Thrilling final between Milan and Lazio, Rossoneri smile in the end

A.C. Milan emerged victorious from Saturday night’s big match against Lazio and, at least until Sunday night, enjoy the first place in solitary. In the first half the two formations did not offer a great show to the San Siro crowd: Lazio managed to prevent Milan from exploiting Rafael Leao’s speed and Christopher Nkunku’s qualities. Both strikers disappointed, unlike Mike Maignan who was very good at defusing Mario Gila’s header attempt who came very close to scoring. Mattia Zaccagni also had a good chance but Maignan barred his way and at halftime the two teams went to rest at 0-0.

The two teams went to rest at 0-0.

In the second half Milan entered the field well and took the lead in minute 51 thanks to Rafael Leao, who took great advantage of Fikayo Tomori’s assist. The Portuguese thus signed his fifth goal of the season, equaling Christian Pulisic as the team’s top scorer. In the second half, Milan entered the field well and took the lead in minute 51 thanks to Rafael Leao, who took great advantage of Fikayo Tomori’s assist. The Portuguese thus signed his fifth goal of the season, equaling Christian Pulisic as the team’s top scorer. The Rossoneri occupied the opposition half of the field almost steadily while not creating major problems for Ivan Provedel, then in the last minutes of the match the VAR called the referee back to the monitor to view an alleged foul by Pavlovic in the Rossoneri area on Romagnoli’s touch. After a lengthy consultation, the referee decided not to award the penalty kick because Pavlovic was pushed before the hand touch. In the general confusion, Massimiliano Allegri was ejected for protests.

Before the start of the challenge against Lazio, Igli Tare took to the microphones of Sly Sport and spoke about Luka Modric, who in this start of the season is confirming his extraordinary qualities: “His impact has been devastating, even for us. A wonderful discovery but, knowing him closely, as a man and a professional, he is not a surprise”.

Igli tare then addressed the subject of Mike Maignan, whose contract expires at the end of the season: “He is fine, he is as we thought he could be: he is having a very good season. At the beginning of the season we made a pact together, we are moving forward without putting pressure on each other. There is serenity, today we are focusing on the game and then we will see how things go.”