Serie A.. Milan misses a golden opportunity to take the lead

Milan missed a golden opportunity to take the lead in the Italian football league after falling shockingly at home to Spezia 1-2 Monday at the end of the twenty-second stage, while Napoli took full advantage of Milan's stumble this week to reduce the difference with them after winning over its host Bologna 2 -zero.

Milan remained in second place with 48 points, two points behind the leaders and defending champion Inter, who had fallen into a goalless draw against Atalanta on Sunday, noting that "Neratsori" has one less game, while Napoli raised its score to 46 points, late in third place. Spezia moved to 14th place with 22 points.

In the first match, the "Rossoneri" entered the San Siro stadium with a great opportunity to take the lead from its neighbor "Neratsori" after the latter's draw against Atalanta fourth, which would have allowed the men of coach Stefano Pioli to snatch the lead, even if temporarily, given that Inter has a postponed match. From the twentieth stage.

After the Portuguese Rafael Leao scored the goal in favor of the hosts (45 + 1), two minutes after the French missed a penalty kick, Theo Hernandez, the Colombian substitute Kevin Agudelo equalized in the second half (64), before Ghanaian Emmanuel Gyasi smashed Milan's dreams of leaving even with a point with a killer goal. (90+6).

All indications were that Milan would emerge victorious, given that it was fighting the confrontation at home, and had achieved victory in the last three matches. Coach Pioli made only one change from the previous match, which ended with his team's 3-0 victory over Venezia. Bosnian Radi Krunic replaced the suspended Sandro Tonali, while veteran Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued to lead the attack.

Milan will regret missing a penalty kick moments before the end of the first half after a foul by goalkeeper Ivan Providel on Liao (43), and after returning to the assistant referee (VAR) technique, the kick was awarded, but Hernandez missed it (45).

Liao was compensated, putting an end to a series of chances that the owners of the land missed in the first half, and was able to take advantage of a wonderful through pass that Spezia defender Dimitri Nikolaou failed to clear properly, to reach the Portuguese solo goalkeeper to hit him brilliantly (45 + 1).

In the second half, Godelo was able to equalize the score after six minutes of entering as a substitute after a cross pass from Daniele Verdi (64).

- “It is a disgrace.” In the last crazy moments, a goal for Milan (90 + 3) was canceled by Junior Messias after the referee blew his whistle without giving the owners of the land the advantage after a mistake on Rebic before the ball reached Messias, which ignited the anger of Milan, while the post was after Minute counters Ibrahimovic's header.

"We have lost clarity after suffering an injustice, it is a shame," Milan coach Pioli told streaming channel "Dazon". "The responsibility lies with us, but this evening must be shared with the referee."

He continued, "The strange thing is that he did not whistle for half the mistakes throughout the match, and here he whistles while the ball is on our player's feet...".

After six minutes of stoppage time, a ball reached Gyasi, who ran and scored a fatal goal against the "Rossoneri", giving his team a victory in San Siro.

"Everyone can have a failed evening. We will try to respond, and the team always knows how to do that," Pioli concluded, referring to Milan's next match against Juventus on Sunday.

Osimhen's return

In the second match, Napoli took advantage of Milan's loss and Inter drew to reduce the difference with the latter to only four points, after a convincing victory over its host Bologna thanks to the double of Mexican winger Herving Lozano (20 and 47).

The Naples fans received another good news, represented by the return of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen to the field, after his participation in the last twenty minutes, wearing a protective mask, less than two months after suffering several fractures in the face.

Osimhen had traveled to Nigeria to join his country's national team to participate in the African Nations Cup currently being held in Cameroon, but he returned to Italy after being infected with the Corona virus.

- Fiorentina honors Genoa's delegation - Fiorentina honors Genoa's guest with a 6-0 victory over them.

The winner's goals were scored by Spaniard Alvaro Odriozola (15), Jacomo Bonaventura (34), Cristiano Biraghi (42 and 69), Serbian Dusan Vlahovic (51) and Uruguayan Lucas Torreira (77).

Fiorentina raised its score to 35 points, advancing to sixth place equally with the two poles of the capital, Club Roma, which fell to seventh and Lazio eighth.

Genoa sits in the nineteenth place, penultimate, with 12 points.

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