Milan had good control of the ball and beat Slavia Prague 1-3 in the round of 16 7 of the Europa League 2023-2024 tournament. The goal of the match for the local team was scored by Matej Jurasek (38′ 2T). While the away goals were scored by Christian Pulisic (33′ 1T), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (35′ 1T) and Rafael Leão (50′ 1T).
Christian Pulisic’s performance positioned him as the most outstanding player of the match. The Milan midfielder scored 1 goal and looked for the opposite goal with 2 shots.
Rafael Leão also performed well. The Milan midfielder scored 1 goal and was encouraged to kick 3 times.
Defender Theo Hernández of Milan shot and filtered the ball between the legs of midfielder David Doudera of Slavia Prague in the 22nd minute of the first stage.
It was a duel that was stopped due to the high accumulation of infractions on the field. There were a large number of reprimands: David Doudera, Jindrich Trpisovsky, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Rafael Leão, Michal Tomic and Oscar Dorley. He was sent off for a straight red card, Tomas Holes in the 16th minute of the first half.
Slavia Prague coach Jindrich Trpisovsky presented a 4-5-1 tactical setup with Jindrich Stanek in goal; Tomas Vlcek, Igoh Ogbu, David Zima and Ondrej Zmrzly in the defensive line; Tomas Holes, Oscar Dorley, David Doudera, Lukas Provod and Conrad Wallem in the middle; and Mojmir Chytil in attack.
For its part, Stefano Pioli’s team came out with a 4-5-1 tactical layout with Mike Maignan between the three sticks; Davide Calabria, Matteo Gabbia, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernández in defense; Yacine Adli, Yunus Musah, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Rafael Leão in midfield; and Olivier Giroud up front.
Glenn Nyberg was the referee chosen for the match at the Eden Arena stadium.
The favorable result in the second leg gave Milan qualification to the Quarterfinals and eliminated Slavia Prague from this competition.
BBC-NEWS-SRC: IMPORTING DATE: 2024-03-14 21:50:01