Terror balance in the San Siro. As in the first round derby in the “Allianz Stadium”, which had no winner (1:1 through goals from Morata and Rebic), there was also no bright team in the round of 16 between Milan and Juventus Turin in the final, in which both teams fell by the wayside to take part in a sluggish derby and both got what they deserved: zero goals, one point, nothing more.

Stefano Pioli’s side failed to find the three-point balm they needed to heal their wounds after their surprise home defeat to Spezia midweek and now lie at -4 from champions Inter with more games while on his Page Massimo Allegri remained unbeaten 9th championship game in a row, but could not overtake in Atlanta and climb to the privileged 4th place in the Serie A table.

The game

The first part went at a rather low pace, so that the notable phases in front of the two herds are at the dropper. Milan had the best moment of the 20th minute, with Ibrahimovic, Diath and Leao working together and the Portuguese’s shot from high in the large area forcing Cesni to block sideways.

Aside from Leao, the Rossoneri also threatened a good shot from Calabria, which went just over the bar, while Juventus only needed to counter two shots from Cuadrado and Dimbala to rest without a single final in the dressing room.

However, the biggest disappointment in the final of the first part was Stefanos Pioli’s side after they lost Zlatan Ibrahimovic with an injury problem in the 28th minute, with the Swede going with a head and Zirou taking his place.

However, we didn’t have a change of scenery in the second part either, both teams made enough mistakes that contributed to the spectacle remaining at a low level and the clear chances didn’t materialize. Juventus tried to threaten but Morata’s header in the 51st minute found no target, while Milan, for their part, stepped more easily into the opponent’s box but lacked substance in the final attempt.

The efforts of Leao (56′), Hernandez (63′) and Zirou (69′) were ambitious but they stopped at Cesni, who was on hand while Salemakers tried to punch the Poland international goalkeeper but his shot went wide the bars in the 77th minute.

Yes, in the last quarter of the game they both wanted to go chasing goal but the tiredness paid off as the two goalkeepers had a pretty relaxed night and Milan ended the game with 14 finals (4 at home) but with essentially 1- 2 really good periods and Juventus have 8 finals and none at home.

MILAN: Menian, Calabria (76′ Florence), Kaloulou, Romanioli, Hernandez, Tonali, Krunic, Messias (61′ Salemakers), Diath (61′ Benasser), Leao (76′ Rebic), Ibrahimovic (28′ Zirou)

JUVENTUS: Cesni, De Silio, Rougani, Chiellini, Sandro, Cuadrado (65′ Bernardeschi), Locatelli (65′ Arthur), Bentancourt (90′ Rabio), McKenny, Morata (74′ Ken), Dibala (90′ Koulouse)

The results of the 23rd game

The highlights

Empoli – Rome 2-4

Cagliari 1-1 Fiorentina

Napoli – Salernitana 4-1

Lazio 0-0 Atalanta

Inter – Venice 2-1

Torino – Sassuolo 1-1

Verona-Bologna 2-1

Spezia 1-0 Sampdoria

Genoa – Udinese 0-0

The Serie A table

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