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03 November 2021 AC Milan play only once and draw at home 1-1 against a superior Porto in the first 45 'but unable to end the game in more than one circumstance.
The first chance of the match arrives after a few seconds and is for the guests, with Evanilson who, in a suspected offside position, kicks on the outside of the net after being unmarked thanks to an air bank from Taremi.
At 6 'the Portuguese pass. Grujic steals the ball from Bennacer on the edge of the area and then serves Luis Diaz, who all alone puts it in with his right foot. Many protests from the Rossoneri, who wanted a foul on the Algerian midfielder who could be there. At 17 'a header by Sanusi, born from a free kick, commits Tatarusanu who deflects for a corner. The goalkeeper then repeated on 25 'on a corner from Grujic's corner. The Devil finally shows up in the 33rd minute, with Hernandez orchestrating a counterattack and then serving Giroud, who tries a big left from 20 meters that commits Diogo Costa, able to save in a corner. At the start of the recovery, Hernandez still plays the charge on the restart and serves Leao on the left, the ball inside for Saelemaekers who shoots very high with the left-handed.The first half ends with Conceicao's team deservedly ahead.
In the second half, the Dragoes almost doubled in the 10th minute when Evanilson hit the header after an air bank from Pepe following a free-kick. At 16 ', the hosts found an almost unexpected draw. Bennacer kicks a free-kick on the barrier, with the ball ending up in Giroud who ends in turn finding Diogo Costa's save. On the rebound comes the newly entered Kalulu, ball in the middle where he finds the deviation of Mbemba who bags into his goal for the 1-1.
At 38 ', San Siro's shout of joy for Ibrahimovic's goal was instead strangled by a correct offside signal on Hernandez, who had provided the Swedish assist.
In the end, a lot of tiredness and few chances for both contenders, with the match ending in a draw.
AC Milan thus earns its first point in the group, with the hopes of passing the turn reduced, however, to a flicker.
In the Champions League, he will be back on the pitch in 3 weeks at Atletico Madrid.