Serie A, which shone in the Champions League last season, did not reach the quarter-finals this season, but in the Europa League, they performed well, with AC Milan, Roma and Atalanta joining forces to reach the 1/ 4 finals, in which the Rossoneri and the Red Wolves meet in a narrow way, will compete for a place in the semi-finals, this match day, the Europa League semi-finals are in full swing, AC Milan is at home to face the visiting Roma, although the latter is strong after De Rossi took office, but they still need to fight for the four distractions of Serie A, plus the two sides in the two-legged competition of home and away in Serie A this season, AC Milan has won all, and fans are optimistic about the prospect of the Rossoneri defending their home stadium before the game! However, in this game, AC Milan's offensive performance was mediocre, but it was the away Roma counterattack with great efficiency, and finally with Mancini's only goal of the game, Roma defeated AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro Stadium!
In order to be able to win and take their fate into their own hands, the two Serie A giants are all the main players in this game, of which Pioli set up a 4-2-3-1 formation at home, Maignan appeared as the starting goalkeeper, Te'o, Gaf, Gabia and Calabria sat in the back, Reinders and Bennacer partnered in the back, Loftus-Cheek in the midfield, Leao and Christian Pulisic on the wings, and Olivier Giroud continued to advance alone.
Roma continued with a 4-3-3 system, with Svillar coming in as the main goalkeeper, Celik, Chris Smalling, Roberto Mancini and Spinazzola forming a back four, Cristante, Paredes and Manuel Pellegrini in midfield, the forward trident Romelu Lukaku in the middle, and El Shaarawy and Dybala flanking the little monster.
In the 10th minute, Reinders took a long-range shot from outside the box that was saved by Svilar, and in the 17th minute, Roma won a corner, Dybala's pass found Mancini in the box, who nodded forward to give the Red Wolves a 1-0 lead on the road.
AC Milan, which was behind at home, then launched a crazy counterattack, in the 21st minute, Giroud took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick to complete a series of headers, but they were cleared by Lukaku on the goal line, and in the 37th minute, after the Roma midfielder broke the ball, he quickly pushed the counterattack, Shaarawy's low shot was saved by Maignan, Lukaku wanted to make up for the shot, but the defenders took the first step to resolve the danger, although Roma was inferior in possession and shots on goal in the first half, they were more efficient, and they also led with 1 goal as they wished, and returned to the locker room.
After the resumption of the game, Roma put more energy into the defensive end, and in the case of ensuring that they did not concede the goal, they used defensive counterattacks to play around with the home team, and in the 57th minute, Dybala cut inside on the right side of the ball, and suddenly got up to hit the goal, but it was confiscated by Maignan.
Six minutes later, the Red Wolves made a comeback, Cristante received the ball from his teammates, kicked the goal in the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball was slightly off the post, and the next time, the two teams attacked and defended each other on the field, but neither scored, and finally the Red Wolves took the victory away from home as they wished, and grasped the initiative to advance.
At the beginning of De Rossi's tenure, many fans were not optimistic about his coaching prospects, but under his leadership, Roma soared on both fronts in Serie A and the Europa League, conquering all the fans, and the young coach De Rossi also made the Red Wolves completely forget about Mourinho!