AC Milan’s Primavera side were dealt another blow in their European campaign as they were beaten 2-1 in the UEFA Youth League by Real Madrid on Tuesday afternoon.
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After the defeat against Bayer Leverkusen which was sandwiched by draws against Liverpool and Club Brugge, Federico Guidi’s side went in search of their first win at a tough venue.
They fell behind in the 12th minute after Fortea went on a run down the right side and crossed for Yanez who scored with a left-footed volley past Colzani, who would later be stretchered off with a knee injury.
Just seven minutes later it was 2-0 from the penalty spot. Tartaglia made a sliding challenge in the box and the referee awarded a spot kick – which the Rossoneri players were fuming about – and Fortea converted it.
Ten minutes into the second half the game was reopened thanks to Diego Sia, who chested a cross down, dribbled around a defender and unleashed a powerful shot in at the near post.
Midway through the half Milan’s task was made almost impossible as Abde was shown a second yellow card, which was one of six that Milan were awarded as the Danish referee totally lost a grip on the game.
However, a few minutes after that Real Madrid went down to 10 men as Roberto Martin was also given a second yellow card after overstretching while trying to get to a bad touch.
In added time at the end of the 90 minutes Milan really could have snatched a point. Sala hit the post with a shot from the edge of the box and the rebound took a lucky bounce, then from a free-kick Paloschi missed with a free header from a few yards out.