Milan snatch a hard win from the backyard of Monza
Goals: Monza – AC Milan – Played on 02/18/ 2023
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Milan snatched a hard-won victory from its host Monza, 1-0, in the meeting that brought them together, Bio Power Stadium, in the 23rd round of the Italian League.
Junior Messias scored the only goal of the match in the 31st minute.
With this victory, Milan raised its score to 44 points and jumped to third place in the ranking table, equally with Inter, who will face Udinese tonight, while Monza’s balance froze at 29 points in 11th place.
Monza entered the match quickly and threatened Milan’s goal in the first minute of the match, after Curia launched the ball from the left side to fire a shot at the near corner, Tatarusano blocked it and turned it into a corner.
In the corner, which was executed inside the area, the striker Bethany flew on it to turn it with a header between the three sticks, with which the goalkeeper shone again to save his team from an early goal.
The first threat to Milan came in the 19th minute after Liao received the ball on the left wing to fire a missile shot from the borders of the Monza penalty area, which passed next to the left post of goalkeeper De Gregorio.
Milan had a double chance in the 25th minute after a quick counterattack carried out by Messias, who cut the ball from the middle of the field, to pass it to Origi, who fired a creeping ground shot that was blocked by the goalkeeper and bounced off him, so Diaz caught up with it and followed it up with a shot that hit the goalkeeper and ran for a corner.
De Gregorio shone and denied Milan the opportunity to score the first goal in the 29th minute, after Liao passed a ball over the Monza defense to Tomori, who assumed the role of the striker, and fired a powerful shot toward the net, the goalkeeper shone and saved it with an excellent reaction.
In the 31st minute, Messias managed to score the first goal of the meeting for Milan, after a cross ball was dispersed by the defense to fall on the penalty area line in front of Messias, who fired a powerful shot that touched the goalkeeper’s hand and passed into the net.