackle from Akanji saw a melee break out near Sommer's box, but the players were calmed down by their captains. Diego Simeone, on the other hand, was not forgiven by the “yellow” in the 64th minute for protests.

In the 72nd minute, Chivu replaced Lautaro Martinez, and the Argentinian was unhappy with the coach's decisiona sign of the high tension in the field.

Gimenez's header handed Chivu their first Champions League defeat

After Zielinski scored, Inter retreated defensively until the end of the game, waiting for the mistake of the Madrid players who took the initiative. Diego Simeone's students were not inspired in the offensive department either and did not give Sommer much trouble after the goal scored by the Pole.

The two teams attacked fearfully, waiting for the opponent's mistake, and it finally came to Inter's camp: Gimenez, in the 90+3 minute, rose above Bastoni and beat Sommer, marking Chivu's first defeat in the Champions League.

The standings in the Champions League

FINAL » Atletico Madrid – Inter 2-1

• Min. 90+3: Gimenez rose above Bastoni at the corner and scored!

• Min. 87: The two teams did not pose any problems to the goalkeepers. Both the Madrid and the Italians tried to strike on the counterattack

• Min. 72: Pio Esposito came on for Lautaro Martinez. The Argentinian was very disturbed by Chivu's decision

• Min. 64: The tension rises and Diego Simeone is given a yellow warning by the “central”

• Min. 56: Following Akanji's stronger tackling, the two teams had a more violent conflict. The situation was resolved by the captains of the two teams

• Min. 54: Inter restores parity. Zielinski got to the finish and charged the Madrid defence. With a simple, placed execution, he defeated Musso

• Min. 50: Dimarco misses again! Left alone with the goalkeeper, the Italian shot straight at Musso

• Min. 46: Barella missed a huge opportunity! The Italian received a ball in the box, shot from the first and hit the crossbar

• Start in the second half!

• Break in Madrid!

• Min. 43: Dimarco fired just wide of the bar from the edge of the box at the end of a sequence of beautiful passes into the Spanish box. In the next phase, the Italian saw the yellow card

• Min. 36: Bonny misses from one-on-one with the keeper, but the keeper is offside

• Min. 20: Inter missed another important opportunity through Calhanoglu. The Turk shot from long range, but the shot was dangerous

• Min. 12: The goal has been validated. Atletico scored through Julian Alvarez.

• Min. 9: Atletico Madrid have scored, but the goal is checked for a foul on Baena in the build-up to the phase. After a phase started from the right flank, the ball reached Baena in the box who initially flicked with his hip, then the ball touched his hand. He shot on goal and the ball reached Julian Alvarez who scored

• Min. 8: Lautaro missed another good opportunity. Following a counter-attack, Lautaro shot from around 16 yards, but Musso blocked

• Min. 3: Dimarco missed two big chances in the first three minutes. He shot well from the free-kick, but Musso denied it. In the next phase, Dimarco escaped to the left flank and shot just wide of the goal, from an angle.

• Game start!

The starting teams at Atletico Madrid – Inter

Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Musso – Molina, Gimenez, Hancko, Ruggeri – G. Simeone, Barrios, Cardoso, Gallagher – J. Alvarez, A. Baena
reserves: Esquivel, De Luis, Koke, Griezmann, Sorloth, Almada, Carlos Martin, Lenglet, Pubill, J. Galan, Raspadori, N. Gonzalez
Coach: Diego Simeone

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer – Bisseck, Bastoni, Akanji – C. Augusto, Barella, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Dimarco – L. Martinez, Bonny
reserves: J. Martinez, Taho, De Vrij, Sucic, M. Thuram, Luis Henrique, Acerbi, Frattesi, Diouf, Cocchi, Alexiou, P. Esposito
Coach: Cristian Chivu

Referee: Francois Letexier
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano