Milan privateer, flashes of Giroud and Pulisic

Bologna-Milan 0-2

The first day of Serie A ended with a 2-0 Milan victory in Bologna.

At the Dall’Ara, the Emiliani hit a crossbar with Lykogiannis after only 20 seconds, but then the Rossoneri unlocked the result with Giroud in the 11th minute on an assist from Reijnders and effectively closed the score already in the 21st minute with Pulisic. In the second half heat and fatigue conditioned the course of the match with the guest comeback attempt stopping at an outside post by Ndoye. In the 90th minute woodwork also for Leao.

Double-net draw between Torino and Cagliari. At the Stadio Olimpico-Grande Torino in Monday’s first Serie A postponement, the hosts tried, especially in the first half, but ran into the wall erected by Ranieri’s team, which was also capable of making itself dangerous.

Satisfied precisely the guests’ coach: “I have good guys, they want to establish themselves. We have a good mixture. We played with personality, we had to be more stinging but the heat, for us as for them, was the main thing. I was sweating standing still, let alone the boys.”

“The three-man defense? I have players who can allow me to change the system of play during games. We opted to stay that way by staying compact. The forwards sacrificed and I thank them because they did what we tried during the week. We tried not to let the three defenders play freely and we did not want the ball to come clean in the last thirty meters where they are dangerous.”