AC Milan beat Club Brugge and win their first Champions League

Pulisic opens the scoring with a goal from a corner; Reijnders scores twice to decide the match for the Italian club

SUMMARY

On Tuesday, Milan beat Club Brugge at San Siro in the third round of the Champions League. The Italians’ 3-1 victory featured an Olympic goal from Pulisic and two other goals from Reijnders; Sabbe scored for the Belgians, who had one less player since the end of the first half. This was Milan’s first victory in this edition of the competition

THE GAME

Brugge started well in the first half and created good chances, but Milan made the most of their favoritism and went on the attack. In the 33rd minute, Pulisic had the chance to send the ball into the area and score a goal from a corner kick. The number 11 decided to send it straight into the back of the net, and counted on Mignolet’s poor positioning to score the winning goal and open the scoring. Shortly after, in the 39th minute, Club Brugge lost Onyedika, who was sent off for a foul on Reijnders.

Even with ten men less, Brugge did not give up on the game. The Belgians equalized 5 minutes into the second half with a goal from Sabbe. With their superiority on the field, Milan went after it and decided the game with Reijnders. The Dutch midfielder scored in the 15th and 25th minutes to make it 3-1 for the Italian club.

NEWCOMER

Francesco Camarda, aged 16 years and 226 days, made his Champions League debut on Tuesday. In addition to being the youngest Milan player to play in the competition, he also became the youngest Italian to make his Champions League debut. The striker would have been the youngest to score, but the goal was disallowed for offside.