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At 1:30 Beijing time on January 18, a match in the 22nd round of Serie A began to compete, and AC Milan, who was the second place in Serie A, faced Spezia at home. AC Milan are the favourites to win the title, on a par with Inter Milan. AC Milan achieved 15 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats in the first 21 rounds. AC Milan have been in pretty good form lately, winning four consecutive matches, including beating Empoli, Roma and Venice in the league and Genoa in the Coppa Italia. Moreover, in these 4 games, AC Milan scored 3 goals in 3 games, and 1 game scored 4 goals, and the offensive firepower was bursting. This time AC Milan returned to the league against the fish-belly side Spezia in the lower rankings. Facing an opponent of this level at home, AC Milan's minimum goal is to win, but AC Milan messed up and lost to the opponent.
In this game AC Milan lined up in a 4231 formation. Menion served as the starting goalkeeper. Florenzi, Kalulu, Gabia and Theo Hernandez are paired at 4 defenders. Klunic and Bakayoko form a double back. Salmarkers, Brahim Díaz and Rafael Leo joined forces. Ibrahimovic is at the front. Messias, Olivier Giroud, Rebic and Castilejo sit on the bench.
Shortly after the match began, Raphael Leo fired a shot into the far corner from the left side of the penalty area, slightly offside. Seven minutes later, Salmales fired a low shot from the right side of the penalty area that was blocked by a defender. Gabia's header was then deflected off the top of the goal. In the 13th minute, Rafael Leo fired a low shot into the far corner from a tight angle and the ball was slightly off the right upright.
Six minutes later, Salmales' shot from an angled shot inside the penalty area was still blocked. Then Leo's powerful shot went high. Ibrahimovic's low shot was blocked by the goalkeeper's outstretched foot. For a long time, Milan, which was full of attacks, was unable to score goals. Leo managed to create a penalty, but was sent to special olympics. Towards the end of the first half, Milan finally scored a goal, and Leo single-handedly shot the ball in. At half-time, AC Milan led 1-0.
The second half was easy to fight again. Ibrahimovic's shot deflected off the left upright and Salmales' push was deflected by the goalkeeper. In the 58th minute, Spezia made a substitution adjustment, with Kevin Agudlow coming on as a substitute to replace Manai. This substitution completely changed the situation. Spezia launched a fierce attack, won successive shots, and scored in the 64th minute, which was scored by Kevin Agudlow, who came on as a substitute, and he scored in front of goal to equalize.
After conceding the ball, Pioli made a substitution adjustment, with Olivier Giroud and Calabria coming on as substitutes. As a result, in the second reading stage of stoppage time, Jiao Xi scored a deadly goal! The assist was provided by Kovalenko, who came off the bench. AC Milan crashed! Motta's substitution was amazing. The final score was fixed at 1-2, and AC Milan was reversed by Spezia, breaking a super big upset. Milan conceded three points, which gave Inter good news in the air, and Inter retained the top spot.