Gianluca Scamacca's own goal helps AC Milan to 2-1 win over Genoa
Football | April 18, 2021 18:43 ISTMilan’s first home win in more than two months made sure the Rossoneri will hold onto second place in Serie A.
Milan’s first home win in more than two months made sure the Rossoneri will hold onto second place in Serie A.
The 39-year-old, who recently returned to international duty with Sweden after a five-year absence, is Milan's top scorer this season with 15 goals in Serie A.
Friday's draw sends Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic back to the English club where he played for two years.
Manchester United drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad for a 4-0 aggregate win, and Milan progressed on away goals, 3-3 on aggregate, after drawing 1-1 at home with Red Star Belgrade.
Milan said the Croatia veteran “agreed on a deal until the end of the current season with an option to extend the contract for the next one."
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice to help 10-man AC Milan win 2-0 at Cagliari on Monday and reclaim first place outright in Serie A.
Juve broke the deadlock in the 18th minute as Paulo Dybala's fantastic back-heeled pass found Federico Chiesa who blasted in an angled drive.
For the first time since 2009, both Milan clubs are at the top of the Italian league standings heading into the winter break.
Alexis Saelemaekers scored Milan’s other goal as the Rossoneri remained a point clear of second-place Inter Milan, which beat promoted Spezia 2-1.
Statistics supplier Opta said the Portuguese youngster’s goal beat the previous record of eight seconds set by Piacenza’s Paolo Poggi against Fiorentina in 2001.
Substitute Samuel Castillejo doubled Milan’s lead late on, with his first touch, after Franck Kessié’s first-half penalty. Albin Ekdal pulled one back for Sampdoria but Milan held on to consolidate its advantage at the top of the table.
Another 12 teams including Braga, Lille, Villarreal, Royal Antwerp, Dinamo Zagreb, Red Star Belgrade, Benfica and Leverkusen advanced with a game to spare.
Milan said the latest COVID-19 tests on Pioli and assistant coach Giacomo Murelli were negative.
Milan says Pioli is showing no symptoms and that the 55-year-old coach has gone into isolation at home.
Ten-man Benfica came from two goals down to draw 3-3 with Rangers after an equalizer in injury time, and Arsenal had to come from one goal down to beat Norwegian club Molden 4-1 at home for its third straight win.
Ibrahimović continued to roll back the years with an overhead kick seven minutes from time after a Rodrigo De Paul penalty canceled out Franck Kessié’s opener.
Tottenham saw its 10-match unbeaten run end, despite having Gareth Bale in the starting lineup for a second straight time in the competition.
In his own, inimitable way, AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimović is encouraging people in an online campaign to follow the rules in the battle against the COVID-19.
Roma defender Marash Kumbulla equalized six minutes from time following an unintended assist from Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was trying to clear a corner and instead redirected the ball toward the far post where Kumbulla rushed forward to pound it in.
North London rival Arsenal opened its fourth straight Europa League campaign with a 2-1 come-from-behind win at Rapid Vienna in an opening round of games affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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