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AC Milan is ready to welcome Manchester United, the English Premier League powerhouse, for a Europa League round of 16 showdown at the San Siro. Bruno Fernandes’ team comes to this second leg with their backs to the wall after failing to win the first leg against their former player Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Just seconds separated Manchester United from Marcus Rashford from traveling to Italy for Thursday’s Europa League round of 16 second leg in hopes of advancing against AC Milan.
Ivory Coast-born teenager Amad Diallo’s first goal for the Reds seemed to have been enough for the home team, but Simon Kjaer broke the hearts of home fans with a last gasp that matched United’s hopeful header. on a thin thread.
United maintained second place in the national league over the weekend with a 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday, thanks to an own goal, as Portuguese international Bruno Fernandes was back in good shape for Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s team.
Speaking after the first leg against AC Milan, Solskjær said he was not satisfied with the result. “I’m very disappointed to concede a goal with one of the last shots of the ball. That makes it more difficult, of course, but I was always going to move on to the second game.”
The other two England teams still in the competition, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, met in the league on Sunday, with the Gunners coming from behind to record a 2-1 victory.
Coach Mikel Arteta benched star forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the game against Spurs, but was able to count on Norwegian international Martin Odegard, who scored his second straight goal for the London side.
The midfielder, who came to Arsenal from Real Madrid during the winter transfer period, has yet to savor defeat in the European Cup this season, having played twice in the Champions League with Real Madrid (winning 2- 0) and three times with Arsenal in the Europa League, winning two and drawing one.
He scored one of the goals in Arsenal’s 3-1 win in Greece against Olympiacos last week.
The result will leave Arteta confident of reaching the quarterfinals and gives him a chance to bench some of his regulars, including Aubameyang, especially when substitute forward Alexandre Lacazette scored his team’s goal against Spurs. , although from the penalty spot. .
Meanwhile, Spurs did not achieve as good a result in the first leg as Arsenal did (they beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 at home), but imagine their chances in Croatia of not falling in a two-goal defeat. .
English striker Harry Kane scored both for José Mourinho’s side in the first leg to bring his overall tally (including qualifying and knockout rounds) to eight goals.
And Ghanaian soccer fans shouldn’t miss out on any of the exciting action as StarTimes, Africa’s leading digital television operator, will broadcast the competition live and exclusively across the African continent on its soccer channels.
And in less than 100 days, StarTimes will broadcast the long-awaited UEFA Euro 2020 live and in HD.
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