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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23646326" data-attributes="member: 158020">Dudelange 0 AC Milan 1: Deflected  Higuain goal spares Gattuso's blushes   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/20/22/4437062-6191145-image-a-38_1537479837439.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   AC Milan got away with producing an underwhelming performance as Gonzalo  Higuain's deflected second-half goal secured them a 1-0 win over Luxembourg's  Dudelange in their Europa League opener.   Gennaro Gattuso named a strong side that, for most of the first hour, looked  incapable of breaking down theoretically hugely inferior opposition, and in the  end their winning goal proved highly fortunate.Milan were especially poor in the  first half, hardly causing their modest opposition any problems at all at the  back, with Dudelange arguably crafting the better opportunities.  But Gattuso's men stepped things up a notch after the break, finding the  net - with a little help of a deflection - through Higuain in the 59th minute  and that proved to be enough to open their Group F account.   Despite Milan's superior quality on paper, Dudelange actually crafted the  better chances in the first half.    David Turpel fired over from Kevin Malget's cut-back in the 32nd minute,  before Dominik Stolz followed suit from a tight angle after being released into  the left side of the box soon after.Milan eventually went close just before the  break, but Mattia Caldara's header went well over despite being unmarked at a  corner.   The visitors began the second half with renewed purpose and quickly went  close - Joe Frising denying Higuain, who had met Diego Laxalt's cut-back.But  Higuain got lucky just before the hour, receiving Samu Castillejo's pass on the  edge of the area and finding the net via a hefty deflection.</blockquote>

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