Last season's Serie A runner-up OfsertS AC Milan, although the off-season lost a number of core players in succession, but under the leadership of head coach Pioli, they still maintained a strong fighting ability, after the opening of the new season of the league curtain, has also been at the top of the standings, although the defending champion Inter Milan with more strong squad depth, climbed to the first place in the table in the middle of the season, but the Rossoneri did not give up the pursuit of the league championship, in the twenty-fourth round of the Milan derby, AC Milan won the 6-point strong conversation.
And in the twenty-fifth round of the league, the first Inter Milan drew with Napoli away from home, and this is the end that AC Milan would like to see most, they sat at home in this round of the league to meet Sampdoria, as long as they can take all three points, the Rossoneri will surpass Napoli and Inter Milan in front of them to become the league leader, in this game, the goalkeeper Who replaced Donnaruma sent an assist shortly after the start, Leo used the speed advantage to help the home team open the record, The goal was Leo's seventh goal this season, not only setting a new record for his own single-season goal in Serie A, but also helping AC Milan win 1-0 over Sampdoria!
In the first twenty-four rounds of league battles, Sampdoria with a record of 6 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, temporarily ranked 16th in the table, neither has the hope of further qualifying for European competition, and there is not much relegation pressure, but the overall strength gap makes it difficult for them to break their wrists head-on with the Rossoneri, and trying to take away 1 point from the away field has become their only goal in this game.
This campaign Sampdoria also put out a very wise iron barrel formation, five defenders plus three midfielders of the system, to minimize the offensive space of AC Milan, which is also in the first half of the Rossonera in the possession of the absolute advantage, only formed 4 shots, in today's football to deal with the iron barrel array, a common way is to lure the enemy deep, by taking the ball in the half, let the side in the defensive take the initiative to move the three lines forward, the 8th minute AC Milan staged a textbook crack dense defense attack, After Menion took the ball in front of Milan's penalty area, he saw Leo in front of him, a precise long pass, directly penetrated the opponent's defense, Leo used his speed advantage, directly ate the defender, after overtaking, facing the Samp goalkeeper calmly pushed the far corner, helping the Rossoneri to rewrite the score to 1-0.
After the start of the second half, Sampdoria, who was behind the score, no longer blindly defended, began to take the initiative to increase the attack, hoping to change the backward situation, Candreva completed a very threatening shot shortly after the opening, but was steadily saved by Menion, and then Sampdoria coach Giampaolo waved a big hand at the same time to replace the three, wanting to fight with the Rossoneri, but Milan's defense did not give the opponent any chance, successfully kept a clean sheet at home, maintaining the lead to the end, And after Sampdoria attacked, it also gave the Rossoneri the depth of the attack, fortunately, Samp goalkeeper Falcone was in a brave state, and repeatedly defused the very threatening shots of the Rossoneri, without allowing the home team to further expand its lead.
After winning this match, AC Milan surpassed the defending champions Inter Milan with 55 points to become the leader of Serie A, but the Nerazzurri are now one less game, the initiative is still in their hands, AC Milan want to win the league championship, but also need to perform better in the next game!