Abate’s Primavera team qualifies for the Youth League final

The Milan Of Ignazio Abate wins semifinal of the Youth League Final Four on penalties against Port and qualifies for the final: he will challenge theOlympiacos to win the trophy. It is the first time that an Italian team has reached the final of the “baby Champions”: Roma and Juve had failed to get past the semi-final, as did the Rossoneri last year.

The Rossoneri have Porto restarted at 2-2 in the 93rd minute and reached the final stage of the youth competition by beating the Portuguese 6-5 on penalties. Scotti broke the deadlock after 12′, but the little ones Dragoes they equalized with Meireles in the 39th minute with a penalty and with Brás they turned the game around shortly after the hour mark. In injury time Zeroli props up Simmelhack’s goal and takes the challenge to the lottery from eleven metres, decided once again by the captain.

Olympiacos beat Nantes and now awaits the Rossoneri in the final: the match is set for Monday 22 April in Nyon, with kick-off at 18:00. Milan Primavera will try to write a new page in history.

Porto Milan Primavera Youth League scoreboard

Networks: 12′ Scotti, 41′ Jorge Meireles penalty, 65′ Bras, 90’+2′ Simmelhack

Porto (4-3-3): Diogo Fernandes; Martim Fernandes, Antonio Ribeiro, Gabriel Bras, Dinis Rodrigues (88′ Ferreira); Joao Teixeira (70′ Tiago Campos), André Oliveira, Rodrigo Mora (80′ Gil Martins); Gonçalo Sousa, Anha Candé, Jorge Meireles. All. Capucho. Available Gustavo Lacerda, Luis Gomes, Cardoso Varela, Tiago Andrade

Milan Primavera (4-3-3): Raveyre; Magni, Simic, Nsiala, Bartesaghi (87′ Bonomi); Stalmach (66′ Liberals), Malaspina, Zeroli; Scotti, Camarda (66′ Simmelhack), Sia (74′ Sala). All. Abbot. Available Bartoccioni, Bakoune, Parmiggiani

Referee: Karaoglan (TUR)

Warned: 26′ Nsiala, 35′ Camarda, 53′ Simic, 61′ André Oliveira, 75′ Dinis Rodrigues.