The American scored the only goal of the game in a chaotic finale that ended with both goalkeepers sent off in added time.
Giroud dressed up as a hero saving his team between the sticks in the last play of the match
The American Christian Pulisic this Saturday unlocked the evenly matched duel against Genoa with a goal in the final minutes of a game that went crazy with the expulsions of Maignan and Josep Martínez, two goalkeepers, but which ended up lifting Milan to the top of the Serie A table after Inter’s setback against Bologna.
Were 14 minutes added time and both Genoa and Milan ended up with a player as goalkeeper in the final minutes. A chaotic ending led to a new leader of the Italian Serie A. Milan got the three points at the buzzer against the giant-killers of the highest Italian competitionwho already beat Lazio, tied with Naples and beat Roma, this being their first game in which they did not win a prize against one of the greats.
The team led by the Italian touched him Albert Gilardinobut Pulisic’s suspenseful goal in the 87th minute, reviewed by VAR for several minutes due to a possible hand from the American in his control, ruined the locals and gave respite to the visitors, who will sleep as first during the national team break.
And the ‘Unit B’ with which he jumped Stefano Pioli At the Luigi Ferraris in Genoa it didn’t work out. Neither Jovic, nor Okafor, nor Chukwueze were able to dismantle the great Genoese defensive network during the first half, which forced the coach to move the bench at half-time and bring on Leao and Pulisic at the Okafor and Chukwueze posts.
Milan improved With two starting men on the field, the ‘Rossonero’ team’s attack was more tenacious, more aggressive and more continuous, but without being clear. Giroud came in to load the area more and the lateral crosses began, from which the clearest chance came in a diving shot by Leao that was thwarted by the Spaniard Josep Martínez between the posts.
The match was inevitably heading towards a draw when everything turned upside down. In the 87th minute, Pulisic, with a fundamental half turn, made room to beat Genoa’s Spanish goalkeeper and put what seemed like a certain victory on track.
But far from being intimidated, Genoa wanted to fight for a victory that came close. Because in a past high-speed start, Maignan ran over Ekuban and the VAR called the referee to review the action. Once the French goalkeeper was expelled, it was Giroud the one who took his place under the sticks and the one who saw how Gudmundsson’s shot from the free-kick caused by his sent-off teammate hit the crossbar after the shot was deflected by the barrier.
He then went up Josep Martínez, Spanish goal for Genoato finish the corner kick and After a tough tackle to avoid Milan’s counterattack, he ended up receiving his second yellow card. and, therefore, the red cardboard. The match maintained a frenetic pace despite the two expulsions and, in the last play, Genoa again came close to scoring a goal that was snatched away by a great intervention by Giroud, brave at the exit with gloves, wearing Maignan’s shirt and securing Milan’s lead in a crazy match in which the goal from ‘Captain America’ Pulisic imposed sanity.