They celebrated qualifying for the round of 16 of this year’s Europa League Benfica and Milanwhich defended the victories they had celebrated in their first games against Toulouse and Rennes respectively!
The “Lisbon Eagles” they came under a lot of pressure at her headquarters Toulousebut managing to keep a clean sheet for the final 0-0 and qualify by taking advantage of the 2-1 advantage with which they had prevailed in “Da Luz”!
The hosts were superior for most of the match and especially in the second half when they created great chances to send the ball into the net, leveling the score of the first leg. However, Benfica had their goalkeeper, Trubinin a very good night, managing to keep the “white” tie and get the qualification.
Having won 3-0 at San Siro last week, Milan she would have to… kill herself to lose qualification at home Wren. However, the French came in… furious, opening the scoring in the 11th minute, with a long shot from Burizzobefore o Jovic equalized for the “Rossoneri”, with a strong header in the 22nd minute.
In the 54th minute, Burizo gave his team hope again, taking a well-timed penalty awarded for the hand of the Milan scorer, but the Leo responded immediately, equalizing at 2-2, with a fair amount of luck. Burizo completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute, with another fine penalty kick, giving the team a victory (3-2) which was ultimately not enough to qualify.
Europa League playoff pairings:
Rennes-Milan 3-2
(11′, 54′ pen. 68 pen. Bourisot – 22′ Jovic, 58′ Leao
Toulouse-Benfica 0-0
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Source: Sport Fm
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