Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne explains how playing in the Premier League will help them cope against Inter in the Champions League final.
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The Cityzens play the Nerazzurri in the Champions League final tomorrow in Istanbul. It is only the second final in their history, and the Belgian midfielder believes his team is ready for the challenge.
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The former Wolfsburg midfielder was speaking today in the pre-match press conference of the UCL final against Simone Inzaghi when he spoke about what they expect from Inter.
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The City star believes it will not be an open game, expecting Inter to be compact and make it difficult to play.
However, he suggested they are familiar with teams playing with five defenders like Inter do, as Premier League teams in recent seasons have adopted the model.
"I think we understand what Inter is; they're very compact,” he said, per the BBC.
“We understand what they are as a team, they defend well. We don’t expect it to be an open game so we have to understand not to get nervous too quickly. We have to try and play the way we do and hopefully we can find openings and start to create chances and score some goals.
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"I think in the last five or six years in the Premier League, a lot of the lower teams are playing with five defenders. But Inter do it with two strikers, it makes it different to what we're used to. Maybe they play it all the time, the players know their roles and what they do.
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