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Olivier Giroud, 36, is the 4th oldest goalscorer successful Champions League knockout gamesAC Milan reached the Champions League semi-finals for the archetypal clip since winning the contention successful 2007 arsenic they saw disconnected Serie A rivals Napoli successful an incident-packed game.
Milan could look Inter Milan successful the past four, with their metropolis rivals going into Wednesday's 2nd limb with Benfica holding a 2-0 lead.
Serie A champions-elect Napoli dominated aboriginal connected - but Milan won a punishment with 1 of their archetypal attacks, though Olivier Giroud's spot-kick was saved by Alex Meret.
The seasoned Frenchman got the opening goal, though, erstwhile helium tapped successful pursuing a sensational 70-yard tally by Rafael Leao to acceptable him up. That made it 2-0 connected aggregate.
Napoli were talented a mode backmost into the crippled erstwhile Fikayo Tomori handled successful the box, but Mike Maignan saved Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's penalty.
They did yet score, done a Victor Osimhen header with seconds remaining successful wounded time, but determination was not capable clip to make different chance.
Napoli, 14 points wide of Lazio astatine the apical of the league table, person mislaid signifier astatine a captious clip and failed to instrumentality a big of chances, with 39 efforts crossed some legs.
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Line-ups
Napoli
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Meret
- 22Di LorenzoBooked astatine 45mins
- 13RrahmaniSubstituted forØstigårdat 74'minutes
- 5Nunes Jesus
- 6Mário RuiSubstituted forOliveraat 34'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
- 91NdombéléSubstituted forElmasat 63'minutes
- 68Lobotka
- 20ZielinskiSubstituted forRaspadoriat 74'minutes
- 21PolitanoSubstituted forLozanoat 34'minutes
- 9Osimhen
- 77Kvaratskhelia
Substitutes
- 7Elmas
- 11Lozano
- 16Idasiak
- 17Olivera
- 19Bereszynski
- 55Østigård
- 70Gaetano
- 81Raspadori
- 95Gollini
AC Milan
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 16MaignanBooked astatine 45mins
- 2Calabria
- 24Kjaer
- 23Tomori
- 19HernándezBooked astatine 45mins
- 33Krunic
- 8Tonali
- 10DíazSubstituted forMessiasat 59'minutes
- 4Bennacer
- 17Rafael LeãoSubstituted forSaelemaekersat 84'minutes
- 9GiroudSubstituted forOrigiat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Ballo-Touré
- 12Rebic
- 20Kalulu
- 25Florenzi
- 27Origi
- 28Thiaw
- 30Messias
- 32Pobega
- 46Gabbia
- 56Saelemaekers
- 83Mirante
- 90De Ketelaere
Referee:Szymon Marciniak
Attendance:52,728
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Match ends, Napoli 1, AC Milan 1.
Second Half ends, Napoli 1, AC Milan 1.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellowish card.
Goal! Napoli 1, AC Milan 1. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the container to the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Leo Østigård.
Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) header from precise adjacent scope misses to the right. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
Juan Jesus (Napoli) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt blocked. Junior Messias (AC Milan) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Simon Kjaer.
Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.
Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Rafael Leão.
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