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Mar 14, 2024 19:54

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22:02 That is all for the Liveblog

At least Italy have 3 teams in the final 8 of the Europa League and Fiorentina in the Conference League quarter-finals.

22:00 Roma match report

 

21:58 FT: Brighton 1-0 Roma

Roma go through, 4-1 on aggregate!

21:57 De Zerbi and De Rossi hugging

Even before the final whistle…

21:56 Atalanta win

 

21:54 Svilar save

Ansu Fati has a go from a huge distance, it dips viciously and Svilar palms it over.

21:52 FT: Atalanta 2-1 Sporting

Atalanta go through, 3-2 on aggregate to the Europa League quarter-finals!

21:47 Stoppages in Bergamo

Into 4 minutes of stoppages, but another huge Sporting chance, Musso gets down to parry the Nuno Santos angled drive, Kolasinac makes a mess of the clearance and Edwards makes an even bigger mess of the follow-up!

21:46 Sporting again

Cross whipped in from the right, Paulinho only glances the header, Gyokeres was behind him in a better position!

21:45 Bove block

Brighton keep pushing, pull-back from the right and Bove is there to make the interception. Aouar then replaces Baldanzi.

21:43 Musso save!!!

Oh that was a huge chance for Sporting to equalise and force extra time! Attempted Paulinho lob didn’t have enough power behind it and Musso at full stretch could smother!

21:43 Brighton chance

Adingra pulls back from the left, Ansu Fati volleys just wide from 10 yards.

21:42 Atalanta sub

Lookman very obviously fouled, ref gives nothing. Lookman then makes way for El Bilal Toure.

21:41 Atalanta scare

Oof, Edwards was going clear there, dribbled into the box and was about to shoot when Djimsiti just stole the ball off his foot.

21:38 Svilar save

Sudden Igor snapshot bobbles a bit in front of him, so Svilar only pushes it away, then Adingra follow-up blocked by N’Dicka.

21:37 Sporting miss

Catamo fires well over from outside the area.

21:35 Roma sub

Diego Llorente replaces Zalewski, move to 3-man defence.

21:34 Atalanta sub

Pasalic replaces Miranchuk, who was visibly tiring.

21:33 Another header over

Again Van Hecke, this time after a long passing move.

21:32 Brighton corner

Free header for Van Hecke, but well over.

21:28 Ouch

Bove getting treatment after a clash of heads.

21:28 Atalanta chance

Lookman through ball releases Miranchuk, but the goalkeeper is alert off his line to smother.

21:27 Musso save

Daniel Braganca shot bounces right in front of Musso, who manages to push it away.

21:24 SVILAR SAVE!!

That had to be a goal for Brighton! Cross from the left by Gross finds Adingra, whose bullet header is somehow parried with one hand by Svilar!

21:23 Brighton subs

Lamptey and Estupinan off, Ferguson and ex-Fiorentina defender Igor on.

21:22 Spinazzola hits the woodwork!

Fantastic run from Spinazzola down the left, cross-shot thumps the frame of the goal! Almost 1-1 for Roma.

21:20 Atalanta subs

Ederson and Scamacca off, De Ketelaere and Koopmeiners on

21:18 Svilar save

Roma goalkeeper had to be alert on the Ansu Fati cross-shot, which Welbeck did not connect with.

21:16 Atalanta 2-1 Sporting: Gianluca Scamacca!

They now lead 3-2 on aggregate! Scamacca spreads it from midfield to Miranchuk down the right, continues the run to meet the return pass and holds off a defender to fire in!

21:15 Brighton subs

Ansu Fati and Buonanotte on, Enciso and Lallana off.

21:15 Roma chance

After a Pellegrini corner, he puts the cross back in, the goalkeeper clatters into Mancini and Ndicka is not ready to take advantage.

21:13 Lookman goal

 

21:12 Enciso well wide

Brighton player has a pop from distance, but nowhere near the target.

21:11 Roma fight back

Period of Roma pressure and possession, eventually Pellegrini shot deflected into the goalkeeper’s arms.

21:08 Fair play

After a really unnecessarily rude banner in English from the Roma fans, Brighton responded with one written in Italian: “Totti adores pizza with pineapple.”

21:07 2nd half kicks off: Brighton 1-0 Roma (1-4 agg)

21:03 Atalanta 1-1 Sporting: Ademola Lookman!

