In the postponed meeting of the 16th round of the Italian football championship, Milan beat Como 3-1 on the road, reducing the gap to the leader Inter to three points behind.
Napoli, Inter, Milan and Bologna they held postponed meetings 16th round due to participation in the Italian Supercup in December. Napoli and Inter played on Wednesday. Inter has won Lecce with 1-0, while they Naples and Parma played without goals.
Thursday brought the remaining two games. Milan has won important points in Coma winning 3-1, while Bologna won in Verona with 3-2.
Although he lost 0-1 in the first half and should have conceded a few more goals, Milan pulled through at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium and achieved important points with a reversal in the fight for the championship title. The heroes of Milan’s victory were Adrien Rabiot who scored two goals and won a penalty kick, and Mike Maignan who recorded several great saves.
Milan thus extended their unbeaten streak against Como for 14 games. Martin Baturina played for Como for an hour registering an assist, while Luka Modric on the other side played until the 86th minute. Ivan Smolčić did not play for the home team.
Como took the lead in the tenth minute. After a short corner, the ball is came to Baturina who made a great cross in front of the goal to Marc Oliver Kempf who jumped over Youssouf Fofana from five meters and scored with a header for 1-0. In the 24th minute, Baturina sent a great ball again, this time to Nice Paz, who had a great shot, but Mike Maignan made an even better save.
Paz also shot in the 31st minute, but the visiting goalkeeper was ready. A step towards increasing Como’s advantage was in the 40th minute, Vojvoda crossed, and Lucas Da Cunha headed a shot from a few meters away, but the French goalkeeper reacted fantastically. Milan didn’t show anything in the first half, but still equalized in stoppage time.
Alexis Saelemaekers hired Adrien Rabiot who was knocked down by Kempf with a careless start. Referee Marco Guida pointed to white dotand his decision was confirmed by VAR. Christopher Nkunku shot to make it 1-1.
The visitors turned the score around in the 55th minute. It was her masterful counter of “Rossonera”Saelemaekers worked Leao with a long ball. The Portuguese continued to Rabiot who scored beautifully for 2-1. Just four minutes later, Paz almost equalized, but hit the crossbar.
In the continuation of the match, Como tried hard, tried to equalize, but Rabiot resolved all doubts by scoring brilliantly to make it 3-1 from about 20 meters in the 88th minute.
Inter leads the standings with 46 points, Milan has 43, Napoli 40, and Juventus and Roma each have 39 points. Como is sixth with 34 points.
RESULTS – Round 16:
Verona – Bologna 2-3 (Orban 13, Freuler 71-ag / Orsolini 21, Odgaard 29, Castro 43)
Como – Milan 1-3 (Kempf 10 / Nkunku 45+1-11m, Rabiot 55, 88)
On Wednesday:
Napoli – Parma 0-0
Inter – Lecce 1-0 (Esposito 78)
(Hina | Photo: AC Milan)
