AC Milan has withdrawn for the time being in the battle for the first place in the Serie A. The team of Stefano Pioli lost 2-1 on Sunday evening to visit Torino and is therefore experiencing a bad dress rehearsal for the all-deciding Champions League match against RB Salzburg. from next Wednesday. Milan drops to third place in Italy due to the defeat against Torino and sees leader Napoli extend the lead to six points.
Perr Schuurs kicked off at Torino on Sunday evening. The central defender saw how his team hurt Milan twice just before half-time. It was Koffi Djidji who opened the score for the home team. The defender headed in a free kick from Valentino Lazaro and put Torino ahead: 1-0. Less than two minutes later, Milan goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu, who replaces the badly injured Mike Maignan under the bar, had to fish again.
Torino also makes 2-0 ??
Shortly after the opening goal, Torino strikes again via Mirantjoek ??#ZiggoSport #SeriesA #TorinoMilan pic.twitter.com/HiMJAKSomR
— Ziggo Sport Football (@ZS_Voetbal) October 30, 2022
A goal kick by Torino keeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic fell just right at the feet of Nikola Vlasic on the edge of the box. The Croatian midfielder then brought in Aleksey Miranchuk with a nice heel, who shot in from a fairly difficult angle with the left: 2-0. Milan coach Pioli had seen enough after 45 minutes and immediately decided to make three substitutions after the break. Sergiño Dest, Charles De Ketelaere and Ante Rebic came in for Pierre Kalulu, Brahim Díaz and Rafael Leão.
Shortly after the break, Divock Origi got the opportunity to make the connection goal, but the Belgian striker just couldn’t get his foot against the ball. In the seventieth minute, Milan did reduce the margin to one and that was preceded by a major blunder by Milinkovic-Savic. The Serb came out of his goal unnecessarily after a long ball from Sandro Tonali, which Junior Messias gratefully used. The Brazilian attacker appeared to foul Alessandro Buongiorno to get to the ball, but the video referee approved the goal: 2-1. Pioli brought in Olivier Giroud for the final minutes, but Milan would no longer score.
Milan fight back ??
A stupid mistake in defense allows Milan to score the 2-1 ??#ZiggoSport #SeriesA #TorinoMilan pic.twitter.com/klvA7NKapG
— Ziggo Sport Football (@ZS_Voetbal) October 30, 2022
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Lazio | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | Internazionale | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | AS Roma | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Juventus | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Udinese | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 9 | Torino | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Salernitana | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | empoli | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Bologna | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Monza | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | special | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Lecce | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | sampdoria | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -15 | 6 |
| 19 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 5 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | -13 | 5 |