Just 45 seconds into the second half! Ederson cross from the right, attempted header probably doesn’t make much contact if any and goes through for Lookman to fire in from close range at the back post!

21:03 2nd half kicks off: Atalanta 0-1 Sporting

21:02 Atalanta sub

Zappacosta on, Bakker off. Still no Koopmeiners, surprisingly.

20:59 That Azmoun incident

 

20:51 Half-Time: Brighton 1-0 Roma

Azmoun goal disallowed controversially, Welbeck curler, now 1-4 on aggregate.

20:48 Half-Time: Atalanta 0-1 Sporting

It is 1-2 on aggregate, as things stand, La Dea are going out.

20:46 Another card

Is the referee at the Amex Stadium trying to set a new record? Svilar booked for time-wasting and 5 minutes of stoppages given. Not sure why.

20:46 Save on Scamacca

A stunning reaction save to tip it over the bar, but Scamacca was offside anyway.

20:45 Scamacca over

Scamacca overhead kick goes off target, but foul also given against him.

20:43 That Azmoun goal

 

20:42 More cards

Azmoun and Estupinan booked for what followed that scuffle.

20:41 De Zerbi booked

So both coaches are in the book now.

20:40 Tension in Brighton

Some trouble off the ball, Van Hecke aimed a tiny headbutt at Mancini. That was rude. Mancini went down like a sack of potatoes, but that was also very risky behaviour.

20:38 Atalanta chance

Holm gets into a good position from the edge of the area, but then just fires it straight at the goalkeeper.

20:37 Brighton 1-0 Roma: Danny Welbeck

That is a fantastic goal, it has to be said. A long goal kick sparked the attack, Roma sat too deep, giving Welbeck the time to cut inside from the edge of the area and curl right-footed into the far top corner.

20:36 Sporting sub

Pedro Goncalves off, Daniel Braganca on

20:36 Cristante booked

That’s so weak…

20:33 Atalanta 0-1 Sporting: Pedro Goncalves

That is not good. Pedro Goncalves surges through the middle, give and go with the Gyokeres back-heel flick, sweeps the finish under Musso. However, he seems to have really hurt himself in the process. He’s limping off in tears.

20:32 Atalanta close

Mazy run from Lookman, ball floated into the box, Scamacca only grazes it with his head!

20:31 Lamptey booked

Now that was a high boot…

20:29 Sporting attack

Shot charged down, then Holm puts it out for a corner.

20:26 Brighton push

De Rossi was also booked for dissent, btw. Meanwhile, Brighton corner prodded wide by Gilmour.

20:22 Roma goal disallowed

Hmm….. De Rossi is furious, the Italian commentators are bemused. But the referee disallows it and VAR agrees. It was a poor clearance, Azmoun went to acrobatically flick it back over his own head into the net. Disallowed for dangerous play. Van Hecke if anything was throwing himself at Azmoun’s foot…

20:22 Brighton wide

Gross sends Ndicka to ground and drills wide from inside the area.

20:20 Brighton chance

That free kick floated in, Zalewski poor clearance lands at the feet of Gilmour, who volleys over the bar.

20:20 Ref giving Brighton a lot

Gross backed into Spinazzola, won the free kick.

20:15 Roma close

Azmoun intercepts a wayward Andingra pass on the edge of the area, his shot SKIMS the far post!

20:14 Atalanta chance

That should be on target! Atalanta counter, cross from Holm and Kolasinac header wide.

20:13 Mancini booked

Gianluca Mancini booked for an arm on Enciso’s face. It did not touch Enciso’s face. At all.

20:12 Atalanta clip the crossbar

Corner taken short, cross comes in from Miranchuk for the Djimsiti header, it looped in a very odd way and landed on the top of the crossbar.

20:09 Sporting threaten

Gyokeres low cross from the left, Edwards lays it off, but nobody there to meet it.

20:08 Mancini has an issue

Mancini doing stretching exercises. Is back on his feet, but Roma warming up the bench.

20:06 Welbeck wide

Brighton corner knocked back across the face of goal, Welbeck nods wide, but there was a foul too.

20:06 Mancini clearance

Mancini scored with an acrobatic hook in the first leg, this time he clears with a similar stretch before Van Hecke can get to the free kick.

