Milan beat 10-man Slavia Prague 4-2 at San Siro

AC Milan won against Slavia Prague 4-2 at San Siro, and the Italian side will have a comfortable advantage before the 2nd leg in the Czech Republic.

We'll travel to Prague with a lead to defend 💪#ACMSLP #UEL #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/fd95RWbSZs

— AC Milan (@acmilan) March 7, 2024

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The beginning of the match was boring until the 26^th minute when El Hadji Malick Diouf received a red card and left the visiting side with 10 players on the pitch.

Olivier Giroud scored after an excellent lofted pass from Rafael Leao to give Milan the lead in the 34^th minute. However, only 2 minutes later, David Doudera shocked the home side after he netted after a rebound to tie the result.

However, Rossoneri scored twice within 2 minutes and had a 3-1 lead after the 1^st half. Alessandro Florenzi provided 2 assists after corners – 1^st to Tijjani Reijnders, who beat the goalkeeper with a nice shot into the bottom left corner to make it 2-1, and then to Ruben Loftus-Cheek who scored to make it 3-1 in the extra time of the 1^st half.

Even with 10 men at San Siro, Slavia scored 2^nd goal in the 65^th to make its trail only 1 goal as Ivan Schranz netted it, but in the end, Milan will travel for the 2^nd leg with 2 goals lead as Christian Pulisic scored in the 85^th minute after Rafael Leao’s assist.