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Chelsea, Manchester City Zoom Into Champions League Final |The Source

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By Akinwale Kasali

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It will be an all England affair at the Istanbul Stadium in Turkey, when the two English Premier League teams, Chelsea Football Club and Manchester City Football of England trade tackles on May 29th, 2021.

It was a dream come through for Coach Pep Guardiola of Manchester City as he guided his team to their first ever UEFA Champions League final, courtesy of a 4-1 aggregate scoreline against Paris Saint Germain Club of France.

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For Coach Thomas Tuchel Side, Chelsea, they got to the final following a 3-1 aggregate against the highly rated Zinedine Zidane side, Real Madrid.

Tuchel will be avoiding a repeat of last season where his former Club, Paris Saint Germain lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the final of this competition.

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Chelsea will also be gunning for a double. They are already in the final of the England FA Cup.

The last time Chelsea won the Champions League was in 2012, defeating Bayern Munich 4-2  on penalties after playing 1-1 at full time.

Manchester City have waited to get the final of the coveted European Club competition having been booted out of the competition in the quarter finals on three consecutive times. Their best placement was the Semi final it got to under former Coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Guardiola has won the Champions League twice. When he was in the saddle as Barcelona Coach, he won the trophy in 2009 and 2011.

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It will be a battle between England best two teams, as Guardiola and Tuchel will be gunning for history.


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