Milan, al 46′suffered a double chance. They try first Emerson RoyalThen Tijjani Reijndersbut no luck. Al 49′ great strong ball, cutting, from Álex Jiménez to serve the onrushing player to the opposite post Samuel Chukwueze. The Nigerian, face to face with Lorenzo Montipòhowever, he touches the ball badly while running and the goalkeeper can punch it away from the small area.
Al 56′However, almost out of nowhere, after another ten minutes of poor attacking attitude, Milan took the lead. Filtering, ingenious, in depth of Youssouf Fofana to find the insertion of Reijnders from the back. The Dutchman, as soon as he entered the penalty area, struck Montipò with a flat right mid-height and brought the Rossoneri ahead. Verona reacts immediately and, dal 57' al 59'created two chances with Tomaš Suslov. On the first one, in particular, he is good Mike Maignan to avoid further trouble.
Zanetti changes and, al 60′removes from the field Grigoris Kastanos: inside, in its place, Suat Serdar. The goal seems to have unblocked Milan a bit psychologically, who, at 63′with a nice personal action by Alex Jimenez comes close to doubling. Montipò has to lie down to his right to remove the powerful left footer from the corner, born in 2005 and who grew up in the 'quarry'from Real Madrid. Montipò, at 65′he also has to close on Chukwueze (well launched by Reijnders) with a desperate exit.
Two minutes later (67′) Reijnders, who had noticeably improved his tone in the second half, tried to serve Emerson Royal on the run: the Brazilian's right-footed shot, however, was deflected and went wide. Al 70′ Fonseca changes: he calls Chukwueze back to the bench and inserts Davide Calabria. The captain goes into defence, the former Tottenham player himself steps up in the role of attacking winger. Matteo Gabbia he has to sacrifice himself to close on the cross from Jackson Tchatchouathen it is Malick Thiaw to close in the small area on Livramento.
Zanetti tries to increase his weight in attack and, al 73′removes from the field Darko Lazović: inside the center forward Daniel Mosquera. A few minutes later (80′) even more vigor in the offensive department: out Reda Bellahayane (objective of market of Milan, subdued) and also another center forward, Casper Tengstedt. On the developments of a corner, at83′Daniliuc almost finds the winning deflection, with Maignan who seemed out of action.
Milan, in the 87th minute, came close to doubling their lead when, following a corner kick taken by Theo HernandezReijnders attempts a volley, but his right-footed shot is unlucky. At89′ another change for Fonseca: Emerson Royal out and in Fikayo Tomori for the final minutes. The referee Livio Marinelli of the AIA Section of Tivoli (RM) commands 5' of added timein which there is contact – in the Rossoneri area – between Terracciano and Tengstedt. There is nothing, we continue.
Conclusion by Suslov al 95′but it is unrealistic: ball on curve. Verona-Milan 0-1 at 90': all in all a modest match from the Devil but, with many absentees and Leão's defection during the match, in a freezing climate, that's fine. For now the three points are enough, in the next matches we can also think about playing much better. READ ALSO: The Rossoneri's post-match report cards according to our editorial team >>>
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