Milan closed a blank season with a draw (3-3) against the lowest team, the relegated Salernitana, and could not say goodbye with victory in Stefano Pioli, excited by the tribute from his fans just over twenty-four hours after the club announced he would not be continuing next season.
Pioli closed a five-year streak against Salernitana. He arrived at Milan in the 2019/20 season and his greatest achievement was the Serie A which he won in the 2021/22 season, returning his team to the top of Serie A after an eleven-year drought.
Pioli, honored
For that success alone, Pioli deserves the recognition of his public, who know how to appreciate the good work of the coach. And that’s what the match was all about, treating a coach right who, before the opening whistle, was surrounded by his players and applauded them all along with the almost 50,000 spectators who had arrived at the San Siro.
In tears, he sat on the bench ready to play out his last ninety minutes in Milan with professionalism. And the previous day, his club, through an official statement, announced his dismissal:
“AC Milan wholeheartedly thanks Stefano Pioli and his entire staff for leading the first team over the last five years, securing an unforgettable league title and re-establishing AC Milan’s continued presence in the top competition in Europe. the team.
With that bitter news, Milan’s players offered to pay their last respects to their boss. Although the opponent is the weakest possible, the last in the table, they deserve a well-deserved victory as a farewell.
Leao and Giroud, in their farewells, made it 2-0
He didn’t get it despite signing a good first half where Leao and Giroud, in just five minutes, between the 22nd and 27th, were back in the game proper which seems destined for Milan. However, in the second episode everything changed. The Frenchman played his last game in a ‘Rossonero’ shirt before joining MLS in the United States.
Salernitana had an attack of dignity and reacted to Simy’s goal, that closed the gap to add some emotion to the rivalry. Davide Calabria, with a great header, He celebrated the 3-1 mark and tried unsuccessfully to close the doors on a possible puncture that could follow the tribute to Pioli. And it was thatSambia, at 87, and Simy, at 89, tied the match on the horn.
A blank year
Pioli, despite the tie, left the front door of the Italian club. And also despite the end of the season blank: Milan is second in Serie A behind Inter; was eliminated by Atalanta in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia; He could not overcome the group of death in the Champions League with Dortmund, PSG and Newcastle; and was knocked out in the quarterfinals of the Europa League by Roma.
However, his ‘scudetto’ is worth its weight in gold. Pioli managed to regain joy for a fan who had accumulated many years without significant achievements. It opens up hope for a team that needs to reset again to get back on the path to success. It could be the manager Paulo Fonseca, who sounds to lead the revival of the Italian team. Pioli is now history, Milan is starting a new phase.
match lineup
83
2
19
14
46
23
Eleven
42
9
4
10
1
59
6
4
23
27
18
25
33
87
twenty
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
87′
Vincenzo Fiorillo1
76′
Alessandro Zanoli59
81′
36′
Junior Zambia6
86′
Triantaphyllos Pasalidis4
57′
Norbert Gyömbér23
74′
87′
Niccolò Pierozzi27
fifty’
Lassana Coulibaly18
Giulio Maggiore25
81′
26′
84′
Loum Tchaouna33
Antonio Candreva87
60′
twenty-one’
58′
Grigoris Kastanostwenty
59′
Replacements
Benoit Costil56
87′
Gregorio Salvati65
Marco Pellegrino24
74′
87′
Tommaso Ferrari41
Niccolo Guccione42
57′
Andres Sfait36
81′
58′
Rocco Di VicoFour
Emanuel Vignato55
60′
Mateusz Legowski99
81′
If my9
59′
63′
88′
Gerardo Fusco43
84′
Luca Boncori70
coach
Stefano Pioli
Stefano Colantuono
Source: La Verdad
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