Giroud's exultation (LaPresse)

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October 16, 2021From a new possible 'Fatal Verona' to a comeback of three goals that is worth the best start ever in the league. Despite the absences, at San Siro Milan overturns Hellas on 3-2 and flies to 22: in the era of three points, after eight days, they had never gone beyond 20. The umpteenth sign of great maturity for the band of Pioli, in the lead waiting for Napoli.



A plastered Devil without Maignan, Theo Hernandez and Diaz, sees the evening get complicated after seven minutes with the guest advantage signed by Caprari, served in space by Veloso. Milan sketches a reaction, Daniel Maldini tries with a shot that flies high on the crossbar but Verona maintains a frenzied pace under pressure and is not satisfied.



Halfway through the first half there is also a penalty kick awarded by the referee Prontera of Bologna, which punishes a very doubtful contact by captain Romagnoli on the former Kalinic: Tatarusanu senses but not enough to prevent Barak from doubling from the spot. For Pioli it rains in the wet, Rebic also stops in the 37th minute (the best of his up to that moment) and Leao's change is obligatory.



The Rossoneri are not there, in the second half Castillejo and Krunic but above all a different attitude, taking advantage of Leao's speed. The Portuguese first claims for a wide arm from Casale in the Gialloblù area not sanctioned by the match director, then brushes the cross for Giroud, who in the 59th minute revives San Siro with the 1-2 goal.



Tudor's team pays the fatigue of an hour of play at a cruising speed that is too high, loses intensity and lucidity undergoing the forcing of Milan and within two minutes they find themselves below in the score.

The surprising protagonist is Castillejo: the Spanish winger gets a penalty, transformed with coldness by Kessie in the 76th minute, and then in the 78th minute Gunter's clumsy own goal that blows up the Meazza and completes the comeback at 3-2.

In the middle there was also the entry of Ibrahimovic, who almost puts the icing on the cake with a reverse attempt.

But the substance does not change: Milan remains unbeaten, the first stop for Tudor's Verona.