A great Leao took Verona and left Milan very close to the ‘scudetto’

Four points in the last two games separate Milan from its first ‘scudetto’ since 2011. Now, in a key game in their aspirations, an extraordinary Rafael Leao, who gave up two goals to a Sandro Tonali who has been decisive also in the final stages of the season, he led the victory against Verona (1-3) which put the ‘rossoneri’ back in the lead of Serie A with a two-point advantage.

Milan could not withstand the pressure after Inter took first place on Friday in their 4-2 defeat to Empoli and they will be champions if they get 4 points from games against Atalanta at the San Siro and Sassuolo on the final day. .

Tonali’s unauthorized goal

Milan came out well-prepared to quickly put the victory on track and far superior in the first 20 minutes. A header from Rade Krunic removed by Lorenzo Montipò was the first warning (14 ‘) before Tonali scored after struggling with a long kick from goalkeeper Mike Maignan, but the referee, at the request of the VAR, revoked it for on offside (16 ‘).

Davide Calabria, behind the wall with active Tonali, also had a clear chance but his shot to break was deflected by Montipò with his feet (19 ‘). But Verona, a physical team that makes a living by stealing the ball to go on the counterattack, grew and Gianluca Caprari, with a first-class shot very close to the post (23 ‘), put Milan on alert.

Pharaoh advanced to Verona

Gio Simeone crashed his attempt to the edge of the net (36 ‘) and in the third Verona, in their best moment of the game, opened the scoring with a great collective move. Caprari sent in Darko Lazovic, who from the by-line put a cross into the far post for another full-back, Davide Faraoni, who headed into the net (38 ‘).

Milan showed no signs of reaction and Rafael Leao, until then, reactivated him. The Portuguese challenged Nicolò Cassale, he was overtaken in his by-line run and his pass was pushed by Tonali in front of goal, which fell in a match with the defense.

Psychological goal and 1-2 at the beginning of the second half

That was the discount in the first half and the goal had a psychological impact on Milan, who at the start of the second half made it 1-2 in another fantastic game by Rafael Leao. The Portuguese starred in an incredible counterattack starting almost from his field, changing speed to beat his marker and his cross on the far post, where Tonali scored on an empty goal ( 50 ‘).

Leao, with 7 assists in Serie A, continued to make havoc with his runs down the left and made it 1-3 with a static shot cleared by Montipò near the post (65 ‘).

sentence by Florenzi

The game went back and forth in the hours before Verona hit a last-ditch attempt to level the score, but Stefano Pioli made the right changes and a combination from the right between the two substitutes. sealed against. Alessandro Florenzi launched himself into the attack and, after a wall with Junior Messias, made it 1-3 with a powerful cross kick (86

‘) to the delirium of the 16,000 fans who joined Milan at the Bentegodi stadium and saw the long -awaited ‘scudetto’ closer than ever.