20:03 Atalanta chance

Scamacca give and go with Miranchuk, but the finish is straight at the goalkeeper.

20:01 Aggressive Brighton start

Estupinan cross from the left, Svilar plucks it off the head of Welbeck.

20:00 We have kick-off!

19:58 Atmosphere in Brighton

Warm, despite the heavy rain. It’s the British seaside, of course it’s raining.

19:56 Out come the teams

Reminder that Atalanta stadium having reconstruction work, so one whole end is out of action.

19:52 Atalanta vs. Sporting CP line-ups

Atalanta: Musso; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Holm, De Roon, Ederson, Bakker; Miranchuk; Lookman, Scamacca

Sporting CP: Israel; St. Juste, Diomande, Gonçalo Inacio, Esgaio, Hjulmand, Goncalves, Reis; Edwards, Gyokeres, Trincao

Ref: Schärer (SUI)

19:51 Brighton vs. Roma line-ups

Brighton: Verbruggen; Lamptey, Dunk, van Hecke, Estupinan; Gilmour, Gross; Adingra, Lallana, Enciso; Welbeck

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Spinazzola; Bove, Cristante, Pellegrini; Baldanzi, Azmoun, Zalewski

Ref: Zwayer (GER)

19:48 Milan match report

 

19:45 Fiorentina match report

 

19:43 FT: Slavia Prague 1-3 Milan

Milan reach the Europa League quarter-finals.

19:40 Save on Giroud

Free kick whipped in for the diving header, well parried!

19:39 FT: Fiorentina 1-1 Maccabi Haifa

Fiorentina qualify 5-4 on aggregate!

19:38 Rafael Leao booked

No need for that at all. Got into a row with Schranz. Pointless.

19:37 Prague fans throwing things again

Throwing plastic glasses again. One of them nearly hit the ref…

19:34 Slavia Praha 1-3 Milan: Matej Jurasek!

That is a really well-taken goal from the substitute. Zaferiris feeds him and it’s a lovely curler with the left foot.

19:34 Stoppages in Florence

5 minutes. If Maccabi Haifa win, it goes to extra time.

19:31 Fiorentina 1-1 Maccabi Haifa: Anan Khalaili

Fiorentina just never learn, do they? Ranieri really weak in the tackle on Goldberg, Maxime Lopez really weak on the block from Khalaili and Terracciano really weak with the angled drive going through his legs.

19:26 Fiorentina subs

Beltran and Parisi on, Barak and Biraghi off

19:25 Milan sub

Loftus-Cheek replaced by Reijnders

19:24 Biraghi over

Biraghi free kick over the bar after Belotti is tripped just outside the box.

19:21 Fiorentina chance

Mandragora runs forward and drills the angled drive wide.

19:21 Fiorentina subs

Ikone and Maxime Lopez on, Bonaventura and Sottil off

19:20 De Rossi

 

19:17 Diplomatic talks in Prague

After play halted twice for thrown objects, Provod talks to a head ultras with a microphone, who is telling the fans to stop throwing things.

19:16 Problem in Prague

Objects being thrown while Milan are trying to take a corner.

19:15 Dodo comeback

Dodo returns to the field for Fiorentina six months after a serious knee injury.

19:14 Sottil miss!

Argh, should be 2-0 for Fiorentina! Mandragora through ball deflected into the path of Sottil, who balloons over from a tight angle!

19:13 Giroud miss!

Oh he had to score there! Sent through the middle, tried to do something fancy with a no-look finish – should’ve looked, prodded it wide!

19:12 Milan sub

Pulisic replaced by Chukwueze.

19:10 Khalaidi effort

Attempt from distance, easy for Terracciano to gather.

19:06 Atalanta arrive

 

19:05 Gabbia booked

Looked like he got the ball as well as Provod, but ok.

19:02 Fiorentina 1-0 Maccabi Haifa: Antonin Barak!

Phew, at long last! Faraoni down the right, cross whipped in and Barak meets it with a header into the ground from four yards!

19:01 POLL

 

19:00 Fiorentina pushing

However, their finishing is as bad as always, Barak header straight at the goalkeeper.

