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Olivier Giroud, 36, is the fourth oldest goalscorer in Champions League knockout gamesAC Milan reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since winning the competition in 2007 as they saw off Serie A rivals Napoli in an incident-packed game.
Milan could face Inter Milan in the last four, with their city rivals going into Wednesday's second leg with Benfica holding a 2-0 lead.
Serie A champions-elect Napoli dominated early on - but Milan won a penalty with one of their first attacks, although Olivier Giroud's spot-kick was saved by Alex Meret.
The veteran Frenchman got the opening goal, though, when he tapped in following a sensational 70-yard run by Rafael Leao to set him up. That made it 2-0 on aggregate.
Napoli were gifted a way back into the game when Fikayo Tomori handled in the box, but Mike Maignan saved Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's penalty.
They did eventually score, through a Victor Osimhen header with seconds remaining in injury time, but there was not enough time to create another chance.
Napoli, 14 points clear of Lazio at the top of the league table, have lost form at a critical time and failed to take a host of chances, with 39 efforts across both legs.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Napoli
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Meret
- 22Di LorenzoBooked at 45mins
- 13RrahmaniSubstituted forØstigårdat 74'minutes
- 5Nunes Jesus
- 6Mário RuiSubstituted forOliveraat 34'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 91NdombéléSubstituted forElmasat 63'minutes
- 68Lobotka
- 20ZielinskiSubstituted forRaspadoriat 74'minutes
- 21PolitanoSubstituted forLozanoat 34'minutes
- 9Osimhen
- 77Kvaratskhelia
Substitutes
- 7Elmas
- 11Lozano
- 16Idasiak
- 17Olivera
- 19Bereszynski
- 55Østigård
- 70Gaetano
- 81Raspadori
- 95Gollini
AC Milan
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 16MaignanBooked at 45mins
- 2Calabria
- 24Kjaer
- 23Tomori
- 19HernándezBooked at 45mins
- 33Krunic
- 8Tonali
- 10DíazSubstituted forMessiasat 59'minutes
- 4Bennacer
- 17Rafael LeãoSubstituted forSaelemaekersat 84'minutes
- 9GiroudSubstituted forOrigiat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Ballo-Touré
- 12Rebic
- 20Kalulu
- 25Florenzi
- 27Origi
- 28Thiaw
- 30Messias
- 32Pobega
- 46Gabbia
- 56Saelemaekers
- 83Mirante
- 90De Ketelaere
Referee:Szymon Marciniak
Attendance:52,728
Live Text
Match ends, Napoli 1, AC Milan 1.
Second Half ends, Napoli 1, AC Milan 1.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Napoli 1, AC Milan 1. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leo Østigård.
Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
Juan Jesus (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Kjaer.
Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.
Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Rafael Leão.
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