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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 39, continues to uphold Milan’s ambitions for the Serie A title. The Swede scored two goals for the “rossoneri” success with 3: 1 as a guest of Napoli in the derby on matchday eight.
Zlatan scored in the 20 and 54 minute, and shortly after his third goal was disallowed by an ambush. Thus, the veteran scored in the eighth consecutive game with Milan and has already scored 10 goals since the start of the season. With two more than Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo and three ahead of Inter’s top scorer Romelu Lukaku. The bad news for Rossoneri fans is that Ibra sprained his thigh and was replaced.
Dries Mertens had given the hosts hope with a goal in the 63rd minute, and soon after Timuye Bakayoko was sent off for a second yellow card. In added time of the game, Jens Hauge punished the hosts with a third goal.
Milan remains at the top of the standings without a loss since the start of the season. The Reds and Blacks have 6 wins and 2 draws, accumulating an asset of 20 points. Two in front of the pleasant surprise Sassuolo. They are followed by Roma (17), Juventus (16) and Inter (15). Napoli ranks sixth with 14 points.
Milan was led by assistant coach Daniele Bonera, who had to make a serious decision at first. Simon Kjaer stretched out and looked like he would be replaced. However, the Dane gritted his teeth and stayed on the field.
Otherwise, the first opportunity in the match was opened to Hakan Chalhanoglu, who tried his specialty with a long shot, but Meret killed. Soon after, the hosts’ goalkeeper reflected a shot from Salemakers.
Milan’s most active game continued and in the 20th minute Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring. The Swede intercepted a strong cross from Theo Hernández from the left wing with a header and hit the net. So Ibra scored in the eighth straight Serie A game and gave his team an advance.
Little by little, the locals showed what they can do and in the 27th minute Dries Mertens tried to equalize, but Gianluigi Donaruma scored from a corner kick. At the next cross, Donaruma finished off a shot from Bakayoko, and in the addition Di Lorenzo hit the crossbar.
Matteo Politano played very hard in those minutes and harassed the rival defenses a lot. Luckily for them, the midfielder couldn’t get a shot accurate enough to score. At the end of the half, Napoli pressed, but a goal never fell.
The second half began completely to the liking of Milan and in the 54th minute the Rossoneri scored the second goal. Chalhanoglu led Rebic into the hall, who found Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the far post with a good cross. Ibra managed to catch the ball with his knee and scored his ninth goal since the start of the season. Soon after, Zlatan scored a third goal, but it was disallowed by an ambush.
In the 63rd minute, Napoli managed to return to the game. Dries Mertes made a mistake in the defense of the visitors and with a shot from close range made it 1: 2. Shortly after, however, the Southerners were left with one person less. Bakayoko stopped another Hernandez break with a foul, for which he received a second yellow card.
In minute 77 Ibrahimovic tried a strong cross from the left wing and received a stretch in the thigh. The Swede was replaced by the young Colombo.
In the end, Napoli were looking for a tie, and the closest was substitute Petanya. In added time, the ram fired powerfully diagonally, but Donaruma intervened brilliantly. On the counterattack Jens Hauge scored the third goal. The young Norwegian was taken out by Benaser in the penalty area and with a beautiful shot under the crossbar he decided everything in the game.
Naples – Milan 1: 3
0: 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 20 ‘
0: 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 54 ‘
1: 2 Dries Mertens 63 ‘
1: 3 Jens Hauge 90 + 4 ‘
Naples: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Coulibaly, Rui, Bakayoko, Ruiz, Losano (56 – Gielinski), Politano (68 – Petania), Insigne, Mertens
Milan: Donaruma, Hernandez, Romagnoli, Kjaer, Calabria, Kesi, Benaser, Salemakers (73 – Castiejo), Chalhanoglu (87 – Krunic), Rebic (73 – Hauge), Ibrahimovic (79 – Colombo)
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