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Pep& #39;s last Champions League trophy was 10 years ago, at Wembley, against an English side, with a false 9

This year& #39;s final is set to be moved to Wembley and his opposition is English, and he plays a false 9...

Pep Guardiola has won more trophies at the new Wembley than any other manager...

The last time Manchester City kept 3 European clean sheets in a row before this season?

1970, when we won the Cup Winner& #39;s Cup...

The last time a Manchester side played their first ever Champions League Final at Wembley? 1968

They won...

Before this season, the last English team to reach the final unbeaten was also a Manchester side

They beat Chelsea in the Final...

That Manchester side had an ex-La Masia Spanish CB struggling for game time who returned to Barcelona to be managed by a 1992 CL winning player

City have an ex-La Masia Spanish CB struggling for game time who& #39;s returning to Barcelona to be managed by a 1992 CL winning player...

Chelsea beat a Manchester side 2-1 weeks before the 2008 final

That Manchester side won the final...

The only other time City and Chelsea played at the Etihad and Wembley in the same month?

City won at Wembley...

When the last Manchester side won it, they failed to beat the other Manchester side in the league that season

This season& #39;s Manchester finalists haven& #39;t beaten their Manchester rivals in the league...

Since 2011, the CL was won by either Bayern or the team that knocked them out with ONE exception: Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid then went on to lose in the next round to the team that won the tournament

City knocked out PSG who knocked out Bayern...

In Pep Guardiola’s 2011 season, when he won the CL at Wembley, he won the league with his club& #39;s biggest rivals finishing 2nd

However, he lost in the Copa del Rey before either trophies were sealed, ending all hopes of THE treble

City were knocked out of the FA Cup...

In 2011, Bayern had their least successful domestic year for the last three years after reaching the CL Final the previous year

2021 has been Bayern& #39;s least successful domestic year for the last three years after reaching the CL Final the previous year...

Barcelona faced just one of the previous season& #39;s champions in the KOs when they won in 2011

We& #39;ve only faced PSG...

2010/11 was the last season a team other than Juventus won Serie A and a team other than Celtic won the Scottish Football League

However, Inter and Rangers have broken the dominance this season...

In the 2010/11 season, Barcelona player Ibrahimovic left to join the Champions of Europe but got knocked out of the Quarters

Leroy Sané left to join the Champions of Europe but got knocked out of the Quarters

There was a repeat of the previous final in both seasons....

The Last time Pep won a Champions League and started 2 certain players from the same nationality (Pedro and Busquets) he had 100% win rate

When Foden and Stones start we have 100% win rate. Busquets and Pedro played 14 games together, so have Foden and Stones...

In the 3 seasons before Pep& #39;s last CL win, there was an all-English Final, a Spanish vs English Final and a Bayern Munich Final

That& #39;s the same as the last 3 seasons...

The 2021 Final will have fans

The host city of the last final with fans before Pep& #39;s 2011 win? Madrid

The host city of the last final with fans? Madrid...

Lille& #39;s last Ligue 1 title? 2010/11, when Pep last won the CL

They& #39;re two wins away from it this season...

A Portuguese team won the league unbeaten in 2010/11

Sporting are 3 games away from an unbeaten season...

Manchester City beat Manchester United in a one-leg cup Semi-Final in 2011

That happened in 2021...

Chelsea may have sacked their manager in 2011/12 and won the CL

BUT they also changed managers in 2007/08, and lost in the CL Final when they faced a Manchester side...

The last time Juventus didn& #39;t qualify for the Champions League? 2010/11

They& #39;re currently 5th...

Milan have just won away at Juventus

The last time that happened? 2011...

Wembley, the home of Pep Guardiola’s 1992 CL win as a player and his last CL victory as a manager, is set to be confirmed as the venue as early as tomorrow...

Pep Guardiola has won 3 Champions Leagues as a player and a manager, and each of the teams had a Spanish DM

Manchester City have a Spanish DM...

The top 3 PL teams in 2010/11 were Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City

The top 3 this season? Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea..

In 2010/11, Manchester City signed a young Spaniard from Valencia who scored 4 PL goals that season wearing the number 21 shirt

Manchester City& #39;s young Spaniard Ferran Torres was signed from Valencia this season, and has 4 PL goals, and wears the number 21 shirt...

Edin Dzeko scored at Old Trafford in a game which saw the winning team score 6 goals in 2011

Edin Dzeko scored at Old Trafford in a game which saw the winning team score 6 goals in 2021...

In 2011, the defending champions (Inter) were KO& #39;d in the QF by a never-before winner (Schalke), but Schalke were a European finalist in 1997

In 2021, the defending champions (Bayern) were KO& #39;d in the QF by a never-before winner (PSG), but PSG were a European finalist in 1997...

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