In the early morning of January 7, Beijing time, the 20th round of Serie A matches continued, THE TOP OF THE TABLE AC Milan and ROMA completed the showdown, the strong dialogue continued the historical trajectory, Roma continued to be suppressed by AC Milan, losing to the opponent 1-3, thus being tragically killed by the big nemesis AC Milan "3 consecutive kills", the recent three consecutive showdowns all lost to the opponent, the previous two games were 1-2 losses. It was Giroud, Junieur Messias and Rafael Leo who scored for AC Milan in this match, and Abraham who scored a goal for Roma.
Roma boss Jose Mourinho sent a system of 3 centre-backs to try to strengthen the control of the midfield, but it was unsuccessful, the right side was completely destroyed by the opponent, 2 red cards appeared, Karlstop and Gianluca Mancini were sent off consecutively, and the attack and defense were suppressed by AC Milan.
In the game, AC Milan played the home advantage, quickly won a penalty in the 4th minute of the game, in the attack by Theo Hernandez volley, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper, but the referee watched the replay and thought that Abraham had a handball, and then awarded AC Milan a penalty, the big Giroud hit the penalty, AC Milan led 1-0.
In the 17th minute of the match, the Roma backline gave a big gift, Rogge Ibanez's return pass was snatched by Giroud, who directly completed a small angle shot, which popped up on the goal frame, and Junieur Messias made up for the empty goal, AC Milan 2-0 lead.
In the 40th minute of the game, Roma had a pick-up on the offensive end, Lorenzo Pellegrini shot from a distance, the ball hit Abraham's leg and changed the line to score the goal, Roma chased back a goal. Before half-time, the physical confrontation between Roma and AC Milan became more and more intense, and the referee did not get a fair and unanimous decision, which triggered a large-scale conflict, but it was quickly stopped.
In the second half, AC Milan continued to suppress Roma, and in the 74th minute of the game, Karlsdorp brought down Theo Hernandez, and two yellows turned red and was sent off; in the 82nd minute of the game, Ibrahimovic played a pivot role in the front, chest assisting Raphael Leo to complete the one-handed goal, AC Milan led 3-1; the game
In the 90+3 minutes, Gianluca Mancini brought down Rafael Leo in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, and showed Gianluca Mancini a yellow card, so that he was sent out of the game with two yellows and one red, and Ibrahimovic's penalty was saved. Roma lost 3-1 to AC Milan.
After the defeat, Roma continue to miss out on the top six of the table and are currently 7th in Serie A with 10 wins, 2 draws, 8 defeats and 32 points. For the loss of this game, Mourinho felt that he was being targeted again, he admitted in an interview after the game that the team did not play well, it was easy to lose the ball on the field, and the technical level was very poor, but he then expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee, believing that the referee did not level a bowl of water, the penalty standard was not uniform, pointing out that the first penalty was controversial, Abraham's arm did not have a clear contact with the ball, and that Zagnolo and Ibarnes fell to the ground in the box and deserved a penalty according to such a penalty standard.
According to the previous game footage, after coming to Rome, Mourinho has been targeted by the referee many times, and the attitude of Mourinho himself has changed a lot, and the way of expressing dissatisfaction with the referee is also very euphemistic, there is no sharp bombardment, but it is still difficult to change the unfavorable situation of the penalty. Next, Mourinho led Roma to only fight for six, and the fight for four was basically thrown away, six points behind fourth-placed Atalanta, and it was one more game.