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At 1:45 a.m. Beijing time on February 26, a match in the 27th round of Serie A began to compete, and AC Milan faced 16th-ranked Udinese at home. AC Milan has a very good league record, winning 17 games in the first 26 rounds and occupying the top spot. AC Milan have remained unsafe in the last four league rounds, including a draw with Juventus, a defeat over Inter Milan and Sampdoria, and a narrow draw with Salernitana. In the match against Salernitana, AC Milan was unable to win, and it was a pity that they lost an important 2 points on the way to the championship. This time AC Milan played against Udines, who was ranked 16th. The two sides met in the 17th round, when AC Milan drew a thrilling draw thanks to Ibrahimovic's goal. Playing against Udinese this time is still a big challenge for AC Milan, and as a result, AC Milan still only got a draw.
In this game, Pioli discharged the 4231 formation. Menion served as the starting goalkeeper. Calabria, Tomori, Romagnoli and Theo Hernandez are paired at 4-back. Tornelli and Casey form a double back. Junière Messias, Díaz and Rafael Leo joined forces. Giroud was at the top. Rebic, Castilejo, Bakayoko, Klunic and Florence were all on the bench.
The first to attack after the start of the match was Udinese, and both Beto and De Ulofeu made threats, but neither was able to convert them into goals. AC Milan are a bit slow and hot, although they have an advantage in terms of ball possession, but when it comes to attacking the third zone, there are not many ways to do it, and Calabria's long-range shot is deflected. Although there are not many opportunities, Leo relies on his super personal ability to take the lead for AC Milan! Leo has scored eight goals this season, equalling his career single-season league scoring record. At the end of the half, AC Milan led by one goal. AC Milan had 65% possession in the first half, but only scored four shots on goal and 1 shot on target. Udinese, on the other hand, also scored four shots on goal, but found nothing.
The second half was easy to fight again, and the trailing Udinese had to play more aggressively on the offensive end. In order to change the situation, Udinese made successive substitutions, first with Udoqui and Pereira, and then with Isaac Suxes. The substitutions worked wonderingly, with two substitute players teaming up to score goals and Pereira's barbed shot to assist Udoqui in scoring the goal to help Udinese equalise. Milan were in a hurry after conceding the ball and had to put more troops in on the offensive end. Theo had a very good chance, but he picked the ball past the goalkeeper and was released by his opponent. Udinese had a chance to kill, but de'Urofeu's long-range shot was saved by Menion. This time, Menion saved Milan. The final score was set at 1-1, and AC Milan conceded the crucial 2 points. AC Milan have only won two consecutive rounds of draws.