Europa League: Gennaro Gattuso praises Milan character after Dudelange's fright

Gennaro Gattuso congratulated AC Milan for allowing his character to defeat his "fear" in the Europa League test victory over Dudelange.

Milan scored four times in the second half to make it 5-2 on Thursday, but not before being left behind by its modest opposition.

Dominik Stolz and David Turpel silenced San Siro, who overturned the opener in the 21st minute of Patrick Cutrone.

The Rossoneri have finally recovered with two goals and a goal from Hakan Calhanoglu and Fabio Borini establishing a solid position for their last Group F match at Olympiacos, where a one-two-goal loss would be enough to advance .

"After the equalizer, a little fear took over," Gattuso told Sky Sport Italia.

"We started well, but there are no easy matches, Dudelange kept trying to play and they managed to give us trouble.

"But the important thing was to win." At 2-1, the team reacted well and we pushed on the technical and the character, and I knew it would be hard to do. "

Gonzalo Higuain played 90 minutes in his first appearance since his defeat in Serie A against Juventus nearly three weeks ago.

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The influence of the attacker is blurred after a brilliant start, which Gattuso attributed to a recurring injury.

"I think his back was bothering him," said Rossoneri's boss.

"He did not say anything about it, I just had that feeling because he was struggling to shoot.He is very good at gritting his teeth and not giving in."