In the early morning of January 7, the 20th round of the 21/22 Serie A season, the Champions League seven-time champion AC Milan sat in the San Siro to meet Roma. Olivier Giroud, Messias and Rafael Leo scored, Ibrahimovic conceded a penalty, Karlsdorp and Mancini Jr. were sent off, and AC Milan won 3-1.
The last time the two teams met was on November 1 last year, when Ibrahimovic and Casey scored in quick succession, Shaarawi pulled back a city in seconds and AC Milan took away three points on the road. After that game, Mourinho said he did not dare to talk much about the referee's decision, suggesting that there was a problem with the decision.
After 67 days, AC Milan returned home, this time Mourinho's side lost even worse, not only 1-3 double of the season, Karlsdorp and Mancini Jr. were sent off, but also awarded two consecutive penalties.
This 3-1 game allowed AC Milan to get the key 3 points on the way to the championship, because Inter was forced to postpone this round of the game due to the epidemic, and now AC Milan is only 1 point behind the top of the table, and the suspense of the league championship is back.
At the same time, Mourinho's team has not won two consecutive rounds, 1 draw and 1 loss and conceded 5 points, still more than 6 points behind the Champions League zone, and was also overtaken by Fiorentina, temporarily falling to 7th place in the table. Once Atalanta wins the round again, Roma will be nine points behind and basically withdraw from the top four in Serie A.
Some fans ridiculed Mourinho, saying that the madman single-handedly extinguished Roma's hope of fighting for four, and at the same time helped AC Milan to ignite the hope of winning the title.
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In the 4th minute, Theo Hernandez fired a long-range shot into Abraham's arm from outside the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty based on VAR. In the 8th minute, Giroud scored a penalty to give AC Milan a 1-0 lead.
In the 16th minute, Giroud broke Rogé-Ibanez's return pass and his right-footed low shot popped up on the neutral post, but Messias scored in. In just eight minutes, AC Milan went down two consecutive cities to establish an advantage 2-0.
In the 40th minute, Lorenzo Pellegrini fired a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, tambar Abraham slid the ball into the net and Roma pulled it back.
In the 60th minute, Tammy Abraham turned around and fired a shot from inside the penalty area, and Menion flew to save.
In the 81st minute, Ibrahimovic withdrew to deliver an assist, Leo thrust forward at high speed to shake off the opposing defender, and single-handedly pushed to seal the win, 3-1!
In the 94th minute, Mancini Jr. brought down Leo and sent a penalty, but Ibrahimovic's shot was accurately anticipated by Patricio and flew to save the ball. Ibrahimovic did not score his first goal in 2022, which is one of the few regrets of this game.