2023-10-22 21:43:55
Juventus Turin emerged victorious from the shock of the 9th day in Serie A by dominating (1-0) an AC Milan team reduced to ten from the 40th minute, Sunday at San Siro.
Paris Saint-Germain’s next opponent in the Champions League, Olivier Giroud’s AC Milan was beaten (0-1) by Juventus, who settled for the minimum at eleven once morest ten at the Giuseppe-Meazza stadium on Sunday, during the 9th day of Serie A.
The match might have been a first turning point in the season for the Rossoneri, who had the opportunity to build up confidence before going to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, but above all to relegate their evening opponent to seven points on the podium of the Italian championship.
On the contrary, they see the Old Lady getting closer to a point following this setback, the 3rd Milan goalkeeper, Mirante, having had to give up on a deflected shot in the second half, when he seemed to be on the trajectory of the ball. The Milanese had been outnumbered since the 40th minute and the red card was sent to Malick Thiaw.
Windy
The clash between the two strongholds of European football did not reach the heights of play. The two teams even delivered a rather sluggish performance overall, particularly in the first period, relying more on their defensive rigor (no goal conceded in their last three matches) as well as their creativity in the last 30 meters. The start of the match was exciting, however, with the two teams not seeming to want to calculate at San Siro, with maximum risk-taking and intensity.
After this first quarter of an hour, marked by a very nice pivotal strike from Giroud (14th), released with the fingertips by Szczesny, the match settled into a false rhythm to the advantage of the Milanese, who generally dominated the debates in the first act, until the exclusion of Thiaw, before the break (40th).
Deprived of the French Mike Maignan and Théo Hernandez, both suspended, the Rossoneri showed solidarity in defense to try to resist the numerically inferior Turinese. But the exclusion of Thiaw changed the appearance of the match, and the Milanese logically encountered more difficulty in holding the ball and playing in the opposing camp, at least initially.
Mirante unhappy
Because Stefano Pioli’s players remained dangerous despite everything, and even tied the game in sequence with Massimiliano Allegri’s men, before this second twist of fate and this shot from Locatelli, deflected from the thigh by Krunic (63rd), who had just entered the game in place of Yacine Adli (60th), interesting during the first hour. All the more cruel for the Milanese as they did not concede much to their opponent before conceding this lucky goal.
Far from being defeated, the Milanese continued to concede chances, but they also settled into the opposing half, trying to find a gap in the Turin defense, in vain, in the last quarter of an hour.
Without a masterful tap from Mirante – author of a fantastic double save in added time – the returning Vlahovic might have added to the score (85th) in favor of Juventus Turin. But it is with a defeat on the smallest of margins that AC Milan, which remained on four consecutive successes, will approach the first of its two European meetings once morest Paris Saint-Germain, in the Champions League.
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