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Feyenoord knocked AC Milan out of the Champions League as they recovered to draw 1-1 with a goal by Julian Carranza on Tuesday for a 2-1 aggregate play-off win to earn a place in the Champions League (CL) last 16, with the hosts having Theo Hernandez sent off.
Milan took less than a minute to level the tie on aggregate when Santiago Gimenez scored against his former club but the red card for Hernandez changed the game and Carranza netted a superb header in the 73rd to take the Dutch side through.
Feyenoord will meet either Inter Milan or Arsenal in the last 16, with their opponents to be decided in Friday’s draw.
Milan went on the attack from the start. Gimenez won a corner in the opening seconds, gesturing to the home fans behind the goal to make more noise, and shortly afterwards the Mexican gave them plenty of reason to do just that.
From a short corner move, Christian Pulisic floated a pass towards the far post where Malick Thiaw placed a header back across goal and Gimenez nodded the ball over the line.
Gimenez, who only joined Milan from Feyenoord two weeks ago, looked almost apologetic but the San Siro crowd more than made up for his lack of celebration.
Milan looked the more likely to take the overall lead before the break, with Gimenez playing in Joao Felix who put his effort over the bar.
