AC Milan and Celtic exit 2024-25 Champions League

Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah’s AC Milan drew 1-1 at home with Feyenoord in the second-leg of their UEFA Champions League playoff round series, exiting 2-1 on aggregate. Pulisic subbed out in the 63rd and Musah followed in the 83rd. Santiago Gimenez opened the scoring on the night in the 1st for Milan with Theo Hernandez seeing red in the 51st. Feyenoord equalized on the night in the 73rd and saw red seven minutes into stoppage time.

Cameron Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty’s Celtic drew 1-1 at Bayern Munich on the night to exit 3-2 on aggregate. Nicolas Kuhn put Celtic up in the 63rd on the night and Bayern equalized four minutes into stoppage time.

The Colorado Rapids took a 2-1 lead over LAFC at home in the opening leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup round one series. Djordje Mihailovic converted a penalty in the 48th and scored again in the 80th. Aaron Long pulled a goal back for LAFC in the 86th minute.

“It was great to see Djordje Mihailovic get on the score sheet the way he did,” Rapids coach Chris Armas said. “You can see what he did for us last year, and it’s a good start for him this year. The free kick is terrific, and I’m glad that he gets rewarded for that because he spends a lot of time on that stuff at training.”

Did Not Play: Folarin Balogun (Monaco 3 – Benfica 3, Monaco exits 3-4 on agg), Duane Holmes (Preston North End 1 – Millwall 1)

On Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League playoff round second-legs, Gio Reyna subbed on in the 69th for Borussia Dortmund’s 0-0 home draw with Sporting. Borussia Dortmund advanced 3-0 on aggregate.

Richy Ledezma’s PSV beat Tim Weah and Weston McKennie’s Juventus 3-1 at home to advance 4-3 on aggregate. Ledezma subbed out in the 78th. PSV went ahead on the night from an Ivan Persic goal in the 53rd with Weah leveling the score in the 63rd. PSV’s Ismael Saibari tied the game on aggregate in the 74th to send the series to extra time. PSV advanced from Ryan Flamingo’s goal in the 98th minute.

Alex Zendejas subbed out in the 84th for Club America’s 1-1 home draw with Club Leon in Liga MX. Zendejas scored for Club America in the 11th and Leon equalized in the 33rd minute.

Moving to the first-legs of round one in the Concacaf Champions Cup, Real Salt Lake drew 0-0 at Herediano. Seattle won 3-1 at Antigua, taking the lead from a Paul Arriola goal in the 3rd with Jesus Ferreira assisting. Antigua equalized in the 24th, but the Sounders retook the lead from a Pedro de la Vega goal in the 61st. Albert Rusnak finished off the Seattle goals five minutes into stoppage time. Inter Miami won 1-0 at Sporting Kansas City, with Lionel Messi scoring in the 56th minute.

FC Cincinnati won 4-1 at Motagua, going ahead from a Pavel Bucha goal in the 28th. Motagua equalized in the 41st. Cincinnati retook the lead from a Kevin Denkey goal in the 49th, Bucha scored again in the 77th, and Evander finished off the goals in the 87th minute.

Did Not Play: Malik Tillman, Ricardo Pepi, and Sergino Dest (PSV 3- Juventus 1, PSV advances 4-3 on aggregate)

Thursday in the Europa League saw Taylor Booth sub on in the 105th for Twente who lost 5-2 at Bodo/Glimt to exit 6-4 on aggregate. An own-goal put Twente up on the night in the 26th with Bodo/Glimt equalizing from the penalty spot in the 56th. An own-goal gave Bodo/Glimt the lead on the night two minutes into stoppage time and they scored again four minutes into stoppage time. Twente’s Sem Steijn scored six minutes into stoppage time to send the series to extra time. Bodo/Glimt went ahead on aggregate in the 11th and an own-goal doubled their lead in the 114th minute.

Johnny Cardoso subbed on in the 59th for Real Betis’ 1-0 home loss to Gent in the Conference League, with Real Betis advancing 3-1 on aggregate. Real Betis’ Vitor Roque saw red in the 83rd and Gent scored in the 87th minute.

Alan Sonora subbed out in the 40th for Cerro Porteno’s 4-0 win at Monagas in the Copa Libertadores second round first-legs. Chico put Cerro Porteno up in the 14th, Guillermo Benitez doubled the lead in the 33rd, and Cecilio Dominguez scored three minutes into first-half stoppage time. Wilder Viera finished off the Cerro Porteno goals in the 63rd minute.

In the first-leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup, Vancouver lost 2-1 at Saprissa. Ryan Gauld put the Whitecaps up in the 21st, but Saprissa equalized in the 51st and went ahead five minutes into stoppage time.

Did Not Play: Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos 2 – Vikingur 0, 3-2 Panathinaikos on aggregate)

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Quote courtesy of team press release.