He Milan of Paulo Fonseca It took him a while to find the key, but he seems to have found the formula to win games and be absolutely at the top of the table. Against Lecce he solved a match that choked him for five extraordinary minutes. Moratawho came into the match in cotton and with a new look, a great Theo and Pulisic scored goals. Now it’s time to think about the Champions League, forced to score Leverkusen after being punctured on the first day’s match Liverpool.
With the same eleven who won the ‘derby della madonnina’, the Rossoneros saw how Lecce came out in response. They didn’t back down and dominated the first half hour, although not creating any dangerous chances. They don’t have all the fangs that the locals have.
Five golden minutes
Moments before half-time, the team’s best players broke the deadlock. Morata scored first with a header and neck turn high up the middle that Theo Hernández put in from the left on a lateral foul. The Spaniard celebrated the goal by playing ‘goalkeeper’ and hugging his children almost at the foot of the field (38′).
With no room to react for Gotti’s men, they quickly conceded 2-0 and 3-0. The second goal was the work of Theo Hernández, who took advantage of a pass in space by Leao to enter the area from the left sector and shoot the goalkeeper with whiplash (41′). In the next action Pulisic was sentenced by taking a rebound inside the area and determining a side after several rebounds.
Substituted Álvaro Morata
Ten minutes into the second half, Fonseca took Morata off the field so he could be at his best for the Champions League match. Although he seemed to have some discomfort, it was not a return of his previous physical problems. In fact, he is well aware of the development of the game in the band.
In the final stretch, Lecce had several approaches with crosses from the right of Banda, all of which ended up in the hands of Maignan. The disappointment of the night was for the young man David Bartesaghi18 years old, who in his first minutes of the season to give rest to Theo, ended up being sent off. It was in a suspicious action where he fell to the ground to intercept the ball, grabbed the ball and then hit the opponent’s leg at the level of the tibia. Milan, in the absence of the rest of the day’s results, is in second position.
match lineup
16
22
19
14
46
23
11
29
90
7
10
30
13
25
75
4
6
20
29
9
7
3
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Vladimir Falcone30
48′
Patrick Dorgu13
40′
74′
Antonino Gallo25
Balthazar Pierret75
72′
Kialonda Gaspar4
Federico Baschirotto6
33′
42′
62′
Ylber Ramadani20
62′
Lassana Coulibaly29
82′
75′
Nikola Krstovic9
37′
54′
Tete Morente7
58′
Ante Rebic3
72′
Replacements
Christian Fruchtl1
Jasper Samoa32
Alexandru Borbei98
Andy Pelmard2
Gaby Jean19
74′
79′
Hamza Rafia8
72′
54′
Remi Oudin10
82′
Lameck Band22
58′
Ed McJannet27
62′
Philip Marchwinski36
75′
Luis Hasa40
62′
Burnett Rares23
Santiago Pierotti50
72′
coach
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca
Luca Gotti
Source: La Verdad
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