Milan beat Genoa 1-0 this Friday thanks to the goals of the Portuguese Rafael Leao and the Brazilian Junior Messiaswho keep the ‘rossonero’ team leading in this thirty-third matchday of Serie A.
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Milan
Maignan; Kalulu, Tomori, Gabbia (Krunic, 74′), Hernández; Bennacer (Brahim, 86′), Tonali; Saelemaekers (Messias, 61′), Kessie, Leao (Ballo-Touré, 86′); Giroud (Rebic, 61′).
Genoa
Sirigu; Hefti, Bani (Hernani, 90′), Ostigard, Vásquez; Badelj, Gaidames; Frendrup (Yeboah, 72′), Amiri (Gudmunsson, 72′), Ekuban (Melegoni, 55′); Piccoli (Destro, 55′).
goals
1-0 M. 11 Leao. 2-0 M. 87 Messias.
Referee
Daniele Chiffi. TA: Tonali (84′) / Yeboah (79′), Hefti (90′).
Milan jumped into a fully packed San Siro knowing they couldn’t drop any points, there’s no room for error. Inter had won and Pioli’s men could not fail. And Leao appeared to unclog, as on so many other occasions, a flat game of the red and black.
The still leaders in the fight to lift the ‘Scudetto’ have shown great solidity and defensive maturity in recent days. Something that seems to have affected the other end of the scheme, who has a hard time opening the marker.
The teams close the left wing of Frenchman Theo Hernández and Leao, drying up a team that seems not enough without these players. Genoa couldn’t stop Leao today, and it showed. In a gray match, the brief flash of Milan’s greatest danger appeared.
In the 10th minute of the match, the Frenchman Pierre Kalulu, today from the right side due to the loss of the Italian Davide Calabriatook out a perfect cross so that Leao, taking advantage of his speed, got rid of his pair and finished off the goalkeeper’s long post first.
The Genoese, in descent, did not give up the game and will look for a draw. They bothered at the beginning of the second act, but found no reward and His hopes are getting smaller.
With the match heading to the end, Messiah signed in 86 the final 2-0, the one of tranquility. A goal that prevents Inter from taking the lead today and that keeps the fight for champion alive. The match turned into a round trip in which both teams were able to score, but the good interventions of both goalkeepers left the result as it was.
Milan are still leaders with these three points, but they no longer depend on themselves. Inter adds the same points and has one less game that in case of winning it would mean promotion to the position of privilege. In the absence of five days, six for Inter, everything is still open.