The 15th round of the Italian league was held today (Sunday) in full, which is a good enough reason to open another news item. After Inter defeated Crotone 2: 6 at noon and climbed to the top, AC Milan continued their extraordinary season when they came back with 0: 2 from Benevento and climbed to first place again. Later, Juventus will host Udinese.
Benevento – Milan 2: 0
The Rossoneri skipped over the mine. Three years and a month ago (exactly), Benevento scored their first point in Serie A history, when then-goalkeeper Alberto Brinoli came on to help the attack and hit the equalizer in the 90th minute against AC Milan after 14 consecutive losses. Three Milan players who started the same nightmare game may have joined the team this time as well, but the team … is already completely different.
Stefano Fioli is still missing a number of key players such as Theo Hernandez, Ismail Benasser and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but this season’s Milan have already proven that the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts. In the 15th minute the visitors took the lead after Ante Ravic failed in the box and Frank Cassia scored from the penalty spot. But the Rossoneri were left with 10 players in the 33rd minute when Sandro Tonali received a direct red card.
Milan went back a bit and stung at the start of the second half, when Rafael Lau was sent to the breakaway by Ravic. After Rada Kronic committed an offense in the box and Benevento won the penalty, but Gianluca Caprari kicked out of frame (61).
In the bottom line, Milan returned to the top with 37 points compared to 36 of the city rival, before the big battle against Juventus on Wednesday. The newcomer was stopped after two consecutive victories and ranked in the middle of the table – in tenth place with 18 points.
Another win despite all the adversities! 👊❤️🖤
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– AC Milan (@acmilan) January 3, 2021