The final of the European club football competition for the 2020/2021 is set to be held today, the two English sides will be slugging out to claim one of the prestigious silverware in the game of soccer.



Pep Guardiola has succeeded in helping his team to the final after several years of trying, the 90 minutes of the game will determine if the Manchester City team will pick up the silverware ahead of Thomas Tuchel's side.



Chelsea is making the final of the UEFA Champions League for the third time, the Blues has won it once and also lost out to Manchester United via a penalty shootout.



While many football pundits have tipped Manchester City to win the forthcoming final, Chelsea has a strong chance of springing up a surprise at the final in Porto.



This is the reason why Chelsea could emerge as the winning side:



1. Manchester City is a team that sticks to a possession-based style of football, Pep Guardiola's side is a team that likes to build an attack from the back, the team has been tutored by the Spaniard on how to patiently carve open opponent's back line with several forward passes.

The Manchester City team is very good at mounting pressure on teams to recover a loose ball, the creative players in the team have been exceptional in this season, it will be interesting to see how the back line of the Blues will cope with the attacking threat of Manchester City for 90 minutes.



Chelsea's resurgence over the season can be traced to the change to 3-4-2-1 formation, which offers an added shield to the back line and also sets up the team for the counter-attacking style of football.

The Blues has attackers that have the pace to exploit the space that will be left by the backline of the Manchester City team when launching an attack against the Blues.



Chelsea struggles against a team that sits back to hit on the counter, Thomas Tuchel's side has no natural goalscorer in the team, the Blues need many goal-scoring chances to win a game.



Against a team that favors possession-based football like Manchester City, Chelsea as a counter-attacking team will be difficult to defeat.



The 90 minutes of the game will surely be interesting to watch, the two English sides will be ready to give their all in today's game.

Blues For winning