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Last Updated: March 14, 2023, 07:53 IST
Serie A: AC Milan and Salernitana (AP)
A second-half objective by Salernitana ahead Boulaye Dia cancelled out Olivier Giroud’s opening header as champions AC Milan had been held to a 1-1 dwelling draw in Serie A
AC Milan slipped up in Serie A’s race for the Champions League on Monday after permitting struggling Salernitana to flee the San Siro with a 1-1 draw.
Champions Milan might have drawn stage on 50 factors with second-placed Inter Milan however keep fourth following Boulaye Dia’s 61st minute leveller after Olivier Giroud had headed the hosts in entrance on the stroke of half-time.
It was a deeply disappointing consequence after coming into Monday’s match on a excessive following qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday evening.
“We needed to do higher, this was an opportunity and we knew it was… we have to develop up a bit,” said Milan coach Stefano Pioli to Sky.
“We need to grow mentally, because we’re a team that should be competitive both in Europe and Italy.
“We’re playing five days after a good performance which should have given us energy and intensity and looking at how we conceded our goal we were lacking something.”
Giroud’s eighth league objective of the season got here solely moments after goalkeeper Mike Maignan had stopped Dia netting the opening objective for Salernitana with an excellent deal with on the sting of field.
Stefano Pioli’s facet had been denied the possibility to return forward from the penalty spot halfway by way of the second half when referee Federico La Penna overturned his personal choice to awarded a spot-kick for a Domagoj Bradaric foul on Ismael Bennacer.
Guillermo Ochoa then pulled off two excellent saves to disclaim Divock Origi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with Alessandro Florenzi being watching aghast as his late effort fell into the palms of Ochoa who was inclined on the goalline.
“When you play an ideal workforce like Milan you realize you’re going to need to dig in,” said Ochoa.
“It’s a great point for the future, for our chances of survival.”
Milan drawing is nice information for Inter who fell to a shock defeat at Salernitana’s relegation rivals Spezia on Friday evening.
Inter may need fallen 18 factors behind champions-elect Napoli however none of their rivals for the remaining three locations in the highest 4 gained this weekend.
Just three factors separate Inter and fifth-placed Roma, with Atalanta one other 5 factors again in sixth after being run over by the Napoli title prepare on Saturday night.
Salernitana in the meantime keep sixteenth however preserve the seven-point hole between them and Verona, who sit simply contained in the relegation zone.
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