Old Trafford, Manchester
The patience, dominance and persistence that the Milan tonight, despite losing him Manchester United from minute 50 he got his reward at the end and to compensate the Italian team succeeded in a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 16.
In a game where the Rossoneros were better and Manchester dominated their own field, he had to jump off the bench an 18-year-old to change the face of the Red Devils, who eventually saw their small lead crumble with a header from a corner kick as they ran in the 92nd minute.
The Italians put forward an interesting play and an offensive proposal in The Theater of Dreams. They had clear opportunities, and even the VAR destroyed them on minute 11 for a goalHowever, all their efforts were sustained, although in the end they saved the match.
It was difficult for the locals to balance the game. Already in the last part of the first half they managed to level the actions and even scored with a corner kick. But Harry Maguire incredibly missed a chance inches from Rossonero’s goal.
In the complementary part Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sent to the playing field Amad Diallo, a young man explains 18 years who arrived from Atalanta for this season, and for which the team from Manchester has paid out about 15 million euros.
The player originally from Ivory Coast It only took four minutes to make a difference and that ultimately resulted in the victory for the locals.
Bruno Fernandes the play began. The Portuguese saw Diallo’s vertical movement through the center of the large area and sent him a measured service. The ball passed the defender and at the level of the penalty spot andthe African footballer finished with his head and his back to the goal to beat the rival goalkeeper, that he did nothing to prevent his body from falling.
Milan was insistent, and when everything seemed it would turn into the minimal advantage for the English, in a corner kick Simon Kjaer took a powerful shot that the goalkeeper didn’t like Red Devils, which caused 1-1 final in the area of the Theater of Dreams.