Two dismissals for the Mourinho team
Olivier Giroud with a hand penalty (8th) and Junior Walter Messias (17th) gave Milan an early lead in their home town of San Siro, Rafael Leao (82nd) followed suit late. Tammy Abraham (40.) met the interim connection for the Romans, where Rick Karsdorp saw the yellow-red card in the 74th minute after repeated foul play.
Shortly before the final whistle, Rome’s Gianluca Mancini caused another penalty and also saw yellow-red (90 + 4). Goalkeeper Rui Patricio (90 + 5) saved the penalty from the Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Chiesa counters Naples’ leadership through Mertens
In Turin, Juventus initially set the first exclamation marks when Weston McKennie and Federico Chiesa had chances. After that, Napoli had the clearer offensive accents and deservedly went into the break with a 1-0 lead thanks to a placed shot by Dries Mertens (23rd) from the right edge of the penalty area into the far corner.
In the second round, the hosts came out of the break better and quickly equalized through Chiesa (54th). Then an open game developed with chances on both sides – which, however, lost much of its momentum from the middle of the second half.
Numerous corona-related cancellations
In advance, a total of four of the games scheduled for Thursday had to be postponed due to too many COVID-19 infections. The local health authorities ordered several teams to be quarantined.
Despite requests from some clubs, the league initially refused to postpone matches. This only changed with the order of the health authorities. On Thursday, the league also decided that a club must compete in the future if it has at least 13 field players and a goalkeeper available.
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Status: January 6th, 2022, 10:36 pm