Zvonimir Boban doesn’t agree too much with Paulo Fonseca’s reading of the match after Bayer Leverkusen-Milan 1-0: “It was the best match since I took charge of the Rossoneri”, the Portuguese manager reiterated several times in post-match interviews. An analysis which the former Croatian playmaker commented as follows: “For an hour Milan only defended, they played very little. After the goal conceded they played a good game, they freed themselves, they took courage and created difficulties to a Bayer who was tired. The analysis is not so rosy, for an hour Milan was dominated, then for half an hour Milan dominated. A strange match, I don’t think it’s right to call it phenomenal, also because you have lost. It wasn’t bad luck, Milan didn’t play football for an hour.”
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Bayer Leverkusen-Milan 1-0, the scoreboard
Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1): Hradecky; Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapié; Frimpong, Xhaka, Garcia (30′ st Andrich), Grimaldo (44′ st Belocian); Adli, Wirtz (44′ st Tella); Boniface (30′ st Terrier). Available: Kovar, Lomb, Hofmann, Arthur, Schick, Mukiele. Trainer: Xabi Alonso
Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Fofana, Loftus-Cheek; Pulisic (34′ st Chukwueze), Reijnders, Leao; Abraham (17′ st Morata). Available: Nava, Torriani, Calabria, Pavlovic, Thiaw, Terracciano, Musah, Okafor. Trainer: Paulo Fonseca
Referee: Sandro Scharer (SUI).
Markers: 6′ st Boniface (L)
Ammonites: Garcia, Frimpong (L), Morata, Chukwueze (M)