WARSAW, POLAND - 2023/02/16: Dogan Alemdar of FC Stade Rennais seen during the UEFA Europa League 2022/23 1st leg play-off round football match between Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Stade Rennais at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Municipal Stadium of Legia Warsaw. Final score: Shakhtar Donetsk 2:1 FC Stade Rennes. (Photo by Mikolaj Barbanell/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
AC Milan produced a very impressive team performance to overcome Stade Rennais pretty comfortably in their UEFA
Europa League knockout stage play-off first leg at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Ruben Loftus-Cheek was the hero as he
netted a superb double either side of half-time before Rafael Leao added a
third late on to cap off the very fine display from the hosts.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek gave AC Milan one foot in the UEFA Europa League round-
of-16 with a well-taken brace before Rafael Leao heaped more misery on
Rennes, who have a three-goal mountain to climb in the return leg next week.
Milan looked a handful for Rennes right from the opening stages of the game with
Leao, Tijjani Reijnders and Yunus Musah going close to scoring before Loftus-Cheek broke the dam just after the half-hour mark.