18:58 Team news

 

18:54 2nd half kicks off: Slavia Praha 0-3 Milan

Tomic replaces Vlcek

18:54 Atalanta vs. Sporting CP line-ups

Atalanta: Musso; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Holm, De Roon, Ederson, Bakker; Miranchuk; Lookman, Scamacca

Sporting CP: Israel; Matheus Reis, St. Juste, Diomande, Gonçalo Inacio, Esgaio, Hjulmand, Edwards; Trincao, Gyokeres, Pedro Gonçalves

Ref: Schärer (SUI)

18:51 Team news

 

18:49 Brighton vs. Roma line-ups

Brighton: Verbruggen; Lamptey, Dunk, van Hecke, Estupinan; Gilmour, Gross; Adingra, Lallana, Enciso; Welbeck

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Spinazzola; Bove, Cristante, Pellegrini; Baldanzi, Azmoun, Zalewski

Ref: Zwayer (GER)

18:48 2nd half kicks off: Fiorentina 0-0 Maccabi Haifa (4-3 agg)

18:46 Rafael Leao goal

 

 

18:45 Maignan news

Sky Sport Italia message from Milan medical staff: Maignan has a bruised knee, but no sprain.

18:41 Coming up

 

18:38 Half-Time: Slavia Praha 0-3 Milan (2-7 agg)

The red card helped again, let’s be honest. But Milan really took those chances.

18:35 Slavia Praha 0-3 Milan: Rafael Leao!

Wowzers! Leao is outside the area, cuts onto his right foot and bends a rocket into the far top corner! Goalkeeper didn’t even have time to turn his head and look at it!

18:34 RLC

 

18:31 Half-Time: Fiorentina 0-0 Maccabi Haifa

Fiorentina still lead 4-3 on aggregate.

18:30 Stoppages in Prague

8 minutes, after the various Maignan issues and red card.

18:29 Tomori booked

Clumsy tackle from behind. So he will be suspended for the next match.

18:27 Maccabi Haifa goal disallowed

Podgoreanu diving header from a free kick over the top, well parried by Terracciano, the rebound is fired in, but the offside was right at the beginning.

18:25 Pulisic goal

 

18:24 Milan in control now

Save on Musah, though the angled drive was going wide anyway, Milan passing it round with very little pressure now from Slavia Praha.

18:20 Slavia Praha 0-2 Milan: Ruben Loftus-Cheek!

Theo Hernandez gets the assist this time, give and go with Leao, pulls it across from the by-line and RLC just has to tap into the roof of the net from a couple of yards.

18:18 Slavia Praha 0-1 Milan: Christian Pulisic!

Theo Hernandez gets down the left, finds Rafael Leao, who rolls across for Christian Pulisic from 14 yards. He controls with the right foot, cuts inside on his left to commit the defender and steers it into the net.

18:17 Fiorentina threaten

Mandragora surges forward fairly undisturbed, fires wide.

18:16 Not sure that’s helping, Nige

 

18:14 Save on Leao!

How did that not go in?! Leao springs the offside trap on a Musah through ball, sweeps it towards goal, it hits Stanek’s foot and ricochets wide!

18:13 Maignan news

 

18:12 Save on Pulisic!

Pulisic sprints away on the counter, one-on-one the goalkeeper makes a big save!

18:12 Fiorentina corner

Nico Gonzalez flicks a ball over the top. Barak pulls it across from the right, blocked for a corner.

18:10 It’s very tense in Prague

Crowd throwing things, protests at every decision, sense the referee might be pressured to even things up…

18:08 Yellow card

Doudera booked for backing into Musah, then Theo Hernandez has to time the tackle perfectly in the penalty area on Provod. Slavia Praha coach booked too, somewhat inevitably.

18:07 Fiorentina chance

Biraghi pulls back from the by-line and Barak can’t steer it on target!

18:06 Milan sub

Maignan off, Sportiello on

18:05 RED CARD

Tomas Holes sent off for Slavia Praha! So a replay of the first leg, really.

18:04 This is taking ages

Ref watching about a dozen replays.

18:03 VAR!

Hey now! VAR review for that Holes stamp on Calabria! To be fair, Holes wasn’t really looking. But he did really stomp that foot down.

18:02 And there goes Maignan

Maignan has finally given up the ghost and is leaving the field. On top of that, Calabria is down in agony after Holes treads on his ankle.

18:00 Milan opportunity

Cross from the right, Giroud acrobatic attempt can’t quite get hold of it.

