AC Milan, with two goals from its captain Théo Hernandez in Venice (3-0) this Sunday, put pressure on Inter Milan by provisionally leading Serie A, albeit with two more games than the Nerazzurri, while Juventus (5th) came back 4-3 to Roma in a crazy match at the Olímpico.
Inter, who did not play on Thursday due to casualties due to covid-19 in Bologna, will regain the lead in the event of a victory against Lazio this Sunday, at the close of this 21st round of Serie A.
Milan did not miss the opportunity to sit for a few hours on the throne of the Italian championship thanks to a comfortable victory against Unione Venezia (16th) in the 400th Serie A match of the Rossonero coach Stefano Pioli.
Captain at the beginning of 2022 in the absence of Romagnoli, Calabria, or Kessié, Théo Hernandez showed his good moment of form.
The French defender, formerly of Real Madrid, participated in the play of the first goal, the work of the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2), who thus made him forget the missed penalty against Roma on Thursday (3-1).
Théo, the banner of a match with up to six French players on the pitch at the start of the clash (Hernandez, Maignan, Bakayoko and Kalulu for Milan, Cuisance and Henry for the locals), made it 2-0 with a low-angle shot at the minute 48 and sentenced of penal in the 59.
"Captain? It is an honor"said Lucas Hernandez’s brother.
After a hand in penalty action, Venezia defender Michael Svoboda left his team with 10, guaranteeing Milan a quiet last half hour.
At the Roman Olympic, Roma fans (8th) promised them very happy when their team beat Juventus 3-1, thanks to goals from Tammy Abraham (11), Henrik Mkhitaryan (48) and Lorenzo Pellegrini (53 ).
But the Turinese, who had cut through the Argentine Paulo Dybala (18), came back in the final stretch with three goals in less than 10 minutes, the work of Manuel Locatelli (70), Dejan Kulusevski (73) and Mattia De Sciglio (77 ).
José Mourinho’s team could not even take advantage of the expulsion of Dutch central Matthijs de Ligt (81) to save at least one point.
Before, Naples (3rd) and Atalanta (4th) also added the three points to stay comfortably in the Top4.
Napoli beat Sampdoria (15th) by the minimum (1-0) thanks to a solitary goal from Andrea Petagna (43), when they no longer had their captain, Lorenzo Insigne, who had to retire injured after half an hour the day after announcing his transfer to Toronto FC, of the American professional league (MLS).
It was easier for Atalanta, who in another demonstration of offensive play won 6-2 during their visit to Udinese (14th).
The ‘Dea’ came with a three-goal advantage at halftime, the work of Mario Pasalic (17), Luis Muriel (22) and Ruslan Malinovskyi (43) and in the second half he scored another three goals, through Muriel (76), Joakim Maehle (89) and Matteo Pessina (90 + 2).
For the Udine team they discounted Berat Djimsiti, against (59), and Beto (88).
With these results, Napoli are three points behind Inter and Atalanta five, while the advantage of the Bergamo team over Juventus (5th) remains at the three units.
The 21st date of Serie A is also disturbed by the covid-19 pandemic, but no match will be canceled in principle, unlike the previous date, where four matches could not be played.
Only two of the ten games scheduled for Sunday were postponed: Torino-Fiorentina went to Monday, and Cagliari-Bologna to Tuesday.
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