Incredible yet Italian! Milan went from heaven to hell in the “Castellani” game against Empoli on Matchday 8 of Serie A when Bairami scored the 1-1 equalizer in the 90+2′, but he was also able and found in the German time the right way to football heaven again.

She achieved this in a very emphatic manner as Balo-Toure gave her the kiss of life in the 90+4 minutes and made it 2-1, and Leao redeemed the champion once and for all in the 90+7 minutes and the final 3 – scored. 1, which put it in 3rd place and -3 from leaders Napoli.

It is worth mentioning that Empoli – Milan, after Perugia – Reggiana (January 5, 1997), Bologna – Napoli (November 2, 1997) and Fiorentina, was only the fourth game in the history of Serie A, in which three goals were scored from the 90th minute – Lazio (9 January 2016).

The match

Milan were the team in the first half, especially in the first half hour, who were in control and who created the conditions to put the ball in the net, but they didn’t back down. Leao in the 9th minute and Salemakers in the 21st and 22nd minutes touched the net, but their failure in the final attempt and Vicario’s consistency didn’t allow the Rossoneri to get what they deserved at that stage.

As if that wasn’t enough, even before the 40th minute Stefano Pioli saw Salemakers and Calabria injured (Kaloulou and Krunic took their places), leaving the two teams going into the dressing room satisfied only with themselves – offensively harmless – hosts.

At the beginning of the second half, Empoli came on strong and threatened with Marin (47th) and Stojanovic (52nd), while Milan flirted with the 0-1, but saw the ball after a direct free-kick from Giroud in the 57th, for the lead to hit off the bar and go wide.

In the 64th minute, the Rossoneri touched on goal again but Vicario made a save on the execution of Tonali’s foul, which he found on Luperto’s leg, and changed course, while the Tuscan side’s goalkeeper again said no in the 70th minute a dangerous shot by Giroud.

However, Milan continued to press and were rehabilitated in the 79th minute, lulling the hosts to sleep. After a side-out, Leao went behind the defense and, after disturbing two of his opponents, turned to Rebić at the right moment, who scored the 0-1 pitch instead of Giroud with a cool right-footed shot just six minutes after his entrance.

That goal seemed to give Milan the three points, but Empoli didn’t give up and responded with Bajrami, who, after two good chances he missed in the second half, made up for it with an impressive 90+2 free-kick that saw Tatarousanou ( 1:1) defeated.

The champions were unwilling to throw away two points in Tuscany, however, and made sure to save the best for the post-match final, scoring twice!

First with Balo-Toure, who became their unexpected hero in the 90+4′ and put them back in front by a margin after Krunic’s header, and then with Leao, who quickly ran into the opponent and ended the game with a 3-” ended”. 1 in the 90+7′ with a nice high pitch.

EMBOLI: Vicario, Stojanovic, De Winter, Luperto, Parisi, Grassi (45+2′ Marin), Haas (83′ Cambiaghi) Henderson (58′ Bayrami), Piazza (58′ Badinelli), Lammers, Satriano (83′ Destro)

MILAN: Tatarousanou, Calabria (39′ Kaloulou), Chiaer (72′ Dest), Tomori, Ballo-Toure, Benaser, Tonali, Salemakers (33′ Krunic), De Ketelare (73′ Diath), Leao, Giroud (73′ Rebic)

The results of the 8th round:

Saturday October 1st

• Naples – Turin 3-1 (6′ 12′ Angisa, 37′ Kvaratthelia / 43′ Sanabria)
• Inter-Roma 1-2 (30′ Dimarco / 39′ Dybala, 75′ Smalling)
• Empoli – Milan 1-3 (90+2′ Bayrami / 79′ Rebic, 90+4′ Ballo-Toure, 90+7′ Leao)

Sunday October 2nd

• Lazio – Spezia 1:30 p.m
• Sassuolo-Salernitana 16:00
• Lecce – Cremonese 16:00
• Samdoria-Monza 16:00
• Atalanta – Florence 19:00
• Juventus-Bologna 21:45

Monday October 3rd

• Verona – Udinese 21:45

The best phases

Napoli – Torino 3-1

Inter – Roma 1-2

The table of the series A:

The game plan for the 9th matchday:

• 08/10 16:00 Sassuolo – Inter
• 08/10 19:00 Milan – Juventus
• 08/10 21:45 Bologna – Samdoria
• 09/10 13:30 Torino – Empoli
• 09/10 16:00 Udinese – Atalanta
• 09/10 16:00 Monza – Spezia
• 09/10 16:00 Salernitana Verona
• 09/10 19:00 Cremonese – Naples
• 09/10 21:45 Rome – Lecce
• 10.10. 21:45 Florence – Lazio