AC Milan secured a place in the Europa League quarter-finals last night with a 3-1 win over Slavia Praha and a 7-3 win.
Quite symmetrically compared to the first leg, a red card for the Czech side in the first hour, when Holes was sent off following a VAR review following a pad on Davide Calabria’s ankle, was their downfall.
As at San Siro, Milan scored three goals before the break. The first was done by Christian Pulisic with a shot into the top corner, then Ruben Loftus-Cheek finished off a cross from Theo Hernandez and finally Rafael Leao finished. one in the most sensible corner.
Jurasék scored a goal for the hosts later in the day, but the Rossoneri were satisfied that it was a night of regimen in the end, given the drama of the first leg.
Below are the key stats of the game. . .
The statistics show the dominance that Milan exerted after the red card. He had a much higher xG (2. 53 to 0. 34 for Slavia), as well as 61% of the ball and 12 shots in total against eight, six of which were on target. (tripling Slavia’s two).
In addition, the Rossoneri had five great chances against the home side’s zero, as well as five corners, two more than the Czechs.
Slavia Praha pic. twitter. com/EWSVwVJMBk win stats
– MilanData (@acmilandata) March 14, 2024
Loftus-Cheek got his call on the record with one of those deep runs inside the box that temporarily fit his trademark, and he did something that hadn’t been done since Kaka 17 years ago.
. @RLC is the first #ACMilan midfielder to score at least four goals in a single season in Europe’s top competitions since Kakà in 2006-07 (10).
[via @OptaPaolo] pic. twitter. com/ju5k5JzGUi
– MilanData (@acmilandata) March 14, 2024
A small modification must be made in the following tweet: Pulisic contributed to 19 goals in 38 games with Milan, as they did not come with his help to Leao. Notable figures from the American.
2022/23: 3⃣ Goals in 30 games 2023/24: 1⃣8⃣ Goals in 38 games
Christian Pulisic is in Italy pic. twitter. com/lrELA2ZMQM
– Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 14, 2024
Full-back Leao played a pivotal role in the victory as he set up Pulisic for the first goal and then scored the goals with a superb shot into the most sensitive corner from outside the box.
His stats tell a story: one hundred percent accuracy, 76% passing accuracy (19/25), four3 touches, 10 touches in the Slavia box, four passes in the final third, 3 duels won, 3 shots, 2 dribbles completed, 2 chances created, 1 accurate cross, 1 tackle, 1 goal, 1 assist.
It’s worth checking which of Milan’s most productive players have been this season, and it’s Olivier Giroud who continues to lead the way with 23 goals (14 goals, nine assists).
He is followed by Leao with 21 (10W, 11), while Theo is fourth (14 assists on goals – 4W, 10A). Pulisic and RLC are third and fifth, respectively, and stand out among the summer signings.
Milan goals and assists this season:
Giroud – 14 nine (23 g/y)Leao – 10 11 (21 g/y)Pulisic – 11 8 (19 g/a)Théo – four 10 (14 g/a)RLC – nine 2 (11 g/y)
(Via @Transfermarkt) pic. twitter. com/kPJyQyqaNq
– Saturnion (@saturnion13) March 14, 2024
The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Europa League was held in Nyon this afternoon, with AC Milan facing domestic rivals Roma.
#ACMilan and Roma will face each other at a European festival for the first time in history.
[via @OptaPaolo] pic. twitter. com/1DQameKDvM
– MilanData (@acmilandata) March 15, 2024
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