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The thirteenth round of the Italian Serie A includes in its schedule at once two confrontations with an increased level of attention of the audience to them, and if the leader of the championship race, as of the beginning of the weekend, will still play his match late on Sunday evening, then Milan had the opportunity to slightly move Roma from the first step until this moment. But for this, Massimiliano Allegri’s team had to beat the Roman Lazio on their own field, which failed to start the season and is currently trying to catch up with the European Cup Express, which is increasingly moving away from the rest of the teams in the standings.

Allegri and Maurizio Sarri have a long history of professional relations, so it is unlikely that they will ever have the opportunity to surprise each other. Therefore, the coach of the “Rossoneri” calmly refused to play with the ball in the first half, a decision about which there could be some doubts already in the first minutes, when Megnano had to drag a header from Hyla from close range at the end of a pass from the left wing.

For a long time after that, Milan banally failed to keep the ball away from their own goal, but the “eagles” had a very limited number of scoring opportunities during that time. We remember Dzaccagna’s shot from a sharp corner on the left side of the other side’s possession, which was also parried by the visitors’ goalkeeper, but in response, Allegri’s team found its moment closer to the break, when Tomori, almost for the first time, successfully found himself in the foreign penalty area during a positional attack, but shot over the goal with a generally comfortable throw from Nkunku in the right corner of the goalkeeper.

It was this maneuver with the Milan defender’s rush to someone else’s possession in the end that decided the fate of the confrontation in favor of the home team. Because in the 52nd minute, the Lazio defense again missed a quick rally, which through the legs of Modric, Salemakers and Fofan delivered the ball to Tomori, who made a productive cross to Leau.

Lazio tried to respond quickly to the lost ball, but it was not possible to regain control of the situation immediately, so Milan threatened Provedel’s goal several more times due to players from deep in the attack, but he looked reliable. As did Meignan on the opposite side of the field during almost the only moment of the Romans in the second half with a falling shot from Castellanos, which the Frenchman had to take on himself.

Despite the low effectiveness of actions in the attack, the “eagles” did not stop and got at least a reason to hope for success in the compensated time, when another pass from the left wing ended with Romagnoli’s shot from close range in the hand of Pavlovich, who at the same time was fighting against Marusich, because of which he put the prohibited limb in the direction of the ball. Oddly enough, VAR and the head referee took all these points into account, so the guests never saw a penalty. Like a potential draw.

Lazio: Provedel — Marusic, Hyla, Romagnoli, Pellegrini (Tavares, 85) — Genduzi, Vesino (Dele-Bashiru, 62), Bašić (Noslin, 85) — Isaksen (Pedro, 70), Dia (Castellanos, 62), Dzaccagni.

Warning: Tomori, Gabbia, Ricci – Pellegrini, Romagnoli, Zaccagni