In the early morning of April 16, Beijing time, the 33rd round of the 2021-22 Serie A season began. Today was the first two games of competition, after a fierce battle, AC Milan beat Genoa 2-0 at home and Inter beat Spezia 3-1 away.
At the crucial moment of the title race, AC Milan's offensive firepower was problematic, and they had failed to score in the previous two rounds, encountering consecutive flattening. Back at home today against Genoa, AC Milan finally found the feeling of scoring, in the 9th minute, AC Milan quick counterattack moved to the right, high-speed insertion to unload the ball after the 45-degree angle cross, the left side of the back point followed by the ball directly volleyed, the ball into the net, AC Milan 1:0 to get off to a good start. After scoring early, AC Milan played a little loosely, almost grabbed by Genoa in the final half of the counter-attack, Gardames deftly unloaded the ball from the left side of the box, and then shook off the defense and shot from a close angle, the ball almost flew out of the bottom line on the upper edge of the crossbar.
Yi Bian still had the advantage on the field against AC Milan, but they were still delayed in scoring again. In the 76th minute, AC Milan counter-attacked quickly, Leo inserted the ball on the left side of the box and shook it out of the space, and goalkeeper Sirigu struggled to save the ball. In the 86th minute, AC Milan still tore through the Genoa defense on the left side, Theo and Rebić continued to cooperate, Rebić inverted the triangle to pick out the goal, Messias's super close-range volley was still saved by Sirigu, but Messias reacted quickly, quickly got up and made up the shot, AC Milan locked up the win 2:0, stopping the decline of 2 consecutive draws.
In the match that ended earlier today, defending champion Inter continued his recent excellent form, shortly after Dzeko wasted a one-handed opportunity at close range, in the 30th minute, Inter pressed on the full line, Brozovic in front of the arc of the penalty area over the top of the oblique hanging side, Dan Brosio on the right side of the penalty area grabbed the nodding hammer back, Brozovic followed up with a volley on the left, the ball was answered into the net, Inter opened the record 1:0. After that, the two sides fell into a suffocating battle, and Yibian fought again in the 60th minute, Martinez, Sanchez came off the bench, which was also a substitution for Inzaghi Jr. to decide the direction of the game.
In the 71st minute, inter midfielder broke the ball and counterattacked, Perisic inserted the ball on the left side and got rid of the defensive oblique hanging in front of the goal, Martinez grabbed the edge of the penalty area and volleyed the outside of the back of the foot, the ball went straight into the bottom left corner of the goal, Inter led 2:0. In the 87th minute, Spezia counter-attacked, Ferrer inserted a 45-degree angle diagonal pass on the left side, the ball leaked from the front point, Maggiole followed up with a slight adjustment on the right side and fired a powerful shot, the ball hit the goalpost and bounced into the net, and Spezia pulled a goal back 1-2. In stoppage time, Sanchez was pulled down in the scramble before the arc of the penalty area, the referee did not blow the stop, Martinez followed up on the right side to grab the ball into the box and crossed, Sanchez, who quickly got up to follow up, pushed the shot, and Inter milan locked up the victory 3:1.
In terms of the standings, the Milan double championship competition has entered a white-hot stage, AC Milan will still lead by 2 points after stopping the decline, although Inter is temporarily behind, but at present they still have the initiative, and at the end of this month and Bologna's supplementary match they will have a chance to surpass AC Milan as long as they do not upset and win. After continuing their winning streak today, Inter are three points ahead of 3rd-placed Napoli and 7 points ahead of 4th-placed Juve in the same number of rounds.
In terms of the top scorers, Inmobile leads with 24 goals, Juve's strong new signing Verahović is in second place with 22 goals, the gap between other catchers is relatively large, and Simeonecha is in third place with 8 goals for Mobile. Martinez today, after passing success, caught up with Tammy Abraham, one goal behind Simeone and tied for 4th, AC Milan is still no one in the top ten.