Last Updated: February 27, 2023, 07:19 IST
Serie A: AC Milan and Inter Milan (AP)
AC Milan defeated Atalanta 2-0 as Inter Milan suffered a 1-0 defeat at Bologna within the Serie A
AC Milan moved up to third in Serie A after Sunday’s 2-0 win over Atalanta, drawing degree on factors with Inter Milan, who fell additional behind runaway leaders Napoli with a 1-0 defeat at Bologna.
Stefano Pioli’s facet are 5 factors forward of fifth-placed Lazio within the race for the Champions League thanks partly to Theo Hernandez’s volley crashing off the publish and into the purpose by way of Juan Musso’s again within the twenty sixth minute.
A late dinked end from Junior Messias at a soaking San Siro ensured Milan had their third league victory in a row.
“I’m counting the purpose as mine. Oli (Giroud) did effectively to knock it down for me, I feel it was a superb purpose,” said Hernandez to DAZN.
Milan could have had more in the second half of a underwhelming encounter, Rafael Leo and Messias both wasting golden chances from close range before the latter sealed the points from Leao’s pass with four minutes remaining.
The hosts were also cheered by the return of France goalkeeper Mike Maignan after five months out and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who came on as a second-half substitute.
Veteran forward Ibrahimovic had been sidelined since May last year after having the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee reconstructed.
“Mike and Zlatan aren’t only great players, they’re leaders with so much experience and having them available makes a big difference,” mentioned Pioli.
Atalanta keep sixth, three factors behind Roma in fourth who can be part of Milan and Inter on 47 factors with a win at backside facet Cremonese on Tuesday.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s facet can not complain concerning the outcome as they didn’t hassle Maignan as soon as and have now misplaced three of their final 4 league matches.
The Milan giants are a whopping 18 factors behind Napoli after Bologna beat Inter 1-0 in Sunday’s early match.
Orsolini sinks Inter
Riccardo Orsolini lashed house the one purpose of the sport within the 76th minute on the Stadio Dall’Ara to transfer Bologna up to seventh and edge Napoli even nearer to their first league title since 1990.
Second-placed Inter had the possibility to transfer again to inside 15 factors of Napoli, who beat Empoli 2-0 on Saturday, with a win.
But Simone Inzaghi’s facet seemed drained after Wednesday’s Champions League final 16, first leg victory over Porto.
“We don’t appear ready to keep the identical ranges of focus after we play each two or so days,” Inzaghi said.
“We have a packed fixture list and we used up a lot of energy against Porto on Wednesday, but we should still be doing better.”
Without star striker Marko Arnautovic, Thiago Motta’s Bologna additionally had a Musa Barrow purpose disallowed for offside and struck the bar by means of Roberto Soriano within the first half.
Orsolini’s winner was his seventh in Serie A this season, the Italian worldwide pushing Bologna in direction of the European qualification locations by scoring 4 instances and including assists in his final 5 matches.
Bologna additionally moved above Juventus who’re hoping for a fourth straight league win in opposition to native rivals Torino on Tuesday after crushing Nantes to attain the final 16 of the Europa League in midweek.
M’Bala Nzola scored twice in his first begin in a month in Spezia’s 2-2 draw at Udinese which boosted his workforce’s battle in opposition to relegation.
Angola ahead Nzola is now on 11 league strikes for the season after placing Spezia forward within the sixth minute after which levelling the scores with a neat end within the 72nd minute.
The 26-year-old had been out with a calf damage earlier than returning in its place in opposition to Juventus final weekend.
Spezia are seventeenth, three factors forward of Verona who’re simply contained in the relegation zone and host Fiorentina on Monday.
Four factors forward of Spezia are Salernitana who hammered Monza 3-0 in Sunday’s solely afternoon match.
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