At 19:30 Beijing time on February 13, the 25th round of serie A ushered in a focus battle: AC Milan hosted Sampdoria at home. The first match of this round, the leader Inter Milan away and napoli at the second place in the table drew 1:1, is that Milan can reach the top of the Serie A table as long as they win.
AC Milan started 4231, Giroud started in succession with the centre-forward, leo, Díaz and Messias on the forward line, double backs Benazel and Tornelli, four defenders Calabria, Romagnoli, Tomori and Florence, goalkeeper Menion.
Sampdoria started 532, with Caputo and Sensi double forwards.
As soon as the game began, AC Milan attacked, and in the first minute, Giroud took the ball in the middle of the field and his shot was blocked. In the 7th minute, AC Milan broke the deadlock on the field, goalkeeper Menion drove directly to the left side of the front, Leo took the ball and pushed all the way into the box, the ball was scored! AC Milan led Sampdoria 1-0. In the 43rd minute, Leo's cross was met by Giroud's header in the penalty area and Messias' shot was blocked off the line by Falco.
After the start of the second half, Milan continued to strengthen their attack. In the 46th minute, Messias took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and adjusted the shot, which was deflected. In the 47th minute, Leo on the left made a long run into the box, was interfered with by the opposing player and fell to the ground, but the referee did not show any indication.
In the 50th minute, Sampdoria counter-attacked and Candreva's shot was confiscated by Menion. In the 55th minute, Candreva again scored into the penalty area and deflected it.
In the 56th minute, Milan replaced Messias, Díaz and Leo with Casey, Rebic and Salmakles.
In the 59th minute, Rebić took the ball into the box, the shot was blocked and then picked up the ball, Olivier Giroud barbed the goal, and was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 70th minute, Milan's corner kick was attacked and Giroud's header was saved by goalkeeper Falcone. The 35-year-old veteran Olivier Giroud has been in excellent form recently, not scoring a goal in this game, just a little bit of luck.
In the 81st minute, Rebic's shot was saved by Falcone and Tonali's shot was cleared off the line.
In the 85th minute, Milan took a free kick in front of the field, Tonari passed the ball into the box, the middle of the road Giroud crossed, Romagnoli's shot was blocked.
In the end, with Leo's goal, AC Milan won 1-0 at home to Sampdoria, accumulating 55 points in 25 games to reach the top of the Serie A table, one point ahead of Inter Milan in the second round of the next few matches.
It is worth mentioning that Menion, who contributed assists in this game, is the first time that Milan has a goalkeeper to contribute assists in Serie A after Dida in 2006.