He Milan qualified for Final Four of Youth League after eliminating Real Madrid in the penalty shootout. Álvaro Arbeloa’s team again failed in the semi-finals for the second year in a row in a brutal finish. Abate’s team, very conservative during the 90 minutes, was more effective in the misnamed penalty lottery (4-3). Yáñez and Pol Fortuny failed for Madrid.
Madrid’s Juvenil A came to Versara with a good performance marred only by its lack of effectiveness and the excellent performance of local goalkeeper Raveyre. Palacios hit the post with his left foot as he kicked off and Arbeloa’s side took advantage of their good momentum to create scoring chances through Gonzalo, De Llanos and Palacios.
The midfield belonged to Durán and Christian David, making no mistakes in their deployment, and that allowed Madrid to dominate the contest and dry up the counterattacks of Milan, who could not get close to the Quetglás area in the first 45 minutes.
No news on Camarda neither Yes in the first half, the big offensive danger of Abate’s team. Joan Martínez and Jacobo Ramón, the center backs, multiplied to dry up the rival forward during Yousi and Fortea They play percussion in bands.
Madrid found reward for their insistence with a poorly awarded penalty to Fortea, as Magni successfully scored the ball. Gonzalo made no mistake from the spot to put the visitors ahead in the 33rd minute.
After the break, a more aggressive version of Milan emerged, coming out to press high in search of an equaliser. Sia, in a great individual action, leveled the score by beating Quetglás under the legs in the locals’ first approach.
From then on, dominance was alternating and chances were almost non-existent as neither Milan nor Madrid took risks to avoid creating counter-attacks and counter-attacks. Arbeloa’s team had less ambition in the final period but reached the 90th minute with a tie.
Real Madrid opened fire against a Milan that had already qualified for the quarterfinals by winning on penalties against Sporting Braga. And eleven meters also smiled at him against the white team.
After two victories, one for each team, French goalkeeper Raveyre saved Daniel Yañez’s penalty. Jan-Carlo Simic scored and gave the Italian team the first lead (2-1), which later increased (3-2) with Pol Fortuny’s shot over the crossbar.
With Real Madrid on the line, Ferrán Quetglas gave his team more life by stopping Filippo Scotti’s shot (3-2), but, despite Gonzalo’s successful penalty (3-3), the team of Arbeloa needs Another mistake for Milan to continue with options.
Not so, Kevin Zeroli cheated Quetglas and Milan qualified for the Final Four of the Youth Champions League.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
