AC Milan’s 2-0 defeat by Chelsea in the second match of Group E also played into the hands of Red Bull Salzburg. In the end, ideally, you will be able to intercept the Italians rather than the top club in the English Premier League. The frustration at AC Milan was not wrongly related to the German referee Daniel Siebert. He had already ruled out Milan’s Fikayo Tomori after 20 minutes. The former Chelsea player actually held his opponent in the penalty area longer.
However, the opponent only went down after he had missed his chance and the Milan defender had long since given up his hands. Jorginho converted the penalty to make it 1-0. “The penalty and the red card changed everything,” stressed Milan coach Stefano Pioli. He didn’t want to comment any further after the final whistle. “I told the referee what I thought about it. I don’t speak English very well, but I think he understood,” said Pioli. Chelsea’s neo-coach Graham Potter has now celebrated four wins in a row after his debut in the 1-1 draw against Salzburg. “It’s never easy to win here. We were a bit lucky with being eliminated. But overall the performance was really good,” concluded the Chelsea manager.
Napoli and Bruges further
Surprisingly, FC Brugge managed to advance early yesterday with a 0-0 win against Atletico Madrid. The Belgians were already ahead with ten points before yesterday evening’s game between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Porto. In Group A, Napoli are through after beating Ajax Amsterdam 4-2. Real Madrid also have promotion in Group F after a last-minute 1-1 draw against Shaktar Donetsk. David Alaba was rested and was only used towards the end of the game.
Source: Nachrichten
