AC Milan temporarily returned to Inter at the top of the Italian Championship, thanks to its success (3-1) in Cagliari during the 6th day, Wednesday.
Without Mike Maignan, who remained in Milan after his recent minor thigh injury, nor Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao, replacements for the first time this season, AC Milan took time to find their bearings.
Cagliari, looking for its first victory of the season, took the opportunity to take the advantage thanks to Zito Luvumbo (29th) who took advantage of a disagreement in the Lombard defense to shoot Marco Spotiello.
This goal woke up Milan: Noah Okafor propelled the ball released by Boris Radunovic on a cross from Christian Pulisic (40th) into the Sardinian goal.
In added time of the first period, Fikayo Tomori, launched by Yacine Adli, started for the second time since his arrival at AC Milan in July 2022 and long injured in a knee, doubled the lead (45+1).
Jostled at the start of the second half, Stefano Pioli’s players took shelter after an hour thanks to another summer recruit, Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
After this fifth success in six games, AC Milan totals 15 points like Inter who host Sassuolo on Wednesday evening.
This success marks the 200th victory in Serie A for Pioli who praised the performance of his team: “We deserved our victory in a match which was not a simple formality”, insisted the Italian technician who however regretted the naivety of her team on the goal she conceded.
“We know that it is the matches against our direct rivals (for the title) which will change the ranking, but these matches which, on paper, seem simple will be very important at the end of the season,” he underlined.
For its part, Empoli, which sacked its coach last week, won its first victory of the season (1-0) against Salernitana, to abandon last place to Cagliari.
Atalanta continues its beautiful journey quietly: the Dea is now 4th (12 pts) after its 1-0 success in Verona.
2023-09-27 21:01:07
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