Milan, suffered victory in Bratislava: Leao enters and is decisive

Milan, suffered victory in Bratislava: Leao enters and è decisive

Milan won in Bratislava against Slovan and scored its third consecutive victory in the Champions League: against the Slovaks still with zero points, Fonseca’s team struggled for more than a half, but in the second half it asserted its technical superiority and won 3-2, despite suffering in the final. The entrance of Rafael Leao, initially excluded, was decisive. In the standings, the Rossoneri climb into the playoff zone on 9 points and move closer to qualification.

The first half was anything but easy for Milan in Bratislava: on 21'Pulisic opened the scoring with an angled shot on an assist from Abraham, but three minutes later came the resounding Slovakian equalizer due to a serious mistake by the Meneghini defense, which got caught on the counterattack on the development of a favorable corner, Barseghyan equalized the partial.

Milan suffered the blow and lowered the pace, at the beginning of the second half Fonseca inserted Leao, initially ruled out for Okafor. Milan attacked persistently, although the hosts on the counterattack always put some fear in an insecure defense.

But in a few minutes the Diavolo took the lead: at 68' Fofana served with a filtering pass Leao who left Takac no chance by scoring with his left foot, and at 71' came Abraham’s 3-1 thanks to a bad mistake by Strelec, who gave the ball away to the former Roma man. Not even the double lead gave confidence to Milan, which continued to suffer at the back, Barseghyan coming close to scoring several times.

Last few tense minutes: Marcelli at the 89'89' reopens the game with a great left, Milan complains about an earlier foul not whistled against Leao but the goal is awarded. In the dying minutes Tolic was expelled for protests and Slovan closed in 10 men: no more surprises for the Rossoneri, who take three important points, even if a bit too suffered.