Milan expels Venice with Pulisic and Gimenez. Como, poker of victories

Winning helps to win: after the triumph in the Coppa Italia semifinal against Inter, Milan returned to assert itself in the league as well, centering a valuable victory in Venice. At the Penzo, Conceiçao’s team won 2-0 thanks to goals from Pulisic and Gimenez, and got back closer to the Europa zone. Lagunari still penultimate.

In the other match at 12:30 p.m., Como racked up its fourth consecutive league win against Genoa and climbed to 11th place in the standings.

Venice-Milan 0-2
5′ Pulisic, 96′ Gimenez

The Diavolo found the lead after just 5′ thanks to a Candé mistake in the disengagement: Fofana served Pulisic who in front of Radu did not miss. The Lagosians reacted and came close to equalizing with Zerbi and Yeboah. At 34′ the Ecuadorian himself finds the equalizer, but the goal is annulled by the referee for offside, after a consultation with the VAR.

The hosts came close to equalizing again in the second half through Nicolussi Caviglia, then protested a missed penalty for Pavlovic’s intervention on Yeboah. At halftime Conceiçao is forced to replace Jimenez, injured, in Walker. Exciting finale: Di Francesco’s team came close to’1-1 with Zerbin from distance, Gimenez closed out the game in the recovery with a beautiful lob on an assist from Reijnders.

Como-Genoa 1-0
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59′ Strefezza

Fizzing first half at Sinigaglia between two teams already safe. There are several scoring chances but at halftime the result is still stuck at 0-0. The biggest danger of the first half is of the host brand, with Ahnor hitting the post on 28′ after a mistake by the Larian defense.

The hosts found the 1-0 at 59′ with Strefezza, served by Cutrone at the end of a lightning fast counterattack orchestrated by Nico Paz. The Grifone failed to react and for the Larians came the prestigious fourth success in a row in the A.

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