Serie A
Milan 1-0 Torino: Giroud signs first win in a month
After Olivier Giroud hit the net with a superb header, AC Milan defeated Torino 1-0 at the San Siro to celebrate their first win in all competitions since January 4.
Milan opened 2023 by beating Salernitana away, but then fell into a black hole as Stefano Pioli’s side went seven games without a win (2 draws – 5 defeats) and in that time suffered two defeats against compatriot Inter (1-1). in the final of the Italian Supercup), but also the exit from the Coppa Italia due to a home defeat against Turin.
It took more than a month of back and forth for the joy to finally emerge, and they did on Friday night (10/02) when the Rossoneri defeated Torino 1-0 on Matchday 22 of Serie A to climb to the top of the league 3rd place in the table.
The savior for Milan was Olivier Giroud with an impressive header, with the French striker even hitting the net in a historic game as he was Milan’s No. 3,000 at Serie A level.
As for the game, the first part went by without a break, both teams didn’t play good football and going to the dressing room offered little excitement to trigger boos.
In the second half, Milan grew stronger and had two good moments with Leao and Giroud stopping on Milinkovic-Savic to reach the 62nd minute stage where Girou headed the opposition keeper after a Hernandez cross and with his 1 : 0 scored 7th league goal this year.
In the last half hour, the Rossoneri played mainly to keep the result and the Granata tried to equalize, but without making the big phase and rightly keeping the 1-0 until the final.
It is worth noting that in this game Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to the Milan team for the first time in 8.5 months, returning from a serious knee injury, with the Swede being idolized even by the fans when his name was in the matrices the field was announced.
MILAN: Tatarousanou, Kallou, Chiaer (71′ Gambia), Tiao, Salemachers (88′ Calabria), Tonali (89′ Pombega), Krunic, Hernandez, Diath (78′ De Ketelare), Leao, Giroud (88′ Origi)
Torino: Milinkovic-Savic, Djigi (80′ Gravillon), Schurs, Buongiorno (58′ Vojvoda), Shingo, Ginetis (46′ Linetti), Andopo (69′ Karamo), Rodriguez, Mirandcuk, Vlasic (90′ Radonic), Sanabria
The results of the 22nd matchday:
- Milan – Turin 1-0 (62′ Giroud)
- 11/02 16:00 Embolism – Spezia
- 11/02 19:00 Lecce – Rome
- 02.11 21:45 Lazio – Atalanta
- 02.12 13:30 Udinese-Sassuolo
- 02.12 16:00 Bologna-Monza
- 02.12 19:00 Juventus – Fiorentina
- 02.12 21:45 Naples – Cremonese
- 13/02 19:30 Verona – Salernitana
- 13/02 21:45 Samdoria-Inter
The game plan for the 23rd matchday:
- 17/02 21:45 Sassuolo – Naples
- 18/02 16:00 Samdoria-Bologna
- 18/02 19:00 Monza – Milan
- 18/02 21:45 Inter-Udinese
- 19/02 13:30 Atalanta-Lecce
- 19/02 16:00 Florence – Empoli
- 19/02 16:00 Salernitana – Lazio
- 19/02 19:00 Special – Juventus
- 19/02 21:45 Rome – Verona
- 20/02 21:45 Torino – Cremonese
Source: sport 24
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