Milan chases Sassuolo and snatches a draw

And Milan full of second rows wakes up too late and doesn’t go beyond the 3-3 on the pitch Sassuolo. The home team went up 2-0 and then 3-1, but were caught up late on Jovic e Okafor. The neroverdi take the lead already in the 4th minute. Volpato jumps clean Thiaw and puts a ball in tow from the right, then touched by Thorstvedtwhich he pounces on Pinamontiwhich he pierces with his right neck Sportiello of first intention. The guests are actually not on the pitch and the second goal arrives in the 10th minute. Florenzi gets caught from behind by Lauriente which exploits a verticalization of Thorstvedt and presents himself face to face with Sportiello, beating him at the second attempt after the former Atalanta goalkeeper had rejected his first shot. At 18′ Chukwueze goes in with a header, but the referee disallows it for offside. Pioli’s men attack and close the gap in the 21st minute. Lion receives from Moses, jump in one fell swoop Tressoldi e Boloca and thread Advice with a precise right shot into the far corner that reopens the score. Close to injury time, Consigli was alert twice in the space of a few seconds, first on Florenzi’s shot and then on that of Hernandez came after the rebound.

The formation of Ballardini he started well in the second half and made it 3-1 in the 8th minute. Adli loses the ball badly in midfield, Defrel it serves Laurienté who with the right plate, left guiltily free, surpasses Sportiello. Five minutes later, the Frenchman missed a simple pass on the edge of the area at the end of a counterattack, triggering a restart by the opponents. Leao starts from the left and serves the ball to the center wide, Consigli clears it short and Jovic pounces on the ball to score the 3-2 with an empty net. The final equalizer would come a few moments later thanks to Chukwueze, but VAR denied him the joy of the goal due to offside. The Rossoneri rushed forward and found the deserved 3-3 in the 39th minute. Florenzi takes a corner from the right and a melee forms in the center of the area from which the usual Okafor emerges and finds the winning move for the equaliser. Soon after, Pulisic He swings to the right, enters the area and touches backwards for Giroud that shoots at the stars. Milan, involved in the derby next Monday which could mathematically award the Scudetto to the Nerazzurri, thus moves up to +6 on third-placed Juventus, while Sassuolo remains second to last, moving to -1 from the safety zone.

Sassuolo-Milan 3-3, the scoreboard

SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Consigli 6.5; Toljan sv (9’pt Tressoldi 5), Erlic 6, Ferrari 6.5, Viti 6.5; Block 7 (32nd Racic sv), Obiang 5.5; Volpato 6.5 (1st Defrel 6), Thorstvedt 7 (17th Henry 5), Lauriente 7.5 (32nd Ceide sv); Pinamonti 7. In china: Cragno, Pegolo, Doig, Kumbulla, Missouri, Lipani, Bajrami, Mulattieri. Organist: 6 Ballardini.

MILAN (4-2-3-1): Door 5; Florenzi 5, Kjaer 5 (10’st Gabbia 6), Thiaw 4.5, Hernandez 5.5; Adli 5 (37’st Okafor 7), Musah 5 (10’st Giroud 5); Chukwueze 6.5 (20’st Pulisic 6.5), Loftus-Cheek 5 (10’st Reijnders 6), Leao 7.5; Jovic 7. On the bench: Nava, Raveyre, Calabria, Terracciano, Tomori, Bennacer, Zeroli. Coach: Pioli 5.5.

REFEREE: Mass of Imperia 5.5.

RARELY: 4’pt Pinamonti, 10’pt e 8’st Laurienté, 20’pt Leao, 14’st Jovic, 39’st Okafor.

NOTE: clear sky, pitch in good condition. Booked: Ferrari, Tressoldi, Thiaw, Pinamonti. Corners 2-6. Recovery 3′ pt, 6′ st.