A very good Rafael Leao It was not enough for Milan to beat an Atalanta that offers a conservative image despite the draw (1-1) that left them in fourth place in favor of Thiago Motta’s Bologna, the great revelation of the season in Serie A.
The fight has begun with a show by Rafael Leao. It was almost three minutes into the game when the Portuguese winger scored a wonderful goal from his hat.
Leao ended his drought with a great goal
It was a trademark play where they came out against him Giorgio Scalvini and Emil Holm On the left wing, he left both of them at the same time and finished his attack with a beautiful right-footed shot at the far post that slipped in near the corner.
Leao has not scored in Serie A since September 23 against Verona and his reunion in goal could not have been more spectacular. Emboldened, he made an offer soon after another great detail of its classy heel control, stuck in the band, after receiving from Yacine Adli.
The game promised a spectacle before it started and this was its response in the first minutes, but Milan spent the rest of the first half managing their advantage with high possession and giving the game a slow pace of the ball where he neutralized Atalanta’s high pressure.
The Koopmeiners connected on the VAR penalty
Mike Maignan He only had to intervene after a quarter of an hour to deny a shot from Holm, as Atalanta failed to speed up the game or threaten Milan in the slightest.
However, before the break they found the tie thanks to VAR, who notified the referee so that was it will review a fall of Holm in place after a corner Oliver Giroud arrived late. Teum Koopmeiners converted the controversial penalty before the protests of Stefano Pioli, who saw a yellow card.
De Ketelaere returned without effect and was replaced
Despite the tie, Gian Piero Gasperini He didn’t like his team’s game, so at half-time leaving Charles De Ketelaere in the booth, the young Belgian playmaker who failed last season in Milan and did it again today in his return to San Siro despite the fact that this season he offers a good level at Atalanta on loan.
Entering the area Ademola Lookman He did not dramatically improve his team, which this time set aside its vaunted offensive game and preferred to retreat, accepting the tie. Milan did seek victory thanks to a Leao who was outstanding and a threat every time he played.
Carnesecchi stopped Milan
The Rossoneri generated enough chances to win, but the goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi blocked the attempts by David Calabria and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Christian Pulisic stroked the goal, of course, after a delivery from Leao the American controlled the race before narrowly missing his cross shot.
Milan did not close the game and, as often happens in football, they will pay for it as As an added bonus Maignan saved him from defeat with a save. The draw kept the Rossoneri comfortably in third place and Atalanta, despite losing fourth place, extended their unbeaten run to eight games.
match lineup
16
42
19
4
28
46
Eleven
7
9
8
10
29
3
22
23
19
42
fifteen
13
7
59
17
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Marco Carnesecchi29
56′
Emil Holm3
Four. five’
47′
Matteo Ruggeri22
78′
78′
Sead Kolasinac23
Berat Djimsiti19
Giorgio Scalvini42
88′
87′
Martin de Roonfifteen
43′
Ederson13
93′
Teun Koopmeiners7
41′
Alexey Miranchuk59
62′
2′
47′
Charles De Ketelaere17
Four. five’
Replacements
Juan Musso1
Francesco Rossi31
56′
Rafael Toloi2
88′
Isak Hien4
78′
Jose Palomino6
Mitchell Bakkertwenty
Hans Hateboer33
Davide Zappacosta77
Four. five’
78′
Mario Pasalic8
87′
Michael Adopo25
Bilal Toure10
Ademola LookmanEleven
Four. five’
55′
Gianluca Scamacca90
62′
coach
Stefano Pioli
Gian Piero Gasperini
Source: La Verdad
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