Milan, with second place in Serie A secured behind champions Inter, did not approach its match against Torino with intensity and, after losing 3-0, avoided a win, but not a defeat, in the penultimate which is against the Stefano Pioli on the bench (3-1).
The victory allows Torino to move into ninth place, dropping to tenth the Naples team that opened the day with a 2-2 draw against Fiorentina on Friday, and still has several options to go to Conference League depends on whether Fiorentina itself (8th) wins the Conference League final against Olympiacos on May 29.
Along with Leao and Giroud on the bench
Although the start of the game was balanced, Milan lost in the first half, with Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud on the benchas Torino prevented him from maneuvering with an aggressive individual scoring defense.
After the first quarter of an hour without a chance, the central defender Adrien Tameza had a very clear chance to put Torino forward when he received a back pass from Pietro Pellegri, but he didn’t put his foot down properly and his shot went high.
Milan seemed to respond with a good counter attack led by Luka Jovicholder at the expense of Olivier Giroud, and Tijani Reijnders over Noah Okafor It almost resulted in a goal with a deliberate shot that the squad was looking for and it just missed (24′).
Ricardo Rodriguez, assist and great goal
But a few seconds later a center Ricardo Rodriguez from the left he directs it into the net Duvan Zapata with a chipped shot that hit the post (26′).
Torino increased their lead before the break (40′) with another header, this time from Ivan Ilic, that holed a center completely unmarked from the right of Raoul Bellanova after a good collective play.
Milan gave a disappointing image and, just at the beginning of the second half, they conceded the third goal. This is a great cause with the stamp of Ricardo Rodriguez. The Swiss winger, who provided the assist to make it 1-0, completed his outstanding performance by slotting the ball into the top corner with a superb left foot shot on his instep (46′).
The reaction and purpose of Bennacer’s punishment
Milan were in danger of conceding a humiliating defeat and their obligatory reaction came immediately with a whiplash from outside the penalty area. Christian Pulisic deflected the crossbar (47′).
The American, one of Milan’s best players since the start of the match, forced it a few minutes later when Adam Masina grabbed him by the neck on the way into the area. Ismaël Bennacer converted the maximum penalty (55′).
Pioli He brought in Rafael Leao and later Giroud. Torino barely defended and both looked for a goal that would put Milan in the game. The Portuguese had the best chance, already in the 86th minute, in a great individual game but his shot was centered and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic covered.
Milan pushed until the end but their reaction was lacking.
match lineup
32
19
13
5
4
61
77
8
28
Eleven
91
57
twenty
38
4
28
23
80
14
fifteen
Eleven
17
Olimpico Grande Torino
Marco Sportiello57
73′
Pierre Kalulutwenty
Four.
60′
Filippo Terracciano38
64′
Ismaël Bennacer4
54′
77′
79′
Malick Thiaw28
Come on Tomori23
75′
Yunus Musah80
76′
39′
Tijjani Reijnders14
94′
Luka Jovicfifteen
73′
Christian PulisicEleven
25′
Noah Okafor17
60′
Replacements
Mike Maignan16
Antonio Mirante83
79′
David Calabria2
Mattia Caldara30
73′
Alessandro Florenzi42
64′
David Bartesaghi95
Yacine Adli7
60′
Tommaso Pobega32
77′
Kevin Zeroli85
Olivier Giroud9
76′
73′
Rafael Leao10
60′
coach
Ivan Juric
Stefano Pioli
Source: La Verdad
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