Italian Roma defeated its compatriot and host Milan with an unanswered goal, Thursday evening, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Football League.
Gianluca Mancini scored the only goal of the match for Roma in the 17th minute.
It is noteworthy that the return match will be held at Roma Stadium next week.
The match began with pressure from Roma, which tried to surprise its host by scoring an early goal against it. Paulo Dybala and Stephan El Shaarawy set off in search of the first goal, past goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
Roma’s attempts in the first minutes of the match did not succeed in creating danger, nor did Milan’s attempts, whose midfielder Christian Pulisic moved to threaten Mil Svilar’s goal on more than one occasion.
In the 17th minute, Gianluca Mancini scored the only goal in the match, after receiving a cross from Paulo Dybala following a corner kick, and headed it into Milan’s net.
After the goal, Milan set off trying with all its offensive might to equalize, while Roma was the party in possession of the ball the most, and its defense succeeded in keeping the danger away from Svilar’s goal.
Fullback Leonardo Spinazzola’s runs caused great confusion for Milan’s defense, but none of them resulted in dangerous opportunities, so the first half ended with Roma leading 1-0.
In the second half, conditions did not change much, and Roma succeeded in closing its penalty area in the face of successive Milan attacks led by Pulisic, Rafael Leao, and veteran striker Olivier Giroud.
Svilar, Roma’s goalkeeper, blocked a shot from Milan midfielder Tijani Reynders in the 68th minute, preventing a dangerous opportunity for the home team.
Milan’s most dangerous chance in the match came in the 87th minute, when Samuel Chukwueze played a cross into the penalty area, but Giroud converted it with a header that hit the crossbar, depriving Milan of scoring the equalizer.
The rest of the minutes of the second half did not witness anything new, until the referee blew the final whistle and the match was won by Roma.
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2024-04-12 16:17:11