Serie A
Celebrations for Milan, big point for Salernitana in the 1-1 draw at the San Siro
A 1-1 draw between Milan and Salernitana ended Matchday 26 in Serie A, with the hosts dropping two valuable points while the visitors clinched another vital point in their bid to stay up.
The match between Milan and Salernitana ended in a 1-1 draw and the two sides scored to close out the 26th matchday in Serie A. Cheers to the home team, who lost two valuable points in the battle for the top spots, while the visitors another important point in their fight to remain in the division.
Milan were better in the first 45 minutes, had the upper hand in the game but couldn’t score despite the chances they had with Giroud and Leao. The hosts found the goal in the first minute of added time when the French striker headed in from a corner from the right.
In the second half, Salernitana was the one who managed to score and level the game in the 61st minute when he came out well in attack from the left and the parallel ball was made, with Dia taking the lead and sending the ball into the net for 1-1.
The home side pushed for the second goal and missed several chances with Origi and Ibrahimovic, but the score remained 1-1 until eight minutes of added time.
MILAN: Menian, Kallou, Tomori, Hernandez, Tio, Salemachers (77′ Florenzi), Benaser (85′ Tonali), Krunic, Diath (62′ De Ketelare), Leao (63′ Origi), Giroud (62′ Ibrahimovic).
Salernita: Ochoa, Gobert, Daniiluch, Pirola (68′ Lovato), Mazoso (83′ Sabia), Bohinen (83′ Tornigoi), Koulibaly, Brandaric, Castanos, Candreva (68′ Bonaccioli), Dia.
The results of the 26th game day
- Spezia – Inter 2-1 (55th Maldini, 87th Enzola / 83rd Lukaku)
- Empoli-Udinese 0-1 (54′ Bekao)
- Naples – Atalanta 2-0 (60′ Kvarathelia, 77′ Rahmani)
- Bologna – Lazio 0-0
- Lecce – Turin 0-2 (20′ Shingo, 23′ Sanabria)
- Cremonese – Fiorentina 0-2 (27′ Madragora, 50′ Cabral)
- Verona-Monza 1-1 (51′ Verdi / 55′ Sensi)
- Rome – Sassuolo 3-4 (26′ Zalewski, 50′ Dybala, 90+4′ Wijnaldum / 13′, 18′ Loriente, 45+4′ Pen. Berardi, 75′ Pinamonti)
- Juventus-Sampdoria 4-2 (11′ Bremer, 26′ 64′ Rabiot, 90+4 souls / 31′ Augello, 32′ Djuric)
- Milan – Salernitana 1-1 (45+1′ Giroud/61′ diameter)
The highlights
Roma – Sassuolo 3-4
Napoli 2-0 Atalanta
Empoli – Udinese 0-1
Spezia – Inter 2-1
Lecce – Torino 0-2
The program of the 27th game day
- 17/03 19:30 Sassuolo – Spezia
- 03/17 21:45 Atalanta-Empoli
- 18/03 16:00 Monza – Cremonese
- 18/03 19:00 Salernitana-Bologna
- 18/03 21:45 Udinese – Milan
- 19/03 13:30 Samdoria Verona
- 19/03 16:00 Florence – Lecce
- 19/03 16:00 Turin – Naples
- 19/03 19:00 Lazio – Roma
- 03/19 21:45 Inter-Juventus
Source: sport 24
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