MILAN (ITALPRESS) – Half a misstep for Milan, which in the postponement on Monday stops on a 1-1 draw at home against Salernitana. Giroud’s late goal in the first half was not enough for the reigning Italian champions, then equalized in the second half by Dia. The start was rather balanced and the first opportunity came in the 28th minute when Giroud came close to scoring a formidable goal, sending a splendid bicycle kick just high after a corner from the left. Five minutes later, the guests came close to taking the lead. Bennacer risks the mess with a short back pass, Maignan does what he can with the ball going to Kastanos, who however kicks wide with his left foot after a decisive deflection from a defender. In the 42nd minute Thiaw falls asleep and Dia flies towards goal, tries to jump Maignan who however is decisive in the slide intervention. A few moments before the interval, Pioli’s men unlock the match. Bennacer takes a corner from the right in the small area that finds Giroud, who anticipates Gyomber and heads Ochoa in, giving him the advantage at the end of the first 45 minutes. After a decidedly unexciting start, the grenade equalized in the 16th minute by exploiting a wrong placement of the home defence. Bradaric receives the ball on the left and puts in a low shot in which Dia inserts himself who takes advantage of the hole left by the Rossoneri’s backlog and primarily beats Maignan for the 1-1. The hosts try to react in the 20th minute, when Bennacer kicks with his left foot from the edge but the ball ends high. In the 25th minute, the Algerian midfielder gets a penalty which is however removed by the referee after the review at the Var. In the half hour, Ochoa saves his team when the newcomer Origi finds a strange deflection with his chest from a few steps away which is however neutralized by the Mexican goalkeeper. Paulo Sousa’s men meet again in the 37th minute, when Maignan has to save a good right dive from Piatek’s edge. Five minutes later a scrum forms in the area with a back and forth that leads Florenzi to a weak header that is providentially saved on the line by Gyomber. At the start of recovery, Ochoa puts his fingertips on a diagonal from Ibrahimovic. It will be the last chance of the race. Thus Milan did not take advantage of the negative results of Inter, Roma and Lazio by signing a single point which took the team to fourth place at an altitude of 48. Salernitana remained fifth last with 26 points and 7 lengths ahead of the relegation zone. – foto LivePhotoSport – (ITALPRESS).
