Back at a stadium where he was very happy for Inter Milan, José Mourinho had a start to 2022 to forget and, in a match on matchday 20, Roma were defeated in San Siro by Milan, 1-3.
In the 8’s, Olivier Giroud successfully converted a penalty after Tammy Abraham’s hand on the ball and, in the 17th’, the Roman defense ‘got in the water’, with Júnior Messias taking advantage of the rebound with a first shot by Olivier Giroud to the post to dilate to 2-0.
Roma’s reaction came five minutes before the break, with Abraham, opportune, deflecting a first shot from Lorenzo Pellegrini in the heart of the area.
In the second half, Roma had a few opportunities to equalize but found a very inspired Mike Maignan to close Milan’s goal and ended up being the rossoneri to give the ax to the result.
With the Romans reduced to 10 – Karsdorp was sent off for a double yellow card in the 74′ -, the Portuguese forward Rafael Leão, released in the middle of the second half, isolated himself after an assist with Ibrahimovic’s chest and, in the face of Rui Patrício, signed Milan’s third, scoring the fifth goal of the season in Serie A.
The result just didn’t get even heavier for José Mourinho’s team because Rui Patrício, in the fourth minute of extra time, blocked Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s penalty, in a bid in which defender Gianluca Mancini ended up being sent off after stopping Rafael Leão .
After the draw with Sampdoria in the last game of 2021, Roma suffered the eighth defeat in the championship and is in 7th place, with 32 points. Milan are 2nd, with 45, being in condition one point away from Inter, who saw the game of this round in Bologna being postponed.
On the next matchday (Sunday), Roma will host Juventus, with Milan traveling to Venice.
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