Rome (AFP)

Festival of lifts in Italy!

AC Milan provisionally returned to the top of Serie A on Saturday by recovering from a deficit of two goals to win (3-2) against Hellas Verona, while Lazio Rome overthrew Inter (3-1 ) and la Spezia, la Salernitana (2-1).

Milan has come a long way.

In San Siro, Stefano Pioli's men won the three points after suffering martyrdom in the first period.

Facing Hellas Verona, they quickly conceded the opening goal, by Gianluca Caprari (9th).

Then a fault by Milan captain Alessio Romagnoli, on Nikola Kalinic, offered a penalty to Verona, transformed by Antonin Barak (24th).

But shortly before the hour mark, Olivier Giroud gave hope to the Rossoneri by scoring with a crossed header (58th).

Franck Kessié equalized on a penalty (75th) validated by the VAR, obtained by Samu Castillejo.

And the Spaniard, again, brought, three minutes later, the winning goal (78th).

He shot a good cross, which Hellas defender Koray Günter, although well positioned, deflected with a heel in his own net.

In the standings, Milan (22 points) turned in the lead, one unit in front of Napoli who received Torino on Sunday and five in front of Inter who was also overthrown in Rome by Lazio.

It was a party at the Stadio Olimpico: not content to celebrate the return of Simone Inzaghi, at the club for 22 years as a player and then coach, the Romans took the three points against the defending champion after a high-level match.

-Inzaghi, losing return to Rome-

"22 years with our colors, that cannot be forgotten. Thank you Simone!", Wrote the Roman tifosi on a banner before the start of the meeting.

The match first turned to the advantage of the Nerazzurri, who opened the scoring from the penalty spot, by Ivan Perisic (12th), after a late tackle in the area from Nicolo Barella on Elseid Hysaj.

But Ciro Immobile equalized in the second half (64th), also from the penalty spot, after a hand from Alessandro Bastoni.

And Felipe Anderson (81st) gave the advantage to his team after a block.

The goal was heated as the action continued with an interior player on the ground.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic closed the discussions by scoring the goal of the break, with a nice header, in added time (90th + 1).

Without calming the players, who continued to maintain an electric atmosphere after the final whistle.

Spain's Lazio defender Patric (c.) Controls the ball in front of Inter's Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko (r.) During the Serie A match between Lazio Rome and Inter Milan, the October 16, 2021, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Filippo MONTEFORTE AFP

Lazio (14 pts) temporarily climbs to 5th place.

At the bottom of the standings, Spezia also won after being led, against Salernitana (2-1) to get out of the relegation zone, where Franck Ribery's team sinks, which has only one victory. in eight days.

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