19-09-2024 00:51 via theguardian.com

What’s the story? Manchester City and Inter serve up poor advert for new world | Barney Ronay

This goalless, tension-free draw raised questions about the new Champions League format and City’s late-Pep visionWell, Rodri was right about one thing. We definitely need a few less games like this one. Welcome to the new world of Uefa expansionism, a competition without structure, designed solely to provide another roll of TV wallpaper, and on this evidence a place lacking some vital degree of tension or shape.The most dramatic moment at a room-temperature Etihad Stadium arrived on 78 mi
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