The first leg of the last eight of the Europa League final was played tonight (Thursday) when in the meeting of the Titans, Manchester United parted ways in a dramatic 1: 1 against AC Milan at Old Trapod after absorbing from Simon Carr’s head in extra time that gave the Rossoneri an important away goal against San Siro. In other games – Ajax defeated Young Boys 0: 3 in Amsterdam Arena, Dynamo Kiev absorbed 2: 0 at home from Villarreal and Glasgow Rangers the new champion in Scotland finished 1: 1 away against Slavia Prague.
Manchester United – Milan 1: 1
The first half opened under the control of the Rossoneri, when in the 11th minute Frank Casey already put it in the lead, but the goal was disqualified on the grounds of a justified hand touch by the player. Milan continued to look better during the first half and dominated what was happening mainly through their active left wing led by Rada Kronic and Diego Dalo on loan from rivals. The Red Devils were inaccurate and mostly looked tired and off in the first half when they recorded two great situations, the first being Anthony Marcial, who kicked well from the air but was stopped, and the second miss will be talked about a lot – Bruno Fernandez picked up an accurate free kick and Harry Maguire somehow managed to kick from a straight meter to The beam and recorded one of the biggest misses seen in recent years.
United could not have dreamed of a better start to the second half. Amad Diallo, the great youngster who recently arrived from Atalanta, came up halfway off the bench and 4 minutes later scored his debut goal in the red fabrics. Bruno Fernandez put in a huge 40-yard ball for the 18-year-old who scored with a wonderful shot. United continued to dominate in the second half and missed a lot, culminating in the 70th minute when Daniel James received a ball inside the box and from just 4 meters kicked the ball out in front of an empty net. In the 92nd minute the drama culminated – Rada Kronic raised a ball Keren and Simon Carr hit the net excellently and set up a particularly dramatic equalizer and a very important away goal for Milan.
50 minutes: Gate! Manchester United climbed to a 0-1 lead: Bruno Fernandez put a brilliant ball from 40 yards out to Amad Diallo who scored with an accurate shot his debut goal in the Red Devils.
92 min: Gate! Milan equalized to 1: 1: Rada Kronic raised a corner kick and Simon Carr hit the net excellently and set up a particularly dramatic draw.
The Manchester United squad: Dean Henderson, Alex Tels, Harry Maguire, Eric Bay, Nemanja Matic, Bruno Fernandez, Daniel James, Scott McTominy, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood.
The composition of Milan: Gianluigi Donaroma, Simon Carr, Davide Calabria, Pikayo Tumori, Diego Dalo, Swalihu Maita, Rada Kronich, Frank Xia, Alex Salmarks, Rafael Leo, Brahim Diaz.
Ajax – Young Boys 0: 3
The Reds from Amsterdam are now one and a half steps up to the quarterfinals after a great show against the Swiss champions. The first half ended without goals, but the second half was a completely different story. The one who started the celebration was Davey Klassen, who put the Dutch champions ahead in the 62nd minute. 20 minutes later, the wonderful Dusan Tadic scored the second for the Reds and in the 92nd minute it was Brian Robbie who stuck the final nail in the coffin of Young Boys Bern and set up a great 0: 3 for the host at the end.
Dynamo Kiev – Villarreal 2: 0
The yellow submarine has taken a huge step towards qualifying for the quarter-finals with a super important away win, knowing that from the local league it will probably not qualify for the Champions League and is currently concentrating all its efforts to win a European title. It started in the 30th minute when Pao Torres scored the first goal that also set up the half-time score. Veteran Raul Albiol scored 7 minutes from the start of the second half, with a goal that also set the final score.
Slavia Prague – Rangers 1: 1
Another huge battle between two local champions. Steven Gerrard’s Rangers came into the game in tremendous euphoria after winning the Scottish Championship this week for the first time in 10 years. On the lawn in Prague the life of the Blues was really not easy. Already in the 7th minute Nicola Stanco put the Czech champions ahead early. Philip Lander scored a very important away goal for the Rangers in the 36th minute which was also the last goal of the game.