Party in the stands but not on the pitch. For the 125th anniversary of AC Milan, Paulo Fonseca’s team was content with a sad draw against Genoa.
AC Milan, left behind in the race for the Italian champion title, had to settle for a point against Genoa (0-0) as it celebrated its 125th anniversary at San Siro on Sunday. Barring a miracle, Milan should not add a twentieth this year «scudetto» to his XXL prize list, detailed during an impressive sound and light show before kick-off in the presence of Marco van Basten, Franco Baresi and other Rossoneri legends.
Paulo Fonseca’s team dominated Patrick Vieira’s team without finding any fault. The locals even came up against the Genoa crossbar on a shot from Alvaro Morata (78th). In addition to this brilliant move, the Spanish striker rarely excited his fans who whistled copiously as he left the field.
The Portuguese coach, deprived of his injured leader Christian Pulisic, had relegated Théo Fernandez to the bench, whose behavior he had criticized in the middle of the week. Even the entry of prodigy Francesco Camarda on the hour mark did not wake up a team lacking inspiration which has only pocketed six points in its last five Serie A matches.
«We just missed a goal.”
«We had a good match with a good spirit and a lot of chances, what we just lacked was a goal.estimated Fonseca. Milan fell to 8th place (23 pts, one match in hand), fourteen lengths behind leader Atalanta.
The Lombard club was overtaken by Bologna (7th, 25 pts) who, earlier, had ended Fiorentina’s streak of eight consecutive victories, winning 1-0. «Viola» is 4th (31 pts), but can still fall one place if Lazio (5th, also 31 pts) beats or draws against Inter Milan (3rd, 31 pts) this Monday at the end of the 16th day .
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