Rafael Leao cemented himself at Milan with Ibra’s departure

He Milan closed his impressive season with a victory that definitely leaves him in fourth place in the A series. The ‘rossoneri’, who beat the Verona (3-1) without too much trouble, they will play a new edition of Champions after a campaign in which they reached the semifinals. They will do it without one of their ‘lions’, Zlatan Ibrahimovicwho bid farewell to his fans at the end of the match with a huge tribute from the most beloved club of his career.

gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, ‘c:twitterwi-wUmBnnKy’, function () {
var x = document.createElement(‘script’);
x.setAttribute(“type”,”text/javascript”);
x.setAttribute(“src”, “//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”);
x.setAttribute(“charset”, “utf-8”);
$(“.twitter-tweet”).closest( “span” ).append(x);
});

The withdrawal of Ibra took center stage on a night that brought a rather dangerous guest San Siro. He Verona came his last chance to live on A series and avoid relegation (or promotion): they have to get a better result than a Spezia who visited at the same time Rome within Olympics.

‘goodbye‘ read a banner presented by the Curva Sud ‘tifosi’ at the start of the match referring to the Swedish giant, who this time showed a less serious face than usual. He Milan no one played after the success of Inter that leaves him 4th, but the ‘rossoneri’ want to keep pace with their own (72,102 fans) and say goodbye to a team that this season reached the semifinals of Champions 16 years later.

He came out very aggressive Verona of Marco Zaffaroni, with two untimely entries in the first five minutes that shocked the locals. But it was a mirage of excessive ambition, because when Milan got it, they commanded as they wanted in the first half where the goalkeeper. carefully had little work.

Some columns for Pioli as The O, tone, Leo either Brahim they liked each other in combination in the final third, while Junior Messias and Giroud They tried different auctions looking to open the can. Verona’s only chance at danger passed Tamezwhich cannot reach the forced center of Ngonge.

All indicated that they would reach the break with a draw, but in the last minute Brahim received a blow on the spot and the VAR He sent it to be checked. The Spaniard tried to control a high ball and Ngonge hit the back of the leg. After seeing this, the referee Paolo Valeri He did not hesitate to point out a punishment and a ‘killer’ like Giroud manages to send the ball into the net with style to score him 13th goal in the domestic championship.

Milan managed to widen the gap at the start of the second half, when calabria he regained the ball after streaking out of his own half and started a counterattack which Theo just wasted. The French international wanted to help Giroud but Sulemian he intercepted the final pass without hesitation.

He stretched a little more Verona, knows he has no choice if he wants to get permanent. The transistor indicated that the Spezia He was still drawing in the capital and then Zaffaroni brought him Verdi and Lazovic to have more troops up top and try to intimidate from set pieces.

And they found their prize in a throw-in performed by depaoli. The left winger powerfully took the ball towards the end line Lazovic he saved the goal kick and extended the play to the far post. In a clearly defensive administration, pharaoh He came all the way to win the position in Milan’s defense and score 1-1 in 72′. They are still alive.

Milan players called for help in the ensuing action after a header from Leao almost into the empty goal hit the hands of Faraoni, but the VAR this time he dismissed the ‘rossoneri’ claim before the delight of the visiting bench.

But in the somewhat hopeful Verona the monster appears Leo. In a drive that showed his physical superiority, the Portuguese put a shot near the post and put his team ahead again in the 85′ to dedicate his goal to Ibra, who was waiting on the bench ready for his recognition .

Leao’s goal commanded the Verona to play the promotion, but not enough said. There was time until vigilancethe substitute goal, had minutes and carefully you might get an ovation. But just then, in added time, Leao launched a counterattack which he finished off after leaving a defender sitting and dribbled wide. Montipovisiting goalkeeper.

After the final whistle, the players of Verona is at the expense of knowing the resulting outcome Rome. And to the delight of his people, a goal from Dybala (2-1) left both teams level on points (31), so they have to fight for relegation promotion. When the whole day is over, San Siro tearful goodbye Ibra who also showed great emotion when he took the microphone to confirm his withdrawal.