AC Milan missed a chance to consolidate their position as Serie A leaders on Sunday, only to manage a goalless draw at Torino that left them just two points ahead of the chasing pack. Stefano Pioli’s side had a chance to extend their lead to four when Napoli suffered a 3–2 home loss at the hands of Fiorentina, but were once again suppressed against modest opposition.
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The draw not only took third-placed Napoli off the hook, but also gave Milan’s local rivals Inter Milan the upper hand in a thrilling race for the Scudetto, as the champions also came second after a 2-0 win over Verona on Saturday. Sitting in place but with a game in hand.
Also the big winners this weekend are Juventus, who looked out of the picture after losing to Inter last weekend but are now six points behind in fourth with six matches.
“Torino is hard to score against everyone. We worked hard but we are missing that little moment of magic,” Pioli told DAZN.
“Three weeks ago we were favorites, then Napoli, then Inter … I think it’s going to be close until the last day.”
Milan have kept six straight clean sheets, but having had trouble finding the net in recent weeks and being hampered by last-minute injuries from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ismail Benesar and Ante Rebic, Sunday had little to suggest. That they are a title winning team.
A combination of rock-solid Torino defending, led by a non-stop Bremer and poor finishing, exemplified by a weak shot from Sandro Tonelli in a great position with 15 minutes remaining, saw Torino being one of the big boys after similar results with Inter. Enables to gain another home point against one. and Juventus.
In fact, it was Milan goalkeeper Mike Megan who made the best defense of the match five minutes after the break from Merzim Vojvoda, while Fikayo Tomori did his best to stop a powerful effort from Andrea Belotti 15 minutes later.
‘It’s hard for us now’
Napoli’s bid for the first league crown since 1990 was affected by the thinking of Luciano Spalletti’s team less severely when they were kicked off the field at the Stadium Maradona.
“It’s more difficult for us now, but we have no choice but to remain top-quality professionals, go back to doing what we do and try to win the next match,” Spalletti told DAZN. said.
The hosts were better until Nico Gonzalez opened the scoring with a thumping finish from the post at half an hour, after which Napoli nearly disappeared from the field until Dries Mertens started 10 minutes after the break.
Mertens’ first act was to almost raise the roof of the stadium by finishing first off Victor Osimhen’s cut back, but the roar of the passionate crowd was soon extinguished by two goals in quick succession from Jonathan Icahn and Artur Cabral. ,
Osimhen, who struggled all day to beat the brilliant Igor Julio, scored his 12th league goal of the season, which will bring little consolation to the Nigerian and his teammates.
Roma Sink Salernitana
Fiorentina have one game in hand and are four points away from Serie A’s Europa League place currently held by Roma after a 2-1 win over Salernitana.
Jose Mourinho’s team came back from a loss at Bodo/Glimt for the second time this season and came from behind with two quick-fire late goals from Carles Pérez and Chris Smalling in front of 64,000 fans at the Stadio Olimpico, putting them five points behind Juve . ,
“Today we knew that even going down 1-0 at half-time, we need points and there’s no way we can lose it,” Smalling told DAZN.
“You saw the character, we never gave up and deserved to win.”
Roma are two points ahead of Lazio, who were fired by a Ciro Immobile hat-trick in their 4-1 win at Genoa, leading Italy to 24 league goals in 27 games this season.
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