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Milan's Simon Kjaer (left) equalized at the last minute
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The ball landed twice in the first leg of the first leg of the Europa League, but twice the alleged lead for AC Milan was whistled back due to offside (5th minute) and handball (11th): The Italians were unlucky for a long time against Manchester United at Old Trafford .
Without superstar Zlatan Ibrahimović, who missed the reunion with his former club because of an adductor injury
the Milanese are offensively too harmless.
That took revenge, because after the break, the substitute Amad Diallo put the Red Devils in the lead: Bruno Fernandes prepared from the backcourt and chipped the ball exactly on the head of the 18-year-old from Ivory Coast, who scored his first goal for United (50.).
In the 70th minute, the English could have achieved the decision, but Daniel James hit the ball incorrectly.
At the last minute, Milan managed to equalize late (90 + 2) with a header from former Wolfsburg Simon Kjaer.
After Manchester United defeated Pep Guardiolas Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League in the city derby, coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær's team has to improve to get in the second leg on March 18 (9 p.m.; TV: RTL Nitro and Dazn) Milan to make progress perfectly.
Bayer Leverkusen's second round conqueror is threatened with the end of the round of 16 - thanks in part to a former Bundesliga professional: Young Boys Bern have received a 3-0 (0-0) defeat at the Dutch leaders Ajax Amsterdam and need a show of strength in the second leg Get ahead.
Ajax took the lead through Davy Klaassen (62nd), who was signed by Werder Bremen in the summer, while Dusan Tadic (82nd) and Brian Brobbey (90th + 2) scored the other goals.
The Czech champions Slavia Prague seemed on the way to the next surprise, most recently he had eliminated Leicester City in the intermediate round.
Now the team was in the lead thanks to an early goal by Nicolae Stanciu (7th) against the Rangers.
But the Scottish champion was able to equalize through the Swede Filip Helander (36th) and can hope to make it to the quarter-finals in the home game in a week.
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Dynamo Kiev - Villareal CF 0: 2 (0: 1)
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