Milan resisted the siege of Napoli to advance to the 'semis' of the Champions League (1-1)

For the first time from the season 2006/07, the AC Milan advances to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. The group 'rossoneri' did to cost the 1-0 achieved in the gone in Saint Siro and resisted the siege of a Napoli totally dumped to the attack and without puntería that only could rescue a tie in the stadium Diego Armando Maradona. The party had two penaltis failed, one by side, injuries and multiple interruptions that gave a dramatic tone from beginning to end.

The guion did not vary too much regarding the gone contested in Lombardía. The Napoli had more the balloon and approximated with frequency to the area 'rossonera', but went the Milan the one who finished hurting. Mário Rui Warned in the beginning of the party with direct free shot that brushed the right stick of the arch defended by the Frenchman Mike Maignan. On the chamber of hour, Matteo Politano tested with a finish crusader that hit the networks of the external side of the goal lombarda and, in the 20', the extreme had another clear after a rebound that did not reach to finish with comfort.

The bad fortune napolitana and the hit 'rossoneri' did the difference

When the ones of Stefano Pioli seemed cornered, a contragolpe found to Rafael Himãor with sufficient space to yield to Brahim Díaz. The Spanish looked for to outline to take out a zurdazo and Mário Rui, exasperated in career, charged him awkwardly to give him to the Milan a penalti in the minute 23. Olivier Giroud did charge of the collection, but pateó crossed to half height, giving opportunity to Alex Meret to detain the finish.

Alex Meret cuts across him the finish to Giroud. It is the first archer that contains him a penal to a player of Milan 🇮🇹 in statutory time in the history of the Champions, according to @2010MisterChip. The series continues 0-1 against of Napoli.pic.twitter.com/2d9oy5kkuv

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The penalti fallido opened the party and so much Maignan like Meret had to take part to conserve the zero. The Napoli took a second air until the bad fortune cebó with the venues. Politano And Mário Rui lesionaron one after the other, forcing the income of Mathías Olivera and Hirving Lozano happened the half hour. The ones of Luciano Spalletti followed attacking, but a loss of NDombelé in front of Himãor left badly stopped the bottom napolitano. With remarkable ease, the Brazilian left irrigated to several rivals before assisting to Giroud in the 43' so that the French obtained revancha after the penal fallido with the so much that put the eliminatory 0-2.

Rafael Leao was key in the gone. It begins to be determinant in the turn. One of the highest points of the series Napoli-Milan. Olivier Giroud has his revancha after the penal. It did not convert by Champions from November of 2022.pic.twitter.com/qxjguvyir9

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The Milan administered the advantage in the complement

Pioli Freshened the attack after the rest with the entry of the Brazilian Junior Messias by Brahim, looking for take advantage of the spaces that, inevitably, would concede a Napoli forced to launch to the attack to look for the traced back that it forced the lengthen. At all more restart the party, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had an opportunity inmejorable hand manually in front of Maignan in where the georgiano finished diverted.

It was a warning of the venues, those who with more pride that ideas launched to by the tie. The same Kvaratskhelia tried it again in the 58' with another finish to the edge of the area that left very high. Spalletti Put to Elif Elmas, Leo Skiri Ostigard and Giacomo Raspadori looking for improve the puntería, but the Napoli followed totally nublado in attack. On the minute 81, a finish of Victor Osimhen hit in the hand of Tomori inside the area and the main judge did not doubt in setenciar the penalti.

Mike Maignan cuts across him the penal to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. The series continues 2-0 in favour of Milan against Napoli.pic.twitter.com/6bpqqhlmrr

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Kvaratskhelia Assumed the responsibility of the collection and, to the equal that Giroud, announced too much his finish, turning into hero to Mike Maignan that was imponente in all the eliminatory. Osimhen Equalised of head in the 90+3', but did not reach him to the Napoli and the ones of the south of Italy leave in quarter-finals, leaving escape an opportunity inmejorable to go on doing history in the Champions in front of a Milan that took out the caste of valid Italian champion.