AC Milan had their chances to settle the game at AC Milan vs Ferencvarosi TC, but the match turned on two moments that never really let them recover. Lenny Joseph scored twice, Ferencvarosi TC led 2-0, and a goalkeeper error with the feet in the 52nd minute handed the visitors control at San Siro.

Torriani kept Milan alive in the first half

Before the break, AC Milan were under real pressure. Lorenzo Torriani made at least 4 first-half saves, and Sky Sport Italia said he was Milan's best player at half-time. That is fair enough on the evidence available from the opening period, because Ferencvarosi TC kept making life awkward for the home side and repeatedly forced mistakes in deep areas.

The turning point came in the 52nd minute when De Winter played a difficult back pass to Torriani and Joseph punished the error. Sky Sport Italia's live commentary said: "The goalkeeper makes a mistake with his feet in the 52' and gifts the lead to Joseph." Milan had survived the first wave, but not the mistake that followed it.

Joseph's second goal and the red card

Joseph struck again in the 66th minute, finishing from an empty net after a counterattack involving Kristoffer Zachariassen. By then AC Milan were already chasing the match from 2-0 down, and the result was moving away from them before the final flashpoint.

That arrived in the 76th minute when Ferencvarosi TC were reduced to 10 after Yusuf was sent off for hitting Francesco Camarda in the face away from the ball, with the referee consulting VAR. Sky Sport Italia reported it as: "The visitors are down to 10 from the 76' for a red card to Yusuf." By that stage the visitors were already in control, and the dismissal only deepened Milan's problem.

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