1:1! Salzburg conquers point against Italian champions Milan – Soccer
Stronger Champions League start! Salzburg wrestled Italy’s champions Milan 1-1, causing the top stars to falter at times.
Salzburg Festival in the royal league!
Austria’s series champions conquered a point against Serie A champions AC Milan on Tuesday evening in the Red Bull Arena in front of 29,520 spectators. With an excellent performance on the first day of the Champions League, Salzburg even bring the Rossonieri to the brink of defeat. Dinamo Zagreb caused a tangible sensation in the second group game, which brought Chelsea to their knees 1-0 in the home game.
Noah Okafor gave the home side the lead in the 28th minute after Fernando pushed hard. “Double cucumber”! First, the Swiss opponent Pierre Kalulu plays the ball through the legs, then goalie Mike Maignan at the end.
Shortly before the break, the Italians equalized through Alexis Saelemaekers (40th).
As a result, the Bulls, in the person of Fernando and substitute Benjamin Sesko, even have better chances of winning, but lack the final precision in the end.
Strong: Salzburg hardly let the top club around superstar Rafael Leao come into their own on the offensive – despite major personnel worries. ÖFB team player Maximilian Wöber injured himself while warming up, defense boss Omar Solet before the 1:1 in the meantime. From the 40th minute, the completely reorganized central defense Strahinja Pavlovic and Bernardo are on the field and do a good job.
Bernardo is lucky with the final whistle though. He fakes a long-range shot from Leao in the fourth minute of stoppage time and is integrated with an own goal for the tragic hero.
Salzburg meets Premier League club Chelsea on the second match day (Wednesday of next week, 9 p.m.) at Stamford Bridge.
The voices
Bulls goal scorer Noah Okafor on “Sky”: “I’m extremely proud of the team. Too bad it wasn’t enough for the three points. We have an extremely strong group. We’ll see that we can create the next surprises step by step.”
Salzburg coach Matthias Jaissle: “Total emotionality. We can be really proud. We wanted to annoy and stress them. We succeeded in many phases. Big compliment.”
Salzburg’s Champions League debutant Amar Dedic: “You can be satisfied when you score a point against an Italian champion. But I would have liked to have won.”
The injured Maximilian Wöber: “When warming up, I noticed that I had tension in my adductor. I then noticed relatively quickly that the pain was spreading. It’s better then to say that it doesn’t work. I think , it’s nothing major, more in the direction of a strain.”