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OMG! 6 seconds with the Uefa Champions League trophy

Bernard Ndong

NTV journalist Bernard Ndong poses with the 2023 Uefa Champions League trophy during champions festival on June 9, 2023 at at the Yenikapi Park in Istanbul, almost 30km away from the Ataturk stadium the venue for the titanic final between Man City and Inter Milan.

Photo credit: Bernard Ndong | Nation Media Group

By  Bernard Ndong

NTV Sports Lead

NTV

What you need to know:

  • I am in Istanbul courtesy of Turkish Airlines, the official Champions League Global sponsor and I spent exactly six seconds next to the trophy at the Champions festival at the Yenikapi Park in Istanbul
  • Two Kenyan students with South Sudanese roots were part of the hundreds who turned up
  • The Champions festival begun on Thursday to enhance the Champions League experience for local and travelling fans

In Istanbul 

At some point Saturday night and possibly early Sunday morning the coveted Champions League trophy will be hoisted high by either Manchester City or Inter Milan.

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