Rome (AFP)
Milan II continued its suffering and failed to achieve victory for a sixth match in a row at the local and continental levels, by tying with its guest Genoa 3-3, after being ahead until the 87th minute, before conceding a goal by friendly fire in a match during which it fell behind twice in the 35th stage of the Italian Football League. Foot.
Coach Stefano Pioli’s team entered the match on the back of its exit from the Europa League quarter-finals at the hands of its local rival Roma, losing to it in the first leg 0-1 and in the return 1-2, while it tied twice in the league against Sassuolo (3-3) and Juventus (0-0). In exchange for a painful loss to its arch-neighbor, Inter, 1-2, which allowed the latter to win the title.
These results prompted the fans of the San Siro stadium to raise banners calling on the team to improve its performance, while the hardline section of them (the ultras) preferred to remain silent and not encourage in a message of objection to what coach Pioli’s men were presenting, who believed that they had snatched the victory through the French veteran Olivier Giroud after he put them down. In front in the 75th minute.
But German substitute Malick Thiao, who entered the field in the 81st minute, gifted Genoa, ensuring its survival among the big boys, a point by accidentally diverting the ball into his team’s net (87).
Despite this series of disappointing results, Milan appears to be in a fairly good position in terms of second place, ahead of third-placed Juventus.
The start was not successful for Milan, as it found itself behind since the fifth minute from a penalty kick caused by the Englishman, Fikayo Tomori, by bringing down Alessandro Fogliaco in the forbidden area, and Matteo Retegui successfully executed it.
Pioli’s team pressed to return quickly to the match, and threatened its guest’s goal on more than one occasion, most notably by American Christian Pulisic, whose wonderful arc shot bounced off the post (13), but he waited until the last minute of the first half to equalize with Alessandro Florentzi’s header after a cross from Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze. (45).
But Genoa regained the lead at the beginning of the second half, through Ghanaian Caleb Ekuban with a header after a cross from Foliaco (48), before the tie reasserted itself in the 72nd minute after a header goal by Matteo Gabbia, who received the ball from Florentzi following a corner kick.
Milan did not wait long to take the lead for the first time in the match, thanks to Giroud, who received the ball from Pulisic’s cross and fired it into the net (75), but the unlucky Thiao deprived his team of two points when he turned the ball into his own net three minutes before the end of regular time following a cross by Norwegian Morten. Thorsby.
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