Milan hit Tottenham first with Brahim’s goal

The Champions League is different and Milan asked for Valentine’s Day, a day where they have not lost 15 games in their centenary history, to achieve an important victory, with a goal from Brahim Díaz, against Tottenham ( 1-0 ) that he has to defend on March 8 in London.

Under a sea of ​​doubts after a crisis of results in ‘calcio’ since the beginning of 2023, the Italian champion has been strong at San Siro and knows how to survive until his return in the round of 16 of the Champions League from in 2014.

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The rivalry between the Italian strategists, the last two champions of the ‘scudetto’, Antonio Conte with Inter in 2021 and Andrea Pioli with Milan in 2022, produced a balanced, closed and not very attractive game because both teams did not come into the game at their best moment.

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Milan, driven by a San Siro with a big-event atmosphere, came out in a big way and in the 7th minute they went one goal past Real Madrid. Fraser Forster deflected Theo Hernández’s shot and, in a save, the first from Brahim Díaz on the rebound but he was unable to prevent the ’10’ from finishing pushing the ball into the net with his head, putting his physique.

two weight loss

Tottenham reacted well to this blow in the first substitution and went on to dominate the game, at times closing Milan down, although it only created danger with some strategic play.

The loss of the axis of average of Rodrigo Bentancur due to injury and of Pierre-Emile Höjberg due to the sanction left the ‘spurs’ without two important pieces in the engine room and forced Conte to align the youngsters Oliver Skipp ( 22 years old ) and Pape Matar Sarr (20).

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Under these conditions, Harry Kane hardly received any ball in the area. He did move when he dropped his position but the speedy Simon Kjaer, steady throughout the game, did not hesitate to bring him down pointlessly if necessary.

Milan manages its advantage

Theo Hernández and Rafael Leao were occasionally the exit route on the left for a Milan that was good at 1-0, without taking any chances while waiting for the right opportunity to find the second goal.

In the second half, Milan had more of the ball from their goal but did not launch into the attack trying to cool down the game. The plan worked because Tottenham had no ideas to put Ciprian Tatarusanu in trouble or to bring on Richarlison.

Forster won the substitute duel

The Romanian, almost as unnecessary as Forster, won the first round of the duel between replacement goalkeepers due to the loss of Mike Maignan and Hugo Lloris through injury.

Pioli managed the changes well and Milan eventually had two clear chances to extend their lead with two headers from Charles De Ketelaere and Malick Thiaw. The 1-0 scoreline leaves the tie, but Brahim Díaz’s goal was worth its weight in gold.

MILAN

10

TOTTENHAM

Milan: Tatarusanu; Kalulu, Kjaer, Thiaw; Saelemaekers (Junior Messias, 77′), Krunic, Tonali (Pobega, 86′), Theo Hernández, Brahim Díaz (De Ketelaere, 77′), Rafael Leão (Rebic, 91′); Giroud
The
Tottenham: Forster; Romero, Dier, Lenglet (Davies, 81′); Emerson Royal, Skipp, Pape Sarr, Perisic; Kulusevski (Richarlison, 71′), Anak (Danjuma, 81′); right
The
Goal: 1-0 Brahim Díaz (7′)

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland). Yellow cards to Romero (48′), Dier (63′), Tonali (80′), Theo Hernández (92′)

Spectators: 74,320 at San Siro

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