Olivier Giroud MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP
The Rossoneri overcame Torino (1-0) this Friday on the occasion of the 22nd day of the Italian championship.
With a furious whim, Olivier Giroud put AC Milan back on the road to success against Torino (1-0), after two draws and three defeats in the league, Friday at San Siro at the start of the 22nd day of Series A.
The reigning Italian champion temporarily rises to third place, fifteen points behind leaders Naples, who will play Sunday against the red lantern, Cremonese, and two from Inter Milan (2nd), who move to the field on Monday. of Sampdoria Genoa.
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In line with their last performances, the Rossoneri played with the handbrake for 45 minutes, multiplying the technical errors like a slip by Simon Kjaer which could have offered a goal to the “Toro”.
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But they finally knew how to let go after the break, in the wake of a hungry Giroud: after offering a goal ball missed by Rafael Leao (54th) then stumbled on the Turin goalkeeper (56th), the Blues striker found the fault of the head by perfectly taking over a cross from his compatriot Theo Hernandez (62nd).
Giroud’s raging celebration, with boxer punches, illustrated the deliverance of the Milanese, who put an end to a black series of seven games without a win, including four defeats in a row, in all competitions. All under the eye of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who remained on the bench for his return to the group, almost nine months after an operation on his left knee.