This Saturday, Milan lost to Torino 3-1, at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, in the 37th round of the Italian Championship. The goals were scored by Duván Zapata, Ivan Ilic and Ricardo Rodríguez, for the home team, and Ismael Bennacer, for the visitors.
With the result, Milan occupies second place, with 74 points. While Torino rises to ninth place, with 53.
Milan returns to the field on the 26th, against Salernitana, at San Siro, in the Italian Championship. While Torino visits Atalanta, on the same day. Match times are yet to be defined.
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The goals
In the 25th minute of the first half, Torino opened the scoring. Ricardo Rodríguez received it on the left and crossed to Zapata, who headed it into the goal.
The home team expanded in the 39th minute of the initial stage, in a similar move to the first goal. Raoul Bellanova advanced from the right and passed the ball high to Ivan Ilic, who headed free to find the net.
20 seconds into the second half, Torino scored their third goal. After a dispute over the top in the middle, the ball fell to Ricardo Rodríguez, who finished from outside into the right corner, scoring a great goal.
Milan managed to pull one back ten minutes into the final half. Pulisic advanced down the right and was brought down in the box by Adam Masina. The referee awarded a penalty and Bennacer converted.
Atalanta beats Lecce and guarantees place in the Champions League
In this Saturday’s other game in the Italian Championship, Atalanta beat Lecce 2-0, away from home. The goals were scored by Charles De Ketelaere and Gianluca Scamacca.
With the result, Atalanta, fourth placed, reached 66 points and guaranteed qualification for the next Champions League. Lecce occupies 13th place, with 37 points.
Now, Atalanta is focusing on the Europa League final, against Bayer Leverkusen, which will be held this Wednesday, at 4pm (Brasília time), at the Aviva Stadium, in Dublin, Ireland. While Lecce visits Napoli on the 26th in the last round of the Italian Championship.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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