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the Milan beat 3-2 the Lazio on the 14th of A league, closing 2020 at the top of the ranking. Intense match full of setbacks with the Rossoneri ahead by two goals already in the 17th minute for the header Rebic before and the rigor of Calhanoglu then. Luis Alberto me Still (after a missed penalty) they restored parity between 27 ‘and 59’, but Hernández in full recovery has presented the winning corner in the developments.
THE MATCH
The game in midfield at the final whistle is the 2020 image of the Milan. In a year forgotten by the whole world, the happy island seems to be that of the Rossoneri who, a year after the lowest point in recent times (0-5 defeat in Bergamo) is closing the calendar year with a record conquered – and confirmed – against Lazio throwing the heart over the obstacle. Without most of the key men and with evident fatigue throughout the match against the biancocelesti, with an excellent first quarter of an hour and a final sprint not easy to predict, Pioli’s Milan won Lazio, run away and get back together, suffer long stretches but never fall and, in fact, find the winning play in the recovery with Theo Hernandez. Leaders have an extra team (and a point), all to be investigated and found in team spirit.
Without Ibra, Kjaer, Bennacer and Kessie, but also with Rebic and Tonali recovered only for the emergency, the Rossoneri immediately stepped on the accelerator surprising Simone Inzaghi’s Lazio. After a good opening play from Kalulu, who released Calhanoglu from the edge with an assist from Rebic, Milan advanced in the 10th minute with the Croatian’s first goal of the season, in the development of a corner from the left thrown by the same Turk; a constant key to the match. The time has not even come to reorganize for Lazio that Milan have found duplication for a broken intervention by Patric on Rebic, with Glacial Disc Calhanoglu for the first league goal. From then on, however, the game changed.
After getting the two slaps there Lazio he organized his reaction and did it with personality crushing Milan in its own half. Taking advantage of the rapid game changes, the biancocelesti surrounded Pioli’s eleven, putting him in the corner in search of the winning pocket, which nevertheless comes from an involuntary -but harmful- stomp of Kalulu on Correa. Immobile from the disk has been hypnotized by Donnarumma, but before the reply of the goalkeeper and the post, the fastest was Luis Alberto head to find ball and goal. With Milan visibly tired and forced to chase their opponents from one side of the field to the other, Simone Inzaghi’s team commanded operations taking advantage of a greater athletic freshness, yet paradoxically, until 2-2. In the 59th minute, a perfect assist from Milinkovic Savic surprised Kalulu by giving Still the possibility of redemption with an on-the-fly layup that earned him the draw, but in fact, and somewhat surprisingly, cooled offensive ambitions.
After a Muriqi heel that scared Donnarumma from the corner, it was Milan that stepped on the accelerator in the last five minutes of the match, definitely throwing their hearts over the obstacle, with a very concrete face in the approach: Theo Hernandez. The Asturian with a coast to coast sent Rebic to goal in the 86th minute forcing Reina to a miracle, with the Croat who a minute later also devoured the diagonal of the advantage; but Theo Hernández still thought about it, in full recovery, to take advantage of Calhanoglu’s second corner assist for the goal of the 3-2 that confirms undefeated and primacy in the classification, as well as a 2020 of absolute quality for Milan de Pioli.
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LA PAGELLA DE S. REDAELLI
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TABLE
AC MILAN 3-2 LAZIO
Milan (4-2-3-1): G. Donnarumma 6.5; Calabria 6 (46 ‘st Dalot sv), Kalulu 6, Romagnoli 6.5, Hernández 7.5; Tonali 6.5, Krunic 6; Saelemaekers 6 (20 ‘st Castillejo 6 (46’ st Maldini sv), Calhanoglu 7,5, Rebic 7; Leao 6 (34 ‘st Hauge 5,5). Available: A. Donnarumma, Tătărușanu, Conti, Duarte, Musacchio, Díaz, Frigerio, Colombo, All. Pioli 6.5.
Lazio (3-5-2): Queen 6; Patric 6 (43 ‘st Hoedt sv), Luiz Felipe 6, Radu 6; Lazzari 5.5, Milinkovic Savic 6.5 (28 ‘Akpa Akpro 6), Escalante 5.5 (1’ Cataldi 6.5), Luis Alberto 5.5, Marusic 5.5; Correa 6 (32 ‘Muriqi 5.5), Building 6.5 (28’ Calle Pereira 6). Available: Alia, Strakosha, Adeagbo, Armini, Franco, Anderson, Caicedo. Inzaghi herds 6.
Referee: Beautiful
Markers: 10 ‘Rebic (M), 17’ platform. Calhanoglu (M), 27 ‘Luis Alberto (L), 14’ Immobile (L), 47 ‘Hernández (M)
Ammonites: Krunic, Hernandez (M); Escalante, Luis Alberto, Akpa Akpro, Muriqi (L)
Expelled: nobody
Note: 27 ‘Donnarumma (M) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on Immobile (I).
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OPTA STATISTICS
34 points in 14 games for AC Milan in this league, exactly double those obtained by the Rossoneri in the first 14 games played in Serie A 2019/20.
After a 3-0 win last July, Milan have won two straight Serie A games against Lazio for the first time since 2009 (three on that occasion).
AC Milan is the second team in the history of the five best European leagues to have scored at least two goals in more than 15 consecutive games in a single calendar year (after 18:00 for Barcelona in 1948).
AC Milan averaged 2.26 points per game in Serie A in 2020, the second highest in the era of three points per win for the Rossoneri in a single calendar year after 2004 (2.35).
After yesterday’s loss to Juventus, Milan remain the only undefeated team in the Top-5 of the 2020/21 European Championships.
Since September 2005, Milan had not scored two goals in the first 20 minutes of play against Lazio in Serie A: this time with goals from Shevchenko and Kakà.
Only Crotone (17) has accumulated more goals than Lazio (15) in the first days of this championship.
Until today, both Hakan Calhanoglu and Ante Rebic had not scored in Serie A since last July (against Bologna the Croatian, against Sampdoria the Turk).
Ante Rebic scored his first header tonight, out of a total of 14 scored in Serie A.
Hakan Calhanoglu is the first AC Milan player to serve an assist in four consecutive Serie A games since Opta collected this figure (2004/05).
Luis Alberto scored his 25th goal in Serie A: Before today’s goal, all of his 24 goals had come from the right.
Luis Alberto found the goal in two consecutive Serie A appearances for the first time since April 2018.
Ciro Immobile has participated in 10 goals in his last eight Serie A appearances (eight goals and two assists)
