In San Siro Milan has defeated a Sassuolo never domo with a result of 1-0, thanks to the goal made by Pulisic at 59′ of the shooting. For the Rossoneri this is the third consecutive profit result in the championship, after the 3-0 win against Monza and the tie against Salernitana last week, and the victory allows him to overcome Fiorentina in the standings and to arm the third place, ending 2023 in the best possible way.
La cronaca del match
For today’s game Stefano Pioli stands the usual 4-3-3 with Maignan in the door and Theo Hernandez with Kjaer in the center of defense with Calabria and Florenzi as a tertine. In midfield Bennacer assisted by Loftus-Cheek and Reijnders. In attack the trident composed of Pulisic, Giroud and Rafael Leao.
The technician of Neroverdi Alessio Dionisi answers with module 4-2-3-1 with Tips among the poles; defensive quartet composed of Toljan, Erlic, Ferrari and Pedersen. In midfield on the median without the indispensable Boloca space in Matheus Henrique and Thorstvedt, while on the trequarti Berardi, Bajrami and Laurienté in support of the only Pinamonti point.
The home team starts immediately strong, which from the very beginning tries to put under the opponents, but their fates are stopped by the line for the outgoing positions. Fulgido example is the goal canceled at Ismael Bennacer at the 7′ minute game, for the position of offside where the Algerian midfielder was located at the time of shooting. The two teams face in the midfield with Sassuolo who relies on the two outsiders, Berardi and Laurientè, for the construction of offensive plots, is Milan to prove dangerous, especially at 14′ when Leao jumps his marker and from the left puts in the middle a cross that however does not find any companion to benefit from it. The game goes on with the audience of San Siro who loudly supports his team and Milan that keeps possession of the ball with a series of short steps without being able to penetrate the blackgreen backguard. At 23′ Bennacer tries with a powerful conclusion from the trequarti but finds only the outside of the network. They spend the minutes and the more and more masters of the game try again 29′ with another opportunity from outside, this time by Loftus-Cheek that tries with a 25 meters conclusion that ends above the cross. In half an hour Milan finds the goal of the advantage with Rafael Leao but the Marinelli race director cancels the goal because the Portuguese exterior had left in an outgoing position on the filter of Florenzi. The one whistled at number 10 is the fifth offside of the race. The reaction of the Emilians arrives after three minutes with Berardi, who with a round of his puts hard evidence the reflections of Maignan. Milan grows in intensity and tries to unlock it but the defense of Sassuolo makes good guard and tries to rely on the shelters highlighting the skills of Giroud even in defensive phase. On the 40th occasion of Sassuolo with Bajrami, the man who last September 27 had hurt Inter in San Siro, but the shooting of the Albanian trequartista is parato by Maignan. Milan wants to close the first time ahead and raises its centerpiece and Bennacer, one of the best in the field among the redones, is stopped in a foul way by Matheus Henrique. The referee assigns the kick of punishment of which Florenzi is responsible for sending the ball against the barrier. In the only minute of recovery granted by Marinelli the men of Dionysus manage to defend themselves going to rest on the result of 0-0.
Secondo tempo
In the shoot, Sassuolo’s technician makes a change by inserting Ruan Tressoldi instead of Erlic. Both teams come to the field determined to unlock the game and at 49′ Leao after a slap on the left and puts in the middle the ball in search of a companion but the defense of Sassuolo quickly mislead the danger. Shortly there comes the reaction of the Emilians with Tojan, who departs in percussion but his conclusion with the mancino is blocked by the extreme French defender. The two teams play other occasions with Reijnders, for the Rossoneri, and with the usual Berardi instead for the guests. At 59′ Milan takes advantage of Pulisic, which is served by Bennacer and taking advantage of Tressoldi’s defensive error leaks Tips and unlocks the result.
Passed to the advantage Stefano Pioli makes a double change and to the 63′ he enters Jovic and Adli instead of Giroud and Bennacer. While a few after Dionisi launches Volpato in the field instead of Bajrami. The Milan presses in search of the doubling that flows with Kjaer on the developments of a corner, but its inzuccata ends out on the left. At 70′ Berardi is forced to leave the field because of some physical problems and instead Dionysius introduces Spanish Castillejo, former of the game. Sassuolo tries to reopen the game and 73′ Laurientè tries us with an outside area shot blocked by Maignan. Strong of the advantage the technician of the Rossoneri let the class 2005 Kevin Zeroli, captain of the spring, in place of Loftus-Cheek. For Milan this is the third 18-year-old, after Camarda and Simic debuting in Serie A. 78′ Florenzi looked for the doubling goal by kicking a ball out of the backguard of Sassuolo that ends a little high. In the final minutes Pioli enters Chukwueze and Simic instead of Rafael Leao and Kjaer. Milan shows signs of tiredness and Dionysus lets Mulattieri and Ceide in place of Laurientè and Thorstvedt in search for everything. The referee assigns four minutes of recovery in which the Rossoneri manage to defend the result and bring home a victory that makes moral and especially useful to the positioning in the Champions League optics.
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