Serie A: Salernitana-Milan 2-2. Rossoneri +2 over Inter

Trap. It was the most popular word in the Rossoneri scene, as the away match for the last Salernitana in the standings approached. And Milan fell into it: only 2-2 at Arechi, the Devil did not run away and only two points away from Inter, with the Nerazzurri having to recover two games. If he wins tomorrow over Sassuolo, it will be overtaking for Inzaghi.

Immediately Messias

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“I expect a lot from Messias,” said Pioli on the eve of the match. Prophetic: after a good start from Campania, at 5 ‘Junior already stamps the card, served by Hernandez and favored by the opposing defense that opens up like the Red Sea. But Pioli had added, still at the Milanello conference: “It is not easy to prepare the match against a team that has just changed the coach and many men”. And again the words of the Rossoneri coach are met on the pitch, because Milan encountered many difficulties throughout the first half in taking possession of the game.

Ouch, Maignan

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He also puts his own Maignan, to whom the many praises received in recent weeks have not brought luck: very little Mike’s “Magic” came out on Djuric’s head in the 29 ‘, ball that becomes good for Bonazzoli, very good at understanding everything in advance, to coordinate and find the reverse of the 1-1. Draw, Arechi in delirium. From there to the interval, the Devil pours forward to regain the advantage, but with more will than clarity: Leao lights up in jerks, Diaz struggles to find space, Giroud is not seen much and is always lacking in precision in the last passage. Nicola’s grenades are furious, for a long time they compensate for the technical gap between the two teams. And Djuric’s aerial shores often trigger Ribery’s ageless class. Even the Milan median works like this: Tonali accuses a pain in his thigh but holds firm, Bennacer performs in a free kick rejected by Sepe but takes the usual yellow card, and is not always lucid in the direction.

Giroud forgives

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Kessie, again excluded from the starting eleven, replaces the Algerian at the beginning of the second half. And the second part begins with a wonderful overhead shot by Leao that touches the intersection of the posts, after an uncertain exit by Sepe that leaves room for Diaz’s cross. With Salernitana lowering, that of Milan becomes an almost constant siege. Which produces chances: Giroud forgives first with his head and then with his foot, hypnotized by Sepe (suspected offside of the departing Frenchman). Pioli also plays the Rebic card, looking for more concreteness. But for the second time in the evening he is betrayed by Maignan, who wraps himself up in an improvised dribbling and triggers Bonazzoli: even rabona of the attacker with an empty net, but this time the target is missed.

Question and answer

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To punish Milan, however, in the 72nd minute … Milan, in the sense of Djuric: on the Mazzocchi cross the Bosnian dives and heads the 2-1, mocking both Kessie and Tomori. Nicola goes crazy with joy, but the illusion lasts just five minutes. Rebic, having entered Brahim’s place, decides to do everything by himself and kicks a low shot from over twenty meters, clearly surprising Sepe. It is the 2-2 that will become definitive, after a convulsive final match. Salernitana smiles, who has not yet relegated: with this spirit, dreaming is not forbidden, even at -7 from the threshold of salvation. And, of course, Inter and Napoli also smile, for quite other reasons.