Football NewsMilan could not handle the pressure from Atletico
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Atletico Madrid won the game in the Champions League in the last minutes. Milan could not afford to stand still in the defensive line against Diego’s team.

 

Madrid was not good in the first half

Luis Suarez converted a stoppage-time penalty after Antoine Griezmann scored his first goal since returning to Atlético Madrid as the Spanish team fought back to beat 10-man AC Milan 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday. Griezmann leveled six minutes from time and Atlético was awarded a penalty that Suárez struck confidently down the middle. Franck Kessie was sent off. Milan was forced to play for an hour with 10 men after midfielder Franck Kessie was sent off for a second bookable offense. That came shortly after Rafael Leão had given the Italian squad the lead in the 20th minute. Atletico remained second in Group B, two points behind Liverpool after the English team beat Porto 5-1. Milan is last with zero points from its opening two matches.

 

Milan’s miracle was very close

It was Milan’s first home match in the Champions League in more than seven years – when it lost 1-0 at San Siro to coincidentally the same opponent in the round of 16. The Rossoneri fans were in fine voice and had plenty to cheer about as Milan got off to an aggressive start and Atlético struggled to deal with its opponent’s energy and dynamism. Brahim Diaz was at the heart of most of Milan’s attacks and the young midfielder, who is on loan from Real Madrid, came close to giving the Rossoneri the lead in the 17th minute but fired straight at Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Ante Rebi went even closer two minutes later when he was sent clear by Díaz and had only the goalkeeper to beat but Oblak managed to push his effort wide. Milan did take the lead moments later following another good move by Díaz, who then laid it off to Leão and the forward took one touch before driving it into the bottom left corner.