At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on April 25, the 34th round of the 2021-2022 Serie A season ushered in a focus battle, and AC Milan went to challenge Lazio away. In the first half, Inmobile scored with a blitzkrieg, and in the second half, Giroud equalised, and Ibrahimovic assisted Tonari in stoppage time to score a killer goal. In the end, AC Milan reversed Lazio 2-1 away, locked up next season's Champions League place in advance, and returned to the top of the table by two points ahead of Inter in one more game.
In the first match of this round, Inter beat Roma to rise to the top of the table, and Milan must take Lazio to retain the top position. The two teams have met 157 times in Serie A history, with AC Milan winning 68, drawing 59 and losing 30, and 22 wins, 36 draws and 20 away games. However, in their last five league away games against Lazio, Milan have won only once.
In the 4th minute, Lazio got off to a perfect start, taking advantage of the opportunity of the ball outside the field, Milinkovic crossed from the right and Inmobile pushed the goal in the middle, giving Lazio a 1-0 lead over Milan.
In the 8th minute, Lazio goalkeeper Strakosha rushed out of the box to kick off, the ball hit Messias and bounced back, Strakosha was fouled for handball outside the box and received a yellow card.
In the 17th minute, Messias' cross from the right was blocked, but he crossed again in front of the bottom line and Giroud's header was slightly offside. In the 27th minute, Casey sent a direct pass from the middle of the field, Leo led the ball on the left side of the penalty area and turned to shoot, and the ball hit the side-netting.
Two minutes later, Leo sent a direct pass to Casey, who pushed the ball on the left side of the penalty area and Strakosha saved the ball. In the 32nd minute, Leo fired a long-range shot from the left side of the penalty area and Strakosha confiscated the ball again.
In the 37th minute, Calabria's 45-degree cross from the right side of the box was deflected off giroud's header from inside the penalty area. A minute later, Díaz's shot hit Luis Alberto's arm inside the box, but the referee refused to award a penalty. At the end of the first half, Milan were 1-0 behind.
In the second half, Milan equalized, Teeo made a long pass on the left side of the midfield, Leo took the ball into the left side of the box, went down to the bottom and triangulated a return pass, followed by Olivier Giroud shoveling the goal, Milan 1-1 Lazio.
In the 59th minute, Leo picked out a cross from the left and Messias at the back post fired an outrageous left-footed shot. In the 62nd minute, Messias took the ball into the right side of the penalty area and fired a cold left-footed shot that brushed the upright out of the line.
In the 70th minute, substitute Ibrahimovic fired a long-range shot from the left side of the field, but it didn't hit the force, and Strakosha got the ball. In the 84th minute, Leo's low-angle shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area was saved by Strakosha again, and Rebic's long-range shot was rejected.
In the 89th minute, Theo's 45-degree cross from the left was cleared by a Lazio defender, and Ibrahimovic stopped the ball at the back post to shoot with his right foot, hitting the defender and out of the line. In the 90th minute, Theo fired high from a distance just outside the penalty area.
In the 93rd minute, Milan had a killer! Rebic picked out a cross from the left side of the field, Lazio defender's header went straight up and down, Ibrahimovic's header sailed into front of goal, Tonari poked a shot at the edge of the penalty area, Milan 2-1 Lazio.
In the end, the match was over and AC Milan reversed Lazio 2-1 away from home to return to the top of the table.