AC Milan on Tuesday proceeded to Champions League semifinals for the first time since they won the trophy 16 years ago at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, in Italy after playing 1-1 draw against Napoli.
Despite so much of pressure on Tuesday, Milan star, Olivier Giroud scored first-half goal at Napoli that secured a 1-1 draw and 2-1 aggregate win for the Rossoneri.
Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen made a lot of Of efforts to score for his team but the goal, which was a superb header, finally came three minutes before stoppage time
The Partenopeo battled until the end after missing lots of opportunities but could not break down the resilient Milan defence.
Seven-time European champions Milan will now face either Inter Milan or Benfica, who meet on Wednesday at the San Siro with the Italian side leading 2-0 from the first leg.
Interestingly, Milan coach Stefano Pioli said he would welcome a semi-final against their city rivals.
Speaking toMediaset, he said, “It would look like that, as Inter won the first leg so well. These will be another two difficult, exciting and wonderful clashes in the Champions League. We’ve done a great deal and don’t want to stop now.”
