AC Milan will continue to lead Serie A with Napoli. I Rossoneric won the away match against AS Roma from coach Jose Mourinho on Sunday evening with 1-2, thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Franck Kessié. Ibrahimovic played a leading role in Rome, as he took the opening goal and decorated the penalty from which the second Milan goal came.
Prior to the visit to Rome, Milan were in excellent form, having won their last six league games. The team of trainer Stefano Pioli is still one of the most important title candidates, together with Napoli, and despite the fact that the first chance for Roma was through Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Milanese immediately took the initiative in the Stadio Olimpico. Kessié and Rafael Leão appeared in the Roman penalty area before Ibrahimovic broke open the game after 25 minutes.
Pohhh Zlatan ?? The Swedish super striker shoots a free kick very hard and opens the score in the cracker against Roma ??#ZiggoSport #SeriesA #RomaMilan #MOTD pic.twitter.com/MNdOFuCfeI
— Ziggo Sport Football (@ZS_Voetbal) October 31, 2021
The forty-year-old striker was allowed to build from a free kick, as a result of which the ball came to lie just outside the penalty area on the left. His devastating drive went through the wall in the far corner, behind goalkeeper Rui Patrício. It marked Ibrahimovic’s 400th goal in a domestic competition and his 150th goal in Serie A. He celebrated the goal with a gesture towards Roma fans, who called him a ‘Gypsy’. Ibrahimovic is said to have asked the supporters to sing louder after his goal and received a yellow card from referee Fabio Maresca.
Milan scored again before half time, after Leão skilfully flipped the ball over Patrício and headed it against the ropes. However, Ibrahimovic appeared to have been offside in the run-up to the beautiful goal, so that a line went through the goal. Shortly after the break, the arbitration again disallowed a goal from the visitors. Ibrahimovic controlled a long ball with his chest and placed the leather in the far corner formidably. After interference from the VAR, however, referee Maresca whistled for offside. Ibrahimovic then failed face to face with Patrício, before the ball hit the spot with 55 minutes left.
In the category: too good to reject ???? Zlatan chests a long ball towards Rafael Leão, who in turn finishes off wonderfully ?? Then unfortunately the flag goes up for offside of Ibrahimovic ??#ZiggoSport #SeriesA #RomaMilan pic.twitter.com/UnCjIOd05N
— Ziggo Sport Football (@ZS_Voetbal) October 31, 2021
Maresca whistled for a foul by Roger Ibañez on Ibrahimovic, but was called to the screen by VAR to watch the moment. However, the leader stuck to his decision, allowing Kessié to make the 0-2 from eleven meters. Pioli then decided to sign Ibrahimovic for Olivier Giroud, but saw that his team was down to ten men not long after. Theo Hernandez received his second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Pellegrini on the edge of the penalty area and misses the derby against Internazionale next week.
In a surplus situation, Roma was emphatically looking for the connecting goal and goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu was still put to the test via Nicolò Zaniolo and Gianluca Mancini, among others. The Romanian goalkeeper still had to capitulate in injury time, when Stephan El Shaarawy received a rejected cross in front of his feet and shot into the top right corner. Milan crossed the line in the remaining minutes. I Rossoneric As a result, they are again level with Napoli in points, putting both teams in the lead with 31 points in Serie A. Roma currently share fourth place in the ranking with Atalanta, with nineteen points from eleven games.
0-2 for AC Milan! And now does it count?
Zlatan earns the penalty and Franck Kessie uses it flawlessly ??#ZiggoSport #SeriesA #RomaMilan pic.twitter.com/r8Zl5GkL2P
— Ziggo Sport Football (@ZS_Voetbal) October 31, 2021
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Juventus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | empoli | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Udinese | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 16 | Venice | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Genoa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | special | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 6 |