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Richard Buxton·18 April 2023

Milan scenes as Giroud misses first penalty in 11 years! 🚫

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Olivier Giroud spurned a golden chance to hand AC Milan a comfortable lead in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final showdown with Napoli.

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The Rossoneri were gifted an opportunity to build on their one-goal lead when Mário Rui bundled Rafael Leão over inside the penalty area after 20 minutes.

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But Giroud’s first miss from the spot in 11 years kept the tie at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona evenly poised as Alex Meret denied him comfortably.

The France international will hope that his saved effort does not prove costly in the tie!

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