Samuel Chukwueze provided a superb assist as AC Milan came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Scottish champions Celtic in a pre-season match on Saturday, completesports.com reports.
Chukwueze, who was named among the substitutes, came on early in the second half to give the assist which made it 2-2.
It was a final pre-season fixture for Celtic ahead of their league season starting in just over a week, while it was Milan’s first friendly.
Celtic took the lead in the 12th minute as a stray pass back to Lorenzo Torriani from Pavlovic was pounced upon by Camilo Duran, who fired in from close range.
The Scottish giants doubled their lead in the 28th minutes through James Forrest. Again it was a mix-up at the back, this time with an attempted back-pass from Samuele Ricci going astray and allowing Duran to latch onto it inside the box, and squared to Forrest who – despite having three men in the way – found the back of the net.
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Milan new head coach Ruben Amorim ade lots of changes as expected at the break, with the starting XI for the second half with Chukwueze among the players introduced.
It did not take long for one of those substitutes to make a big impact, and it was Francesco Camarda who did so. He won a penalty within two minutes of the restart and the ball was handed to him to convert it, and he did so emphatically with a sidefoot into the top-right corner to pull a goal back and make it 2-1 on 47 minutes.
Camarda had a big chance to put Milan ahead as he headed Chukwueze cross wide. However, he made no mistake in the 52nd minute as he was on the end of the Nigerian’s cross again to level things at 2-2.
Chukwueze received a pass, went past his marker and raced towards goal from the wing and sent in a brilliant cross with the outside of his left foot which was nodded home by Camarda.
The Super Eagles star was on loan at Fulham last season, where he scored three goals, had four assists in 23 Premier League games.
By James Agberebi
