Milan qualified today for the Youth League final after eliminating Porto on penalties (2-2 and 3-4). Their opponent on Monday is Olympiacos, who previously defeated Nantes in the other semifinal also in a shootout (3-1) after reaching the end of 90 minutes with a 0-0.
Milan, who also beat Braga and Real Madrid on penalties respectively in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, started the Youth League Final Four on the right foot with Center Sportif de Colovray, in Nyon, as a scenario since then Filippo Scotti He opened the scoring in the 12th minute after a fatal error by Gabriel Bras.
Porto’s winner they missed in the 93rd minute
But Porto reacted before the break by leveling the game thanks to a penalty converted by Jorge Meireles (41′). In the second part the captain Gabriel Bras He put the Portuguese ahead by heading in a corner (65′) and, just when the semi-final looked doomed, the Dane Alexander Simmelhack forced sanctions with his goal in the 93rd minute.
In the shootout, Milan, led by their former defender Ignazio Abatewas imposed afterwards Jorge Meireles See how the goalkeeper saved Porto’s first penalty Noah Raveyre and Gil Martins he threw the third high.
Zeroli, a hero again in the round
The central Jan-Carlo Simic, who already made his debut in the first team, Milan’s second failed, but the captain Kevin Zeroli He was again key by converting the decisive penalty as he did in the shoot-outs against Braga and Real Madrid.
This is the first time an Italian team has reached the final of the Youth League since Last season Milan fell in the semi-finals against Hajduk Splitlike Roma and Juventus in previous editions.
Olympiacos is making history
In the other semifinal, Nantes had the better of the 90 minutes but failed to score and Olympiacos was more successful in the shootout, becoming the first Greek football representative to reach the final of the Youth League.
A victory that adds to the qualification for the Conference League semifinals achieved on Thursday by the first team of Olympiacos, led by José Luis Mendilibar, after eliminating Fenerbahçe on penalties.
Source: La Verdad
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