The Rossoneri produced a result in the second half of the Champions League away match against Bratislava.
On Tuesday, November 26, Bratislava Slovan hosted Milan as part of the fifth round of the main stage of the Champions League.
Paulo Fonseca’s team, thanks to two consecutive goals in the second half of the match, managed to defeat their Slovak opponent, winning with a score of 3:2.
Slovan performed well on counterattacks in the first half, and in one of the stages Strakhina Pavlovich had to save Milan by clearing the ball from an empty net with a tackle. However, the Rossoneri scored first. In the 21st minute, Christian Pulisic ran into the penalty area from the right and sent the ball just under the far post.
However, after three minutes the home team recovered. Tigran Barseghyan ran away from the defender and beat Mike Maignan, who was coming out of the gate.
Milan managed to take the lead again in the 68th minute thanks to Rafael Leão, who came on after the break. The Portuguese received a great cutting pass from deep and flicked it past the goalkeeper. And three minutes later, the visitors doubled their advantage. Defender Slovan made a big mistake when he passed the ball back to Tammy Abraham, who was in the box and made the most of his chance.
At the end of the meeting, the Bratislava team could only respond with an effective shot into the top corner from Nino Marcelli in the 89th minute, and soon remained in the minority after Marko Tolic received two consecutive yellow cards for arguing with the referee. .
Slovan’s Ukrainian midfielder Daniil Ignatenko came on as a substitute in the 66th minute.
Milan scored nine points and has so far risen to tenth place in the overall Champions League standings. Slovan have lost their five matches and are in last place.
Statistics of the match Slovan – Milan of the fifth round of the Champions League
Slavic – Milan 2:3
Objectives: Barseghyan, 24, Marcelli, 89 – Pulisic, 21, Leau, 68, Abraham, 71
Expected Goals (xG): 0.97 – 1.60
Possession of the ball: 34% – 66%
Beats: 6 – 15
Shots on target: 3 – 5
Corner: 4 – 8
Fouls: 15 – 12
Slovan Bratislava: Takac – Bajrich, Kashia, Vut (Tolic, 76) – Blackman, Kutska (Marcelli, 76), Savvidis (Mak, 90), Medvedev – Barseghyan, Strelets, Metsoko (Ignatenko, 66).
Milan: Maignan – Calabria (Royal 74), Pavlovic, Tomori, Hernandez – Fofana (Musa 75), Reynders (Loftus-Cheek 74) – Chukwueze, Pulisic, Okafor (Leau 46) – Abraham (Kamarda 84).
Warnings: Tolic – Chukwueze, Calabria, Tomori.
Removal: Tolic, 90+1.
Source: korrespondent
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