In the 28th round of the 2022-23 Serie A season, AC Milan played away against Napoli, the match kicked off at 2:45 a.m. BST on April 3rd. In the first half, Leo broke the deadlock first, and Diaz followed with another goal. In the second half, Leo showed his power again, and the substitute Sallemacors contributed wonderful goals in succession, and finally AC Milan swept Napoli with a score of 4-0, winning a stirring victory.
Just three minutes into the game, Te'o made a clever break down the left side of the pitch and then sent a low cross into the box, which Diaz followed up with a left-footed shot from the middle of the pitch, but the goalkeeper made a valiant effort to parry it away.
In the 17th minute, AC Milan showed the tacit understanding of the team. Diaz won the ball on the right side of the midfield, skillfully escaped from two Napoli players, and accurately passed the ball to Leo in front of the field. After receiving the ball, Leo adjusted his pace and shot the ball into the net with a wonderful arc, over the goalkeeper's head and into the net. AC Milan, playing away from home, led 1-0.
AC Milan made a comeback in the 25th minute. After a 2-1 tie-up in front of the center box, Leo laid the ball off to Bennacer on the left side, who took the ball from near the baseline and lifted it into the box. After a Napoli player scuffed a header to the ball, Diaz calmly dinked the ball inside the box and fired a left-footed shot from a narrow angle to give Milan a 2-0 lead.
At the end of the half, AC Milan had a temporary lead of 2-0.
In the 50th minute, AC Milan counterattacked quickly. Leo broke the ball on the left and quickly counterattacked, passing the ball to Bennacer, who passed directly to Giroud in the penalty area. Giroud's left-footed shot from a small angle, but unfortunately it went slightly wide.
In the 56th minute, Napoli attacked from the left, Rui received a pass from Kvaratskhelya on the left side of the penalty area and fired a direct left-footed shot, which was pounced on by Meinian.
In the 59th minute, AC Milan extended their lead again. After a successful steal near the center line and a quick counterattack, Leo got the ball, broke through the defense and shot with his left foot into the net. Milan, playing away from home, took a 3-0 lead.
In the 67th minute, Sallemacores came on as a substitute and made a great solo save. After winning the ball in the middle of the field, Sallemacores broke through four consecutive Napoli players, entered the penalty area and pushed the ball with his right foot to break the goal. Milan went up 4-0 on the road.
In the 74th minute, Sallemacors almost contributed another worldie. After winning the ball in the midfield, Sallemacores broke through two defenders in a row and took a violent shot from more than 20 meters away from the goal. Fortunately, the goalkeeper reacted quickly and pounced on the ball.
Finally, AC Milan defeated Napoli 4-0 away from home. After three rounds of losses, this round of big win Milan rankings rose to the third in the league.
Both sides' starting lineups:
Napoli (4-3-3): 1-Meret/22-Dilorenzo, 13-Rahmani, 3-Min Kim (81 mins, 5-Jesus), 6-Rui/99-Anguissa, 68-Lobotka (68 mins, 7-Elmas), 20-Zielinski (68 mins, 91-Ndombele)/21-Politano (68 mins, 11-Lozano), Simone (77 mins, 81-Raspadoli) 18-, Kvaratskhelya 77-.
AC Milan (4-2-3-1): 16-Meinian/2-Calabria, 24-Kjaer, 23-Tomori, 19-Teo/4-Bennacer (83 mins., 14-Bakayoko), 8-Tornari/33-Krunic (83 mins., 90-Decatlare), 10-Dias (57 mins., 56-Salmacors), 17-Leo (74 minutes, 27-Origi) / 9-Giroud (74 minutes, 12-Rebic)
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