Milan defeat their host Benevento and regain the lead

Frank Casey opened the scoring for Milan with a penalty in the 15th minute, and the Lombards suffered a painful blow when young midfielder Sandro Tonale was sent off in the 33rd minute, but the owners were unable to take advantage of the big rise in their favor.

In the 49th minute, young Portuguese striker Rafael Liao reinforced Milan’s lead after scoring the second goal.

The ‘rossoneri’ quickly regained the leadership of Inter after raising their account to 37 points after achieving their eleventh victory in exchange for 4 draws.

For its part, Benevento remained at 18 points in tenth position.

Despite the continued absence of veteran Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic for failing to fully recover from a thigh injury suffered during a 3-1 game against Napoli on 22 November, Milan started their game against Benevento in the best way after advancing in the 15th minute with a penalty from Ivorian Frank. Casey as a result of a mistake in the prohibited area of ​​Alessandro Toya in the Croatian Ante Rebi.

But suspicion began to give way to the team that had not tasted defeat in the last 12 stages of last season, specifically since the fall against Genoa 1-2 on March 8, and all the league games this season, after being forced to complete the match with ten players from minute 33. After Alessandro Tonale was sacked for a cruel mistake on Roman Artur Unica.

Despite the intense attacks from the owners of the field, the team of coach Stefano Pioli managed to maintain their advantage until the end of the first half, and then breathed a sigh of relief at the beginning of the second half after reinforcing the result with a beautiful goal by Rafael Liao, after a pass from Rebec (48).

The result remained the same until the final whistle, as Milan achieved their 11th victory this season, regaining the lead by one point ahead of archrival Inter.