1-0!15-year-old genius made history, AC Milan avenged the purple lily, and ended in the Champions League life and death
In this season's Serie A, AC Milan's performance could not satisfy the fans, with only 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the first 12 rounds, already 8 points behind the leader Inter. AC Milan head back to the 13th round of the league tie at home to Fiorentina, who are currently sixth and just three points separating the sides. After the start of the game, the two sides went back and forth, Te'o single-handedly made a point to seal the throat, Nicolas Gonzalez hit the middle post, and the 15-year-old Camarda made his debut, and AC Milan narrowly beat the Purple Lilies 1-0.
The Rossoneri were disorganized, with Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud absent, Pioli still sticking to a 4-3-3 formation, Maignan continuing to guard the back of goal, Calabria, Gauff, Fikayo Tomori and Te'o forming a back four, Moussa, Reinders and Pobega in midfield, and three new signings Chukwueze, Jovic and Christian Pulisic in the trident.
As the referee blew the whistle, the two sides immediately started to attack. In the 19th minute, Parisi crossed from the right, Alfred Duncan met at the back post and volleyed a flawed kick, and AC Milan escaped. In the 23rd minute, Moussa counter-attacked in front, Pulisic stopped the ball and turned in one go, and his shot was saved by Terracciano with one palm.
In the 34th minute, Sottier cut in from the left and crossed, Pobega made a mistake in the middle, and the ball went straight to his own goal, almost making a big mistake. Immediately after that, Nicolas Gonzalez cut inside from the left and grazed the post out of bounds, and AC Milan suddenly made a noise in front of the goal.
Before the end of the first half, AC Milan continued to attack, first Pobega's dangerous header was saved, and then Te'o formed a one-on-one knife to force Parisi to foul in the box, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty. Te'o took it upon himself to score and AC Milan scored at the whistle and went into the dressing room with a 1-0 scoreline.
After returning to the court, the two teams continued to go back and forth, and the attack continued. In the 48th minute, Te'o made a 45° cross from the left, which landed just right, Chukhueze headed the goal, and Terracciano made another world-class save. Back to Nicolas Gonzalez's selfless cross, Beltrán got a one-on-one shot, but unfortunately he stopped the ball a little harder, and Maignan was quick and made a timely save.
Maignan got a little carried away, and in the 53rd minute he burst out of the penalty area, but the cross from the back was broken, and Nicolas Gonzalez took a decisive shot and was blocked out of bounds by a defender. In the 61st minute, it was Nicolas Gonzalez's cross from the right that rubbed Tomori's body and refracted it, hitting the post and popping up, and AC Milan escaped again.
In the 74th minute, Sottier burst into the box and the ball hit Loftus-Cheek's arm, but the referee listened to VAR and did not award a penalty. Looking back, the edge of the Te'o penalty area was accurately plugged, and Jovic pushed it with a single knife, but it was blocked by Terracciano's outstretched leg.
In the 83rd minute, Pioli made two substitutions in a row, and the talented striker Kamalda, who was only 15 years old and 260 days old, replaced Jovic, who had a sluggish performance, becoming the youngest player to appear in Serie A in history. Seeing this scene, the teammates all laughed.
For the rest of the time, AC Milan withstood Fiorentina's crazy counterattack and won the Purple Lily 1-0, avenging the 1-2 defeat in the last meeting.
AC Milan also won their first win in the last five league games, surpassing Napoli to move up to third place in the standings. However, AC Milan did not dare to relax, and the next game will be a Champions League do-or-die match, sitting at home against Dort.
After the first 4 rounds of the Champions League, AC Milan accumulated 5 points with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, ranking third in the group of death.