MILAN (AP) — Seldom has a player’s sending off had such an influence on a game.
AC Milan was to left rue Theo Hernandez’s second yellow card — for diving — as Feyenoord advanced to the Champions League last 16 at the former European champion’s expense with a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday, giving the Dutch team a 2-1 win on aggregate.
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Monaco's head coach Adi Huetter, right, shakes hands with Benfica's head coach Bruno Lage at the end of the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between SL Benfica and AS Monaco at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Monaco's head coach Adi Huetter, right, speaks with Monaco's Wilfried Singo at the end of the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between SL Benfica and AS Monaco at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Atalanta's Raoul Bellanova, top, heads the ball over Brugge's Maxim De Cuyper during a Champions League, playoff second leg, soccer match between Atalanta and Club Brugge in Bergamo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere, center, reacts after a Champions League, playoff second leg, soccer match between Atalanta and Club Brugge in Bergamo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Feyenoord players celebrate after the Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Feyenoord's Igor Paixao players celebrates with teammates after the Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Feyenoord's Julian Carranza scores his side's first goal during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Davide Bartesaghi, left, jumps for a header with Feyenoord's Anis Hadj Moussa during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Feyenoord's Julian Carranza scores his side's first goal during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Davide Bartesaghi, left, jumps for a header with Feyenoord's Anis Hadj Moussa during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Joao Felix, left, challenges for the ball with Feyenoord's Antoni Milambo during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Feyenoord's Julian Carranza celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's players argue with Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after he sent off AC Milan's Theo Hernandez during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Theo Hernandez leaves the pitch after being sent off by Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after his second yellow card during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Theo Hernandez leaves the pitch after being sent off by Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after his second yellow card during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's players argue with Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after he sent off AC Milan's Theo Hernandez, right, during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Bayern Munich, Club Brugge and Benfica also won their playoffs, eliminating Celtic, Europa League winner Atalanta, and French team Monaco, respectively.
"In soccer everything changes in a second,” said Milan forward Santiago Giménez, who scored one of the competition's fastest goals against his former team, Feyenoord, in the first minute.
Hernandez was sent off for a dive in the 51st when Milan was dominating after Giménez’s opener had leveled the tie. Feyenoord had won the first leg of the playoff 1-0 last week.
But Milan’s defense looked anything but assured after referee Szymon Marciniak showed Hernandez another yellow card for his dive. The France defender had earned his first before the break for lashing out at a Feyenoord player after a foul on teammate João Félix.
Hugo Bueno crossed for Julián Carranza to head Feyenoord level on the night in the 73rd, enough to put the Dutch team into the next phase.
“We're very disappointed. We started well and scored straight away. It seemed like Feyenoord couldn’t hurt us,” Giménez said of the game's pivotal moment. "Today it happened to Theo but it can happen to anyone, this is soccer. We have the utmost respect for Theo. We will give him all our support.”
Feyenoord's Givairo Read was shown a red card following another melee after the final whistle.
Feyenoord will play either Inter Milan or Arsenal in the round of 16.
Alphonso Davies scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time for Bayern to reach the last 16 with a 1-1 draw against Celtic.
Davies, a substitute, bundled the ball over the line after Leon Goretzka’s effort was kept out, saving Bayern the ordeal of extra time after German player Nicolas Kühn had scored against his former club to draw Celtic level on aggregate.
Davies’ goal gave Bayern a 3-2 win over two legs.
Next for the Bavarian powerhouse is either Bundesliga rival Bayer Leverkusen or Atlético Madrid.
Club Brugge eliminated Atalanta with a 3-1 win in Bergamo for a 5-2 win on aggregate. The 19-year-old forward Chemsdine Talbi scored twice as the visitors gave Gian Piero Gasperini’s team a lesson in efficiency.
Atalanta had 29 efforts at goal, compared to seven from the visitors, and tried 89 attacks compared to 16 from Brugge.
Halftime substitute Ademola Lookman scored seconds after the restart to unleash hopes of a miracle — Atalanta just needed three more goals to level the tie — but Simon Mignolet saved Lookman's penalty in the 61st as those hopes gradually faded.
Benfica reached the last 16 with a 3-3 draw against Monaco in Lisbon, giving the Portuguese team a 4-3 win on aggregate.
The last 16 draw takes place on Friday.
AP Sports Writer Daniella Matar contributed.
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Monaco's head coach Adi Huetter, right, shakes hands with Benfica's head coach Bruno Lage at the end of the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between SL Benfica and AS Monaco at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Monaco's head coach Adi Huetter, right, speaks with Monaco's Wilfried Singo at the end of the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between SL Benfica and AS Monaco at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Atalanta's Raoul Bellanova, top, heads the ball over Brugge's Maxim De Cuyper during a Champions League, playoff second leg, soccer match between Atalanta and Club Brugge in Bergamo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere, center, reacts after a Champions League, playoff second leg, soccer match between Atalanta and Club Brugge in Bergamo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Feyenoord players celebrate after the Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Feyenoord's Igor Paixao players celebrates with teammates after the Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Alphonso Davies celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Champions League playoff second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Celtic Glasgow at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Feyenoord's Julian Carranza scores his side's first goal during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Davide Bartesaghi, left, jumps for a header with Feyenoord's Anis Hadj Moussa during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Feyenoord's Julian Carranza scores his side's first goal during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Davide Bartesaghi, left, jumps for a header with Feyenoord's Anis Hadj Moussa during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Joao Felix, left, challenges for the ball with Feyenoord's Antoni Milambo during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Feyenoord's Julian Carranza celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's players argue with Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after he sent off AC Milan's Theo Hernandez during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Theo Hernandez leaves the pitch after being sent off by Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after his second yellow card during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's Theo Hernandez leaves the pitch after being sent off by Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after his second yellow card during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
AC Milan's players argue with Referee Szymon Marciniak of Poland after he sent off AC Milan's Theo Hernandez, right, during Champions League, playoff second leg soccer match between AC Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
