Milan maintained its unbeaten record after returning from a halt imposed by the new Corona virus for more than three months, by drawing with its strong hosts Napoli 2-2 on Sunday in the 32nd stage of the Italian Football League.
Milan entered the meeting against the backdrop of four wins and a draw in the five games that he fought after returning from a halt, then yesterday added a sixth match without defeat thanks to a penalty kick carried out by the Ivory Coast's Frank Kissier.
Although he avoided a fourth defeat in the "San Paolo" stadium for the first time in his history, Milan, winner of 4-2 against Juventus, the defending champion 4-2, was unable to break his contract against Napoli, who had not had the taste of defeat against the Lombard team since December 2014 (zero) -2 in San Siro).
Milan raised its score to 50 points in seventh place, two points directly behind Napoli, who also achieves remarkable results since the return from stopping, since he suffered only one defeat against four wins and a draw, in addition to winning the title of the cup competition at the expense of Juventus, which gave him the participation card in the league European "Europa League" regardless of where he finishes the league arrangement.
It was the first game in which Gennaro Gattuso faced with his former team Milan as coach, knowing that the former midfielder supervised the Lombardi team between 2017 and 2019 after he defended his colors as a player from 1999 until 2012 and crowned him with both the league title and the Champions League twice, in addition to Local Cup, Super Cup titles, European Super Cup (twice) and Club World Cup.
The advantage for Napoli, who was close to the opening of the scoring through his Belgian historical scorer, was Draez Mertens, had it not been for the goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnaruma (14), who repeated the matter after a few minutes in the face of the Spanish Jose Cajichon (19).
Milan responded harshly, as he managed to open the recording seconds later from this opportunity with a wonderful "plane" by Frenchman Tio Hernandez after a cross by Croatian Ante Ribic (20).
The host, however, brought the match back to square one in the 34th minute via Giovanni de Lorenzo, who was in the right position to follow the ball into the net, after Donnaroma repulsed it after a deceptive free kick by Insigne.
Despite continuing pressure and opportunities, the result remained the same until the end of the first half, then Milan seemed better than the Gattuso team in the beginning of the second, but without a real danger to the Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina.
As the minutes progressed, Napoli managed to take advantage of one of his rare chances, and it was a fatal mistake for Donnaroma to advance after the ball passed between my last legs after a shot from Mertens, who raised his score to 125 goals he fought in the South Club shirt in all competitions (60).
But Milan, who directed veteran Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 61st minute, launched the match again with a penalty that Jacomo Bonaventure pulled from Serbian Nikola Maksimovic, and Ivory Frank Kissier succeeded in her (73).
Despite Milan having to complete the meeting with ten players after the Belgian substitute Alexis Saillemakers was sent off for receiving two ultimatums in less than two minutes (87), the result remained the same until the final whistle.

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