Bayern Munich vs AC Milan 3-3 ( Penalties 3-5 ) ● Goals & Extended Highlights ● ICC 2016
Bayern München vs
Milan Highlights and Full
Match
Competition:
International Champions Cup
Date: 28 July 2016
Stadium:
Soldier Field (
Chicago, Illinois)
A penalty shoot-out was required to seperate
AC Milan and
Bayern Munich as the former won their International Champions Cup opener.
AC Milan sealed a win in their pre-season friendly against Bayern Munich as
Giacomo Bonaventura scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out.
Bayern forced the shoot-out from the jaws of defeat in a spirited affair against Milan, with
Franck Ribery converting a late penalty to level the scores at 3-3 at full-time.
However, Milan got one over former coach
Carlo Ancelotti, as the
Italian giants kicked off their International Champions Cup campaign in style with a solid performance, despite the late goal.
Bayern remain undefeated this pre-season in regular time, having beat
Manchester City and
Landshut, but they almost came
undone against the Milan side who were enjoying just their second hit-out.
Juraj Kucka scored what looked to be the winner for Milan just after the hour mark, completing a comeback from 2-1 down after Milan had opened the scoring courtesy of M'baye Niang's 22nd-minute opener, but that was all ruined by
Ribery's late penalty.
Milan coach
Vincenzo Montella joined
Ancelotti in naming a strong line up, with the former's XI including number one goalkeeper
Gianluigi Donnarumma, as well as
Riccardo Montolivo, Alessando Romagnoli, Niang and
Suso, while the latter picked the likes of
Philipp Lahm,
David Alaba,
Xabi Alonso and Franck Ribery.
Niang opened the scoring after 22 minutes when he pounced on an
error at the back from
Holger Badstuber, whose slip-up in defence allowed the
Frenchman to burst through into a one-on-one with keeper
Sven Ulerich, before slotting coolly past the
Manuel Neuer stand-in.
But their lead was short-lived as Ribery continued his comeback from injury in style, slashing home a lovely strike following good work down the left flank from
Alaba.
The Frenchman showed a sublime touch to kill Alaba's drilled cut-back, before unleashing a low-hard shot Donnarumma could not stop into the bottom-left corner.
Alaba made it 2-1 to Bayern just nine minutes later as he sent a swerving shot through a crowd of defenders which deceived the young Milan shot-stopper.
Both sides returned largely unchanged, bucking the pre-season trend of wholesale half-time changes, and it was Milan who looked the sharper, as
Andrea Bertolacci equalised just minutes after the restart.
Kucka was fortunate to score what looked to be the winner just after the hour mark as his shot from range took a heavy deflection to send Ulreich the other way and bobble over the line.
But as the clock ticked on towards the 90-minute mark, Bayern upped the pressure and the Milan defence finally cracked when a clumsy challenge in the box saw the referee award a penalty.
Ribery stepped up confidently to seal his brace and force the penalty shoot-out in
Chicago.
A high-quality penalty shoot-out followed with the first seven penalties coolly converted, including a lovely paneka from Kucka, before
Rafinha's effort was saved by Donnarumma, allowing
Bonaventura to smash home the winner.
RELATED
International Champions Cup,
Bundesliga,
Serie A, Bayern München, Milan,
M'Baye Niang, Juraj Kucka,
Franck Ribéry, David Alaba, Andrea Bertolacci