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AC Milan draws again. Traveling to the Genoa venue, Milan fell behind twice before finally forcing the match to end 2-2.
In the Italian League match at Luigi Ferarris on Thursday (12/17/2020), the two teams were even without goals during the first half. The tie was broken early in the second half after Mattia Destro scored the home team’s first goal, to which Davide Calabria responded immediately.
Genoa took the lead again thanks to Destro’s second goal. However, Milan tied Pierre Kalulu’s score for the second time and stole a point from him.
With this result, Milan means that they have won two consecutive draws after being previously contested by Parma with a similar score. However, Milan are still at the top of the table after accumulating 28 points from 12 games.
Rossoneri one point ahead of their closest rival, Inter Milan in second place. Meanwhile, Genoa is in the relegation zone because they have only accumulated seven points, three points behind Fiorentina in the safe zone.
[Gambas:Opta]The course of the match
Genoa and AC Milan put each other’s defenses to the test in the opening minutes. Gianluigi Donnarumma is forced to stretch to hit a free-kick. Genoa threw a wild ball, but was yet to anticipate.
Milan began to pick up the rhythm of the game to make it more comfortable to attack Genoa. Milan created the first dangerous opportunity when the game has been going on for 23 minutes. From the set piece situation, Hakan Calhanoglu sent a low cross to the far post despite being caught by goalkeeper Mattia Perin.
Genoa came close to scoring the first goal in the 37th minute. Mattia Destro receives the ball from a cross, then taunts two rival players, before launching a shot from a tight angle. Unfortunately, the ball missed its mark.
Milan responded immediately. Ante Rebic beat two of Genoa’s defenders and then fired a powerful shot that Perrin was still able to save at a corner. The 0-0 lasted until the break.
Less than two minutes after the kickoff of the second half, Genoa stunned Milan to take a 1-0 lead. From an attack on the right, Eldor Shomurodov continued in a cross with a shot from the center of the goal that was pushed. The ball easily bounced off Destro from the near post.
Milan replied five minutes later. After receiving comments from Calhanoglu outside the penalty area, David Calabria fired a hard and measured horizontal shot to beat Perin as he tied the score 1-1.
Genoa is not over. Right in the 60th minute, Destro scored his second goal to put Genoa back in front. Paolo Ghiglione unleashed a cross that Destro headed in to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma’s guard. Genoa turned to lead 2-1 over Milan.
After falling behind, Milan tried to attack again after the game had elapsed 70 minutes. Milan’s attack finally paid off in the 83rd minute through Pierre Kalulu.
Kalulu scored Milan’s second from close range after Alessio Romagnoli headed the ball down from a corner. The ball rolls over the Kalulu line which is finished off with a shot from close range. The score changed to 2-2 in the 83rd minute.
The match gets four minutes of additional time. However, for the rest of the game no other goals were produced, so the score lasted 2-2 until the referee’s long whistle sounded.
Player lineups
Genoa: Perin, Masiello, Bani, Goldaniga, Ghiglione, Luca Pellegrini (Czyborra 46 ‘), Sturaro (Behrami 76’), Leranger, Destro (Scamacca 76 ‘), Pjaca, Shomurodov (Radovanovic 85’)
AC MILAN: Donnarumma, Romagnoli, Calabria, Dalot, Kalulu, Calhanoglu, Castillejo (Saelemaekers 53 ‘), Kessie, Tonali (Brahim Diaz 77’), Rebic (Hauge 53 ‘), Rafael Leao
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