Milan smiles again

After the defeat in the derby and the draw with Newcastle. Milan raised its head with a difficult victory over Verona, placing it temporarily at the top of the Italian League. The same 12 points for Inter (and another match). The San Siro match started half an hour late due to a violent storm that struck the stadium area during the warm-up.

In his 150th match on the Milan bench, Pioli suffered five important defeats: Calabria’s full-backs are Theo, Mignan, Kalulu, Bennacer and Caldara. The Rossonero coach then decided to rely on a 3-4-3 formation, with Musa and Florenzi on the wings, leaving Giroud up front, accompanied by Pulisic and Leao, now the captain.

The Portuguese opened the scoring after just eight minutes thanks to a loose ball from Folorunsho and an assist from Giroud, easily winning the one-on-one match with Montipo. Baroni’s team, despite the strike, had a very good response, almost equalizing with Folorunsho himself (Sportiello neutralized his header with a brilliant tackle) and ended the first half with the same shots as the locals (five, including one on target for both). difference). he Verona made progress in the first part of the resumption of play, But despite his attempts, the job was not given to the Milan goalkeeper again, who also lost Krunic to muscle pain.

In the last stage of the match Rossionerie They, along with Pulisic and Musah, have had opportunities to extend their advantageBut Montepo kept alive the Gialloblu, which no longer had the strength needed for the final.