Milan's poker against dangerous Slavia, dominant Marseille

The first matches of the round of 16 of the Europa League

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Milan conceded four goals to Slavia Prague, but it was far from easy for the favourites, despite having more men for almost 70 minutes in the first leg of the Europa League round of XNUMX.

The "Rossoneri" won 4:2 and that is a good stock for the rematch in the Czech Republic, provided that the defense of Stefano Pioli's team is at a more serious level than it was tonight.

Diouf received a straight red card in the 26th minute, and Milan took the lead in the 34th through Giroud, so the game opened up.

The guests equalized in the 36th minute through Dudera, and the giants in the furious finish of the first half reached plus two after goals from Reijnders and Loftus-Čik.

It was NOT enough for a peaceful continuation, Slavija later reduced the score to 3:2 (Šranc scored), so they had a chance to make it 3:3, but all doubts about the winner were removed by Pulišić, who in the 85th minute put the ball into the net after a shot by Leao .

A big step towards the quarter-finals was made by Marseille, who were convincing against Villarreal at the Velodrome - 4:0.

Veret in the 23rd, then an own goal by Mosquera five minutes later and Aubameyang's goal in the 42nd announced a sure victory for the former European champion.

The final result was set by Aubameyang, who scored his ninth goal in the competition this season.

Freiburg was better than West Ham by a minimal score (the difference was made by Gregorić, the scorer in the 81st minute), and it was very exciting in Lisbon in the duel between Benfica and Rangers.

It was a draw (2:2), although the "policemen" from Glasgow led twice.

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