One more Luka Jovic He came on as a substitute to save his goal as a Milan came back from Frosinone (2-3) and consolidated its third place in Serie A. The Rossoneri are five points from the lead before the exciting ‘Italian Derby ‘ that tomorrow they will face the two first classified teams, Inter and Juventus.
A disrespectful Frosinone made life difficult for Milan from the opening whistle with their coach’s bold bet Eusebio Di Francesco.
Giroud opened the scoring
A start of maximum intensity that the ‘rossoneri’ knew how to deal with before open the scoring through Olivier Giroud. The French striker scored his 11th Serie A goal with a perfect header afterwards a cross to the far post by Rafael Leao (17′). Frosinone protested a possible foul at the start of Tijani Reijnders’ play on Matías Soulé.
The connection between their two great references seems to have put the team’s success on track. Stefano Pioli, but that’s not the case. Nothing could be further from the truth because immediately Semba Seck forced Mike Maignan to show off to deflect a centered but powerful whip into a corner.
Leao, from assistant to penalty taker
Seven minutes after 0-1, Leao went from assistant to taking the penalty by denying a cross from Francesco Gelli with his outstretched arm. VAR confirmed it and Soulé changed it. The young Argentine midfielder, on loan from Juventus, confirmed himself, with 10 goals, as the top scorer of his team.
It was the reward for the bravery of a Frosinone team that continued to play head-to-head with Milan. Before the break the goal Stefano Turati avoided 1-2 by taking a shot from Leao on the line who was poisoned when diverted by a defender.
Mazzitelli made it 2-1
The interesting pulse continued in the second half. This time Frosinone struck first. Soulé made an inside pass to Luca Mazzitelli, who crossed the net with a shot that went close to Mike Maignan who, confused by a small bounce of the ball, could have done more (65′).
Milan did not give a good feeling but again an outstanding Giroud brought him into the game, this time winning the jump to a Yacine Adli center and serving the goal on a plate for Matteo Gabbia also scored with a header to the empty goal (72′). It was the first league goal as a ‘Rossonero’ for the centre-back, who returned in the winter transfer window from Villarreal.
Jovic’s letter gives results again
Pioli played the Luka Jovic card again and the Serbian took another chance by coming on as a substitute. The former Real Madrid striker couldn’t get to Adli’s center at first, but the ball bounced off Emanuele Valeri, Simone Romagnoli failed to clear it and Jovic chased him down to make it 2-3 with his fifth league goal and seventh of the season.
Milan turned the game around unexpectedly as the game progressed and already knew how to hold the advantage against Frosinone to ensure a victory that was more achieved by pressing than by playing well.
match lineup
80
14
4
Four. Five
5
6
8
36
9
18
twenty-one
16
2
19
14
24
46
Eleven
7
9
8
10
Benito Stirpe
Mike Maignan16
David Calabria2
85′
85′
Theo Hernandez19
Tijjani Reijnders14
48′
61′
Simon Kjær24
Matteo Gabbia46
71′
76′
Christian PulisicEleven
79′
64′
84′
Yacine Adli7
76′
Olivier Giroud9
16′
85′
23′
Ruben Loftus-Cheek8
42′
61′
55′
76′
Rafael Leao10
Replacements
Marco Sportiello57
Lapo Nava69
76′
Alessandro Florenzi42
85′
94′
Alex Jimenez74
76′
Jan-Carlo Simic82
85′
David Bartesaghi95
Ismaël Bennacer4
61′
Filippo Terracciano38
Yunus Musah80
85′
84′
Luka Jovicfifteen
79′
80′
76′
Noah Okafor17
61′
coach
Eusebio Di Francesco
Stefano Pioli
Source: La Verdad
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