Milan Circle
At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 18, the 22nd round of the 2021-22 Serie A season began at the San Siro Stadium, and AC Milan sat at home to face Spezia. In the first half, Te'o missed the point, Leo picked out a shot to break the deadlock, and in the second half Agudlo equalized and Ibrahimovic's header hit the frame. Messias' goal in stoppage time was stopped by the referee and Giasi was eliminated. In the end, AC Milan made it 1-2 to Spezia, ending a four-game winning streak in all competitions. In the standings, Milan are still in second place with 48 points.
The first half whistle began and in the first minute, Leo's shot from the left side of the penalty area was slightly deflected. In the 3rd minute, Theo's cross from the left was cleared. A minute later, Leo forced a breakthrough on the left and Profreir struck to confiscate the ball. In the 6th minute, Spezia's long free-kick was controlled by Menion. In the 9th minute, Salmakles' inside shot from the right was blocked.
In the 10th minute, Florenzi took a corner kick and Gabia nodded the ball high. In the 15th minute, Ibrahimovic split on the left, Leo swung past Amian and fired a low shot that Profodel defused with his legs.
In the 17th minute, Bastoni went straight, but Wilder received the ball when he was offside. In the 19th minute, Salmakles' shot was blocked after a continuous shake in the penalty area, and Ibrahimovic's shot from a tight angle flew away. In the 22nd minute, Kalulula dragged Manay yellow. In the 23rd minute, Salmakles knocked back in an inverted triangle and Leo's powerful shot went high over the goal.
In the 26th minute, Salmakles made the ball on his heels, Ibrahimovic knocked Eric away, and then the low shot was blocked by Propford. In the 29th minute, a long diagonal pass from the right of Giasi was deflected by Manaí's shot inside the penalty area. In the 30th minute, Ibrahimovic's long-range shot from outside the box was deflected. In the 31st minute, Kivir pulled Dias yellow.
In the 32nd minute, Florenzi's free-kick was destroyed. In the 34th minute, Bastoni fell to the ground when the midfielder broke through, and the referee did not show it. In the 35th minute, Ibrahimovic knocked in and Salmakles' shot went off the beaten track. In the 39th minute, Giasi turned his back and Magiore followed up with a deflected shot. In the 39th minute, Salmakolseneche shot and Provdre flew in.
In the 41st minute, Propforder made a mistake in the penalty area, Leo grabbed both of them and fell to the ground, passing the VAR, the referee awarded a penalty and showed a yellow card warning to Propford. Theo's penalty shot was deflected off target.
In the 45th minute, Krunić sent a long pass from the back and Leo's one-handed ball was lightly picked into the net against the goalkeeper, AC Milan 1-0 Spezia!
At the end of the first half, AC Milan temporarily led Spezia 1-0 at home.
In the second half, Díaz went straight and Ibrahimovic's cross from the left was blocked. In the 55th minute, Salmakles crossed and Ibrahimovic turned around inside the penalty area and fired a shot that was deflected.
In the 56th minute, Leo knocked back from the left side of the inverted triangle, Salmakles wrapped up the push and Proveder blocked it with his foot.
In the 59th minute, Giasi turned around inside the penalty area and shot the goal that was deflected by Menion.
In the 60th minute, Messias tried to shoot high from outside. In the 61st minute, the Gabiara man fouled the yellow.
In the 62nd minute, Recca's cross was met by Bastoni's header that went high over the crossbar.
In the 63rd minute, Bastoni split to the left, Wild crossed in front of goal, and the unguarded Agudello wrapped up the pad to shoot, AC Milan 1-1 Spezia.
In the 64th minute, Maggiore brought down Theo from behind. In the 67th minute, Giahi fired high from the edge of the penalty area. In the 69th minute, Leo's cross from the left was met by Messias' header high over the bar. In the 70th minute, Ibrahimovic's header sailed across and Calabria's volley was controlled by Proverdel. In the 78th minute, Special Olympics took a free-kick straight out of the line.
In the 80th minute, Calabria's long-range shot was blocked off the line. In the 81st minute, Agudero broke through the bottom and came back to do it, and Calabria released the goal.
In the 82nd minute, Giahi crossed and Kovalenko's shot was confiscated by Menion. In the 86th minute, Rebic's 45-degree angled pass was fouled by the goalkeeper as Olivier Giroud scrambled for the top. In the 89th minute, Rebić made the ball and Ibrahimovic turned inside the penalty area to shoot at an angle that was too well controlled by Proveder.
In the 91st minute, Rebic leaned into the box and Messias scrambled a shot into the net, but the referee had already whistled a foul on the defender in advance, and the goal was invalid.
In the 93rd minute, Ibrahimovic's set-piece shot was saved by Proveder.
In the 93rd minute, Milan's corner kick opportunity, Ibrahimovic flicked his head and hit the crossbar.
In the 95th minute, Spezia's counter-attack opportunity, Kovalenko crossed from the left to the back post, Giahi pushed the goal, AC Milan 1-2 Spezia.
The match ended with AC Milan 1-2 at home to Spezia.
Milan line-up: 16-Menion, 25-Florenzi (69 minutes, 2-Calabria), 46-Gabia, 20-Kalulu, 19-Teo, 33-Clonic, 41-Bakayoko, 56-Salemakles (56 minutes, 30-Messias), 17-Leo (82 minutes, 12-Rebic), 10-Dias (69 minutes, 9-Giroud), 11-Ibrahimovic
Not playing off the bench: 1 - Tatarusanu, 83 - Mirante, 7 - Castilejo, 27 - Daniel Maldini, 62 - Digsu, 91 - Stanga