Milan seemed to have control over their knock -out phase playoff against Feyenoord until Théo Hernández shot his own team in the foot.
The dreams of Christian Pulisic to win the Champions League for the second time in his career are over after AC Milan was disappointed in the Knock -Outphase Playoff by the Dutch club Feyenoord in San Siro.
The Serie A Giants went into the second stage on Tuesday with a 1-0 deficit to destroy after a narrow defeat in Rotterdam last week. Their search for a comeback, however, started a perfect start when Santi Giménez, who came to the club from Feyenoord in January, led them after a minute in front.
Milan, however, hopes to run the draw, was derailed early in the second half by the broadcast of Captain Théo Hernández for two yellow cards. And it is unlikely that the Frenchman is popular with his teammates after he has shown a fully avoidable red card.
Hernández had already been booked for a petulant error just before the break when he roared to the Feyenoord -Penaltybox in characteristic fashion moments in the second period. After he had touched a touch along a defender, he chose to go downstairs looking for a penalty instead of shooting or shooting the ball over the goal from a dangerous position.
Referee Szymon Marciniak immediately saw the flagrant dive of the full-back and showed him a second yellow card, which changed the entire complexion of the game.
Until that moment, Milan was almost the whole game on the Voorste Feyenoord suddenly appeared as an attacking threat and eventually won the draw thanks to the header of Julán Carranza of a brilliant Hugo Bueno Cross, who sealed a 2-1 total victory.
The defeat is again a huge blow to Pulisic's Milan, who are seventh in the Series A classification, 15 points behind leaders Napoli. They have a five -point gap to make fourth place, which will probably be the minimum that is needed to qualify for the Champions League of next season.
The Rossoneri at least won the Supercoppa Italiana (Italian Super Cup) in January and will also focus on a Triumph Coppa Italia; In April they will be confronted with Inter of Lazio in the semi -finals.
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