Milan surrendered against Dortmund. Borussia was the first to leave the strongest group in the Champions League!

Milan surrendered against Dortmund. Borussia was the first to leave the strongest group in the Champions League!

Anatoly Romanov November 29, 2023, 01:15 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.

Everything went wrong for Pioli’s team after Giroud missed the penalty.

Borussia was the first to leave the group along with PSG, Newcastle and Milan! Edin Terzic’s team secured a place in the playoffs with a victory at San Siro.

The start of the match in Milan is a real fireworks show. Two penalties in 10 minutes! Stefano Pioli’s team raced to take the lead in the group against Borussia and very quickly received a penalty. Dortmund’s right-back Ruerson helped the home team in this. The Norwegian decided to organize a counterattack, but with a terrible “sawn-off shotgun” he “led” a four-on-five counterattack to his own goal. A shot from outside the area was blocked by Schlotterbeck.

Rossoneri center forward Giroud rarely misses a penalty, but this was one of those moments. The Frenchman shot low to the goalkeeper’s right and Kobel was waiting: it turned out to be a beautiful save.

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Dortmund did not shoot until the penalty. Dortmund, when developing attacks, focused on the left flank, where the young Bayno-Gittens generally outplayed the experienced Calabria. In one of the first episodes of this type, the Milan right-back brought down the Englishman in his own area. Royce, the Germans’ 11-meter man, also shot to the goalkeeper’s right, but he lifted the ball enough for goalkeeper Maignan to miss it.

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After conceding a goal, Milan lost confidence for a while, although they already needed to save their place in the Champions League. Borussia managed to slow the pace and drain the rival’s energy even by controlling the ball in the opponent’s half of the field. The Rossoneri didn’t do a very good job recovering the ball. And in attack they were often in a hurry, unsuccessfully searching for Giroud with crosses. However, at the end of the first half, Milan “pinned” their tired opponent against the ropes. Before the break, Calabria recovered from their mistakes with a good pass towards Chukwueza, and the summer newcomer faced Bayno-Gittens in the opposition area and sent the low ball into the net with the help of a rebound. The winger scored for the first time for Milan.

After the break, Pioli’s team took the ball, increased their speed and, consequently, put pressure on the Borussia defense. Dortmund had the necessary respite due to two consecutive injuries to its centre-backs. First, Milan’s Tshau grabbed the back of his thigh. In the team infirmary he will join four more players in this role, including Kjaer and Kalula. Terrible circumstances for the Rossoneri coach. And then Dortmund’s Schlotterbeck asked for a substitute. He just sat on the field and what happened to him is harder to understand.

And then Borussia scored the second goal! The delicious combination with one-touch passes was successful for Dortmund, so neither the central defenders (defender Krunic began to play together with Tomori) nor Calabria had time to prevent Bayno-Gittens from adding a goal to the deserved penalty. But the 19-year-old winger started for the first time in this Champions League.

Milan lost again after conceding a goal. But this time Borussia did not give Pioli’s team much time to recover. Midway through the second half, Dortmund scored the third goal against Maignan. Very simple. It all started with a goalkeeper’s clearance, then Füllkrug won a key duel against Tomori, and Adley did not prevent the fresh Adeyemi from shooting from the semicircle and scoring his first goal of the new season at the right time.

In the end, Milan had an attack. The forgotten midfielder Jovic went on the attack alongside Giroud and even hit the post after God knows what center from the locals. In the end, the Rossoneri beat Dortmund hard with 17:11, but did not win in shots on goal (4:4). Otherwise, the Borussia defenders managed and Hummels put together powerful statistics: 10 tackles and nine clearances. The main problem for Terzic’s team was Royce’s new injury.