At 19:30 beijing time on February 13, 2022, a focus battle in the 25th round of serie A, AC Milan vs Sampdoria. In the first half, AC Milan scored a goal by goalkeeper Leo. In the second half, the two teams did not succeed again, and finally AC Milan beat Sampdoria 1-0, bringing their points to 55 points, temporarily surpassing Inter Milan to return to the top position.
Currently, AC Milan have 52 points with 16 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats, temporarily in the third place in Serie A, 2 points behind the first place Inter Milan. With a record of 6 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, Sampdoria is 16th with 23 points, just 3 points ahead of the relegation zone. So, it's not to the effect. In the last 12 meetings between the two teams, AC Milan has the advantage of 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, especially in the home matches, AC Milan has maintained an unbeaten 4 games, but since 2020, AC Milan has maintained a two-game draw record against Sampdoria.
Judging by the recent form of the two teams, AC Milan have just beaten Inter Milan 2-1 away in a crucial battle, achieving a two-game unbeaten streak. Sampdoria also beat Sassuolo 4-0 at home in the last round, creating the biggest score of the season.
Let's take a look at the starting line-up of the two teams, AC Milan lined up in a 4231 formation with goalkeeperSmen Minion; four defenders were Florenzi, Tomori, Romagnoli and Calabria; two backs were Tornali and Benasser; three forwards were Junior, Brahi Díaz and Leo, and giroud was on the forward line. AC Milan's starting line-up is worth €256 million.
Look at Sampdoria, goalkeeper Falcone; 4 defenders are Colle, Conte, Manjani and Bereszynski; 4 midfielders are Rasby, Rincon, Candreva and Murray; on the forward line are Sensi and Caputo, who are worth 43.5 million euros in the starting line-up.
In the 6th minute after the match began, AC Milan goalkeeper Maioni passed the ball directly from the back to Leo, who took the ball on the left side of the front and broke all the way to the left side of the penalty area to face the goalkeeper and score in the far corner. AC Milan lead Sampdoria 1-0. It is worth mentioning that this match is also Leo's 100th game for AC Milan.
In the 38th minute, Leo was brought down by Samp defender Sensi on an attack and kicked to the calf by a shoe spike, only to resume play after a brief treatment that nearly ruined Leo.
In the second half, Sampdoria had just started with three substitutions, and in the 56th minute, AC Milan also replaced three. Sampdoria barely got a particularly good chance, and the two slightly threatening chances were defused by goalkeeper Maioni, who completed the assist in this game. In the end, AC Milan beat Sampdoria by 1 goal.
The match also set 4 new records. First, AC Milan goalkeeper Mineon has achieved 2 assists this season, which is the first number of Serie A goalkeeper assists this season, and it is also the first time in Menion's career that he has achieved 2 assists in a single season; second, Raphael Leo, who scored in this game, this game is his 100th game in AC Milan, and he must be happy to score a goal;
Third, AC Milan set an unbeaten record against Sampdoria in six consecutive games, the last time Samp beat AC Milan was back to January 6, 2020; fourth, Sampdoria entered 2022, winning only 1 goal in the last 7 games, in fact, all 6 games lost, setting the worst record for the start of the new year.