Grande come to less (he wears seven European crowns, the last one is from 2007), Milan has squeezed his minimum advantage from the first leg to settle the crossing (0-0) and see himself in the quarterfinals, a round that he had not caressed for eleven years. The rossonero team has applied a kind of modern catenaccio, an ultra-orderly system dotted with offensive outbursts, not too many, since it was about defending the 1-0.
Tottenham did not transmit anything, neither intentions nor success. Kane did not appear (except in a discount auction) nor Perisic and Kulusevski was over the top and we have not seen Son either. Tensed and powerless, the English were breaking down as the minutes passed and on top of that they saw how Brahim Díaz, the Milanese scorer from the first leg, grew after the break.
Brahim Díaz embodies the soul of this Milan. He is a fighter and efficient, not brilliant, and his skills were enough to intimidate the inoperative Tottenham. Wrapped in the Italian web, the English did not see options to overcome the crossing, neither in the first leg nor in the return.
