Milan defeated a Lazio that finishes eight in the field

He Milan This Friday he avoided the bump and took the victory in the last breath against the lazio (0-1), which he defeated thanks to a goal Okafor in the 87th minute of a significant match, with many delays and little football where ‘laziale’ played at a disadvantage for most of the second half after the expulsion of Pellegrini and where they ended up with 8 players due to the last direct red card in Marusic and Guendozi.

He lazio will face this Tuesday the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 at the Allianz-Arena against Bavaria, which they beat 1-0 in the first leg. This Friday, the Bavaria not win Freiburg (2-2).

Ugly match at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Kicks, attacks and small football. A final tanganza closed the rivalry and the Milan took the fight. The Milan team is relieved after two consecutive days without a win in Serie A and the defeat in the Europa League against Rennes which, although it did not mean elimination, highlighted the bad moment of the ‘rossoneri’, who again suffered more than necessary to score.

And Milan is, for now, Rafael Leao and a little more. The Portuguese is the only one who, once again, pulled this Milan car that, at times, suffered from the counterattack at the Olympic Stadium in Rome while looking for the winning goal. Stefano Pioli’s side were unable to beat Sarri’s side until the last moment, maintaining their form despite playing to 10 after Pellegrini was sent off in the 56th minute.

The left back’s red card, a double yellow for two clear fouls, was strongly protested by the local players, who requested a previous foul and a VAR review that never came and which sparked, further, a intense matches, of mistakes and individual duels that neither team was completely in control of. It started the second half with 13 cards.

Of course, the total loss of control came after Okafor’s goal save. Before the goal, and one short, Lazio managed to hurt Milan’s tight defense with very little. Immobile came close to scoring on two occasions, but Leao found it, although vAR intervened to disallow it for offside.

With only 2 minutes left, Milan, focused on the attack, found gold. Theo started one of his dangerous drives and developed more efficiency on the wing. Leao received an opening and crossed. Okafor took the pass inside the area and fired. Provedel stopped. Giroud collects the rebound and Mario Gila appears clear. The second rebound again fell to the feet of Okafor, who finished first. Provedel handles the ball, but is unable to prevent it from going in. A strange carom that gave Milan the victory.

The goal conceded did not suit a Lazio team that fought hard to keep a clean sheet. Marusic received a straight red card for insulting the referee and Guendozi paid the price by attacking Pulisic in the final game. A heated atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium caused the final handover.

Milan won the battle and put pressure on ‘Juve’, second with points advantage, and moved away from Bologna, who could leave 8 points adrift if Thiago Motta loses. Lazio suffered a second straight defeat in Serie A and, with games remaining, remain eighth with 40 points, with the risk of dropping to ninth. On Tuesday they face Bayern Munich for a place in the quarterfinals after a 1-0 win in the first leg.