Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 8:42 PM• Last update: 20:49

AC Milan and FC Porto shared the points in the Champions League on Wednesday evening. Luis Díaz gave the Portuguese an early lead, after which the team of trainer Stefano Pioli came alongside after the break via an own goal by Chancel Mbemba: 1-1. The draw leaves Porto second in Group B with five points, while Milan only took the first point of this Champions League campaign. I Rossoneric can almost certainly forget about wintering in the billion-dollar ball and the third place is also far out of sight. Liverpool and Atlético Madrid will face each other at 9 p.m.

Pioli decided to start on the bench with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Simon Kjaer and Franck Kessié. From the first opportunity, it was immediately hit for Porto after five minutes. Ismaël Bennacer suffered a careless loss of the ball, after which Marko Grujic kept an overview on behalf of the visitors by giving the ball wide on Díaz after a nice play. The Colombian midfielder shot the ball under the released goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu: 0-1. With fifteen minutes on the clock, Porto was close to a second goal. Sérgio Oliveira prepared a free kick to Grujic’s head. With an excellent reflex, Tatarusanu saved AC Milan from a bigger deficit.

Midway through the first half, os Dragões dangerous according to the same recipe. This time Oliveira found Grujic from a corner, which forced the home team’s goalkeeper to a final save. It was almost a copy of the match of two weeks ago in Porto, in which the team of trainer Sérgio Conceição also created a chance. After more than half an hour of play, Milan recorded his first achievement. Giroud tried with a placed shot from about twenty yards. Diogo Costa, however, cleverly tapped the ball from the top left corner. Ten minutes after the break, Porto had the perfect opportunity to make it 0-2. Pepe extended a free kick to Evanilson, who hit the bar hard.

Where the home side failed to extend the score, Milan happily came alongside. A tight cross from Pierre Kalulu was shot into his own goal by Mbemba: 1-1. Porto had a decent opportunity twenty minutes before the end to take the lead again. Mehdi Taremi shot just wide from within the box. Pioli gave Ibrahimovic the chance to make the difference in the last fifteen minutes. The Swedish attacker came on the field for Giroud. The Swedish attacker was accurate in the final phase, but Theo Hernández was offside by a meter earlier in the attack. Both teams failed to create great opportunities in the final phase.