Ruben Diaz ‘happy to make history’ by winning Champions League with Manchester City

Portuguese international Rubén Dias said this Saturday that he was happy to “make history” with Manchester City by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the Champions League final.

The 26-year-old centre-back, finishing his third season at the club, stressed that this triumph was the first in the history of the Manchester emblem.

“This is a special achievement for all of us. We will always be remembered for this. It’s nice to share this with a group of fantastic people who deserve what happened today. It was a very difficult road to get here, but we did it, we are very happy,” he said in a flash interview after the match in Istanbul.

The Portuguese defender, who along with Bernardo Silva is one of the main players in the team under Spaniard Pep Guardiola, praised Inter’s path to the final, which ensured “it will not be an easy game”.

“We never dreamed of being the favorites, we knew it was going to be a very difficult game,” he explained.

Dias continued to appreciate an opponent who “had opportunities to equalize” in the final part of the match, even if the “citizens” could “close the match earlier with more goals”.

Manchester City’s English team became European Football Champions for the first time this Saturday, beating Italians Inter Milan 1-0 in the 2022/23 Champions Final in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Spaniard Rodri scored in the 68th minute, served by the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, a goal for the team of Pep Guardiola, who had already won two scepters in Barcelona (2008/09 and 2010/11).

City, who played in the Eleven alongside Rubén Diaz and Bernardo Silva, joined the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup, reaching the treble that only Manchester United achieved in England in 1998/99.