Pavlovic scored in the first half, then Castellanos and Dia turned the game around in five minutes. Fonseca brought in Rafa and Hernandez, plus Abraham, and the three immediately produced the final equaliser. Then, sensationally, the two excluded from the lineup made themselves noticed by not participating in the cooling break
August 31, 2024 (edit at 22:53) – ROMA
Lazio-Milan is a novel. It ends 2-2 with goals from Pavlovic, Castellanos, Dia and Leao but it contains a thousand emotions and a hundred stories. Theo and Leao are the main ones: excluded on the eve, they enter when Milan is 2-1 down and build the draw. Then, during the cooling break, they move away from the team and stay on the other side of the field. An obvious protest against Fonseca.
Milan were very good in the first half: after suffering at the start, they enjoyed Pavlovic. The Serbian saved a Dia shot on the line, then went to score a header: 1-0 for Milan. Lazio took it and suffered until half-time, then changed gear in the second half. Great Nuno Tavares, author of two assists on the left wing (a duel won by Royal): first he put Castellanos in goal, then Dia. At that point Fonseca made four changes: in came the excluded Theo and Leao plus Musah and Abraham, on the second day of Milan.
The newcomers immediately take center stage: a move started by Leao, developed via Abraham and Theo, Rafa equalizes with a powerful right-footed shot (Provedel not faultless…). And a minute later, all at once, the cooling break episode: the teammates all go near Fonseca, who speaks, Theo & Rafa remain on the other flank, alone, watching from afar.
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