Milan might be in crisis, but Spurs are in shambles as they lose the first leg at San Siro
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Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 15.02.23. | 01:15
Rossoneri nailed it after only seven minutes. Premier League side will have to go 'all in' in the rematch in three weeks
If we could play a bit with the title of that iconic spaghetti-western 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly', by putting the names of AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur into it, then it would probably look like - The Good, Milan and Tottenham.
Because neither of those two deserves the label 'good' next to their names, yet still there are differences between them and they were seen on Tuesday night. The hosts, AC Milan, were less woeful and will travel to London in three weeks with a 1-0 advantage in the bag.
Brahim Díaz the hero as Milan beat Tottenham for the first time 🔴⚫️#UCL pic.twitter.com/XTKI1OZkZi
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 14, 2023
The Italian champions won the first leg of the Champions League last-16 stage against the woeful Spurs, who seem incapable of playing a decent game of football not even if their lives would be depended on it.
And it took them just seven minutes to concede. Brahim Diaz and third-time-charm pushed Milan in front, as Tottenham's reserve-keeper Forster managed to stop Theo Hernandez and Diaz's first attempt, but, finally, collapsed under the early barrage.
From that moment on, we saw two, pretty much evenly-matched sides, but the hosts were the ones with the keys of the game in their hands. Antonio Conte did return to the duggout after his surgery, yet it seemed the Spurs were lacking leadership both in and outside the pitch.
Kane and Son delievered another shy peformance, with Richarlison and Kulusevski once again playing way bellow the expected level.
On the other end, AC Milan could have won with a much bigger margin, but Thiaw and De Ketealare missed two clear-cut chances that could have sent the Spurs in front on a death-row.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Round of 16 - first leg
Tuesday
Milan - Tottenham 1-0 (1-0)
/Diaz 7/
PSG - Bayern 0-1 (0-0)
/Coman 53/
Wednesday
23.00: (4.50) Club Brugge (3.60) Benfica (1.90)
23.00: (2.60) Dortmund (3.35) Chelsea (2.90)
Tuesday, 21 February
23.00: (2.25) Liverpool (3.40) Real Madrid (3.20)
23.00: (3.05) Eintr.Frankfurt (3.35) Napoli (2.35)
Wednesday, 22 February
23.00: (4.60) RB Leipzig (3.60) Man.City (1.80)
23.00: (1.85) Inter (3.50) Porto (4.40)
***odds are subject to change
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