The 25th round of Serie A ushered in the competition, in which AC Milan's home match against Sampdoria became the focus of attention. The competition for Serie A title and Champions League qualification this season has been particularly fierce, juve's decline has given other teams hope of getting into the title, and the Rossoneri, which has been sinking for a decade, is eager to try, which is their only chance to overtake Inter and reach the top of the table.
With a 2-1 comeback win over Inter in the Milan derby and a 4-0 win over powerhouse Lazio in the last round of the Coppa Italia, Pioli's team's morale was boosted. As soon as the game came up, AC Milan's offensive desire was very strong, after a brief test, the 8th minute goalkeeper Menion launched an attack with a long pass, his big foot accurately found Leo who was inserted in front, after stopping the ball, Leo instantly started to complete the second acceleration, leaving the players who followed the defense far behind, and then he cut inside into the box, pushed the far corner from a small angle to win, and the score was rewritten to 1-0.
After taking the lead early, AC Milan took the initiative to reclaim the front and secure the opportunity to counterattack, and Pioli showed great sophistication. After a long tug-of-war, the Rossoneri finally waited for their own opportunity to break the door. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Leo completed a cross on the left side, Giroud in the penalty area still completed the header back when his body was out of balance, and after Messias in front of the penalty area made a slight adjustment to the ball, he shot with his left foot, the ball was extremely fast and angled, but it was held up by the Samp goalkeeper in front of the goal line, and AC Milan also missed the opportunity to extend the lead.
After a midfield adjustment, AC Milan's offensive attack has not diminished. In the 50th minute, Giroud carried out a high-altitude bombing and his header deflected slightly off the upright, scaring out the Samp goalkeeper in a cold sweat. In the 60th minute, Olivier Giroud once again performed a show of extinction. This time it was replaced by Rebic's cross on the left, and Giroud did not wait for the ball to land on the volley of the barb, the action was extremely stretched, but unfortunately it was turned away by the goalkeeper. Subsequently, Bennacell and Giroud had a chance to shoot, but neither hit the goal range, and the 1-0 score was never rewritten, and AC Milan won a home victory.
In this game, AC Milan's overall offensive is quite strong, although the possession rate is only 49%, not even as high as Samp's side, but in terms of the number of shots, the Rossoneri has created 18 times in the whole game, and on average every five minutes, it will launch an attack on Samp's goal, while Samp only has 5 times, it can be said that only one goal has been played by Samp goalkeeper. After this campaign, AC Milan received a good news, Inter was forced to draw 1-1 by Napoli on the road, so that the Rossoneri points reached 55 points, Inter only 54 points, and the top of the Serie A table successfully changed hands.
This is also the first time that AC Milan has led the table since the start of the second half of Serie A, and the Rossoneri have won three consecutive victories in all competitions and are in excellent condition. Of course, to achieve such an impressive record, it is inseparable from the excellent performance of Portugal youngster Leo, in recent games Leo has successively delivered key assists or completed winning goals, so far this season Leo has contributed 10 goals and 6 assists in 27 games, one person has created 16 goals, is the team's top scorer and assist king. According to his current performance, he is very hopeful that he will continue to be selected for the new Portuguese national team and become a powerful assistant to Ronaldo's front line, which will make the president feel happy, and AC Milan's victory must also rely on Leo's excellent performance.