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Fiction! It is simply amazing! The rarest case when there is nothing to say about the game, but you can spend hours describing a penalty shoot-out.
The “Milan” without a sick Zlatan and injured Rebić gave a bad game in attack. Although the Italians had more ball possession, they didn’t really create chances. The Salemakers goal was the result of more missed shots from the Belgian than pressure from the team. Not surprisingly, the Portuguese was quick to get rid of him: Piazon passed the ball well to Geraldes and he passed it under the crossbar.
The game went into extra time, where the Portuguese, not without the help of a rebound, quickly took the lead: Gelson Dala easily beat Donnarumma from an acute angle.
“Milan” and could not react to this. Stefano Pioli’s team looked tired and unprincipled, they almost failed. Only in the last 5-7 minutes did the Italians manage to somehow pressure the opponent towards the goal, and at that moment, when the referee was ready to whistle, luck smiled on the favorite.
Defender Borevkovich lost position and played with his hand in the penalty area. The result is a red and a penalty, which Chalhanoglu converted.
So the game became a series of eleven meters, which, in conditions of strong wind and rain (over the Pyrenees, now there is a cyclone) became a real lottery. At first, the “Rio Ave” players were extremely confident, one even sent the ball into the net with a panenka. But when Colombo charged the ball to the sky, the hosts could not use the matchball: Milan rescued two (!) Rods.
Further. The series reached the goalkeepers, where both goalkeepers failed. Once again, Riu Ave had a chance to win, but Kishek made a mistake. Thus, the series progressed to the second round, and even here the Milanese gave “Rio Ave” a chance to win, but the hosts failed on the assembly line. Kjaer did not forgive, so the “rossoneri” with the most disgusting match made it into the Europa League group. Well honestly, have you ever seen such a scenario? Not once, not twice, but four times (!) “Riu Ave” was forced to snatch the victory from him, but in the end he lost.
“Milan”, very lucky, and be alert now: if fortune yields somewhere, elsewhere it takes. It remains to wait and find out exactly where this will happen.
Vila du Condi. “Stadium du Riu Ave”
“Rio Ave” – ”Milan” – 2: 2 (on penalties 8: 9)
Goals: Francisco Geraldes, 74, Gelson Dala, 91 – Salemakers, 51, Chalhanoglu, 120 + 1 (penalty)
“Riu Ave”: Kisek – Yves Pinto, Borevkovic, Aderlan Santos, Nelson Monte – Tarantini (Yambor, 75), Philippe Augusto – Piazon, Diego Lopez (Francisco Geraldes, 66), Carlos Manet (Andre Pereira, 109) – Bruno Moreira (Jelson Dala, 86)
“Milan”: Donnarumma – Calabria, Chjaer, Gabbia, T. Hernandez – Benasser, Qesier (Tonali, 105) – Castillejo (Braim Diaz, 46), Chalhanoglu, Salemakers (Colombo, 95) – Maldini (Rafael Leau, 67)
Warnings: Borevkovic, 15, Bruno Moreira, 41, Aderlan Santos, 47, Filipe Augusto, 65, Tarantini, 68 – T. Hernandez, 61, Rafael Leau, 98, Chjaer, 113
Removing: Borevkovic, 120 + 1
