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The key battles in the Champions League final

Erling Haaland has scored 12 times in this year’s Champions League

ISTANBUL – Manchester City are heavy favourites to win their first ever Champions League as the super-rich club take on one of Europe’s old guard in resurgent Inter Milan.

Here AFP looks at the battles which could define Saturday’s final in Istanbul:

Erling Haaland v Francesco Acerbi

Monster striker Haaland gives City a whole new dimension of attacking threat and if Inter are to have any chance of stopping Pep Guardiola’s team they need to stay right on top of the Norwegian.

Inter have been without former captain and star centre-back Milan Skriniar, who is off to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer, for months due to a back injury and in theory there should be no…

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