17:58 Slavia chance

General Chaos on the corner, including Tomori with the worst clearance in history. The move continued and Maignan stuck out his right boot at the near post to parry the finish from Chytil! Chytil did so well to control with his back to goal and turn Tomori.

17:57 Biraghi alert

Dangerous through ball for Pierrot sends the striker sprinting, but Biraghi cuts him off cleanly.

17:55 Maignan is staying

He got his right knee strapped up, we’ll see how long this lasts.

17:54 Maignan getting strapped up

Slavia Praha players complaining to the referee that Maignan either needs to come off or stay on his feet. Can’t keep going down for treatment every few minutes.

17:53 Maignan down again

He got up to gather, landed and grimaced, then gestured towards the bench. That’s not good.

17:52 Bonaventura over

Sottil cross cleared, Bonaventura chest and volley over the bar.

17:51 Slavia corner

Milan have started awfully sluggishly…

17:50 Maignan back on his feet

Sportiello is warming up, but Maignan is ok to continue for now after some magic spray.

17:49 Maignan is down hurt

After that earlier tackle, it seems he’s still struggling and needs treatment on the right knee.

17:48 Nico Gonzalez chance

Early toe-poke at full stretch, the goalkeeper can gather.

17:47 Less secure from Maignan

Or possibly too secure in his own dribbling skills, heavy touch and Vlceck tried to pounce, but he managed to get it away.

17:47 Slavia Praha free kick

Hoofed into the box, pretty easy take for Maignan.

17:46 We have kick-off in Fiorentina vs. Maccabi Haifa!

17:45 We have kick-off in Slavia Praha vs. Milan!

17:43 Slavia Praha fans

Huge banner reading ‘In the heart of Eden, we will cast out the Devil’

 

17:41 Fiorentina vs. Maccabi Haifa line-ups

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Faraoni, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Mandragora, Barak; Nico Gonzalez, Belotti, Sottil

Maccabi Haifa: Keouf; Feingold, Seck, Simic, Goldberg; Sundgren, Mohamed, Cornud; Podgoreanu, Pierrot, Refaelov

Ref: Peljto (BIH)

17:41 Slavia Praha vs. Milan line-ups

Slavia Praha: Stanek; Vlceck, Ogbu, Zima, Zmrzly; Holes, Dorley; Doudera, Provod, Wallem; Chytil

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Adli, Musah; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

Ref: Nyberg (SWE)

17:33 1,010 Milan fans in Prague

 

17:32 Later…

 

17:32 Furlani speaks

 

17:23 Pioli explains that Musah pick

 

17:16 Italiano on the naughty step

 

17:11 Ibra in attendance

 

16:59 Here’s hoping

All the Italian teams are out of the Champions League, so we really need them all to progress today, or that fifth Champions League spot next season really will be at risk.

16:51 Situation in Florence

 

16:50 Milan surprise

The only change that we did not expect in that line-up is Musah in for Reijnders.

16:38 Team news

 

16:38 Team news

 

16:35 Fiorentina vs. Maccabi Haifa line-ups

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Faraoni, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Mandragora, Barak; Nico Gonzalez, Belotti, Sottil

Maccabi Haifa: Keouf; Feingold, Seck, Simic, Goldberg; Sundgren, Mohamed, Cornud; Podgoreanu, Pierrot, Refaelov

Ref: Peljto (BIH)

16:34 Slavia Praha vs. Milan line-ups

Slavia Praha: Stanek; Vlceck, Ogbu, Zima, Zmrzly; Holes, Dorley; Doudera, Provod, Wallem; Chytil

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Adli, Musah; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

Ref: Nyberg (SWE)

16:31 Milan starting XI

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Adli, Musah; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

16:29 Inspection

 

16:24 Fiorentina arrive

 

16:24 Milan fans arrive

 

Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Europa League and Conference League with Milan visiting Slavia Praha, Fiorentina against Maccabi Haifa, Atalanta-Sporting finely poised and Brighton-Roma.

We begin with two matches at 17.45 GMT, both with first leg leads to rely on.

Milan beat 10-man Slavia Praha 4-2 at San Siro, but ran more than a few risks that night, while Fiorentina squeezed past Maccabi Haifa 4-3.

At 20.00 GMT, Atalanta and Sporting CP have it all to play for following a 1-1 draw in Lisbon, while Roma are without Romelu Lukaku, but have a 4-0 cushion against Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton.

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