PLAYER RATINGS | Salernitana 1-2 Milan

Milan had a great start against Salernitana, but because the Rossoneri failed make a third, they had to work hard to get all three points over the line. 

Milan took the lead in a sunny Stadio Arechi after ten minutes. Who other than Rafael LeĂŁo scored the first Serie A goal of 2023. The Portugese winger was denied by Guillermo Ochoa shortly before, but this time he went around the Mexican goalkeeper and made it 0-1.

Just five minutes later, Milan’s doubled their lead. Sandro Tonali already had an assist, but also put his own name on the scoreboard with a great strike in the left bottom corner. It remained 0-2 until half-time, which was mainly thanks to a couple of great saves from Ochoa. 

Milan thought they made it 0-3 after almost an hour, but Brahim DĂ­az, who had the final touch, was offside. More Ochoa heroics then followed. The Mexican goalkeeper denied Giroud and then De Ketelaere in the follow-up. One minute later, Federico Bonazzoli met Coulibaly’s cross a the far post to make it 1-2, to make the final part of the fixture very interesting.

The Rossoneri were close to a third goal a couple of times, but Ochoa was there to save Salernitana every time. In the end, the home side couldn’t really trouble Milan anymore, so the match ended in a 1-2 win for the visitors. 

Player Ratings

Salernitana: Ochoa (8); Lovato (4.5), Radovanović (5.5), Fazio (5.5); Sambia (5), Coulibaly (6), Bohinen (6), Vilhena (5.5), Bradarić (6.5); Piątek (6), Dia (6).

Substitutes: Daniliuc (6), Bonazzoli (6.5), Valencia (5.5), Kastanos (5.5).

Milan: Tatarusanu (5.5); Calabria (6.5), Kalulu (6), Tomori (7), Hernández (6.5); Bennacer (6), Tonali (7.5); Saelemaekers (6), Díaz (6.5), Leão (7.5); Giroud (6)

Substitutes: Dest (5.5), Vranckx (6), Gabbia (5.5), De Ketelaere (6). 

 

Jurre van Waanroij | GIFN

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