AC Milan Managed to Tackle Genoa Without Gonzalo Higuain

DBasia.news – For the first time since November 2018, AC Milan achieved two consecutive victories in the Serie A. After the victory against SPAL, Rossoneri won the match against Genoa with a 2-0 score, Monday (21/1).

There were no two new strikers mentioned in the winter transfer market, Krzysztof Piatek and Gonzalo Higuain. Piatek must be absent due to the card accumulation, and Higuain focuses on the Chelsea transfer process.

Genoa under Cesare Prandelli should have equalized Milan well. Moreover, they played in front of the fans at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. But, Milan defended really well even though there were no three players: Franck Kessie, Davide Calabria, and Alessio Romagnoli.

Moreover, in the early minutes, Milan also lose their center-back, Cristian Zapata due to the injury and must be replaced by Andrea Conti. Conti played as the right-back and Ignazio Abate who played his 300th match with Milan of all competitions played as the center-back.

The defensive lines of both teams were really solid in the first 45 minutes and the round ended with no goal. In the second half, Milan intensified their attack and stole the goal at 72′. Genoa’s defense guarded by Domenico Criscito and friends could be penetrated.

Andrea Conti who helped the attack and sent the cross pass to Fabio Borini created the 0-1 score. Conti gave the assist after waiting for 646 days.

The goal added at 83′. By the counter-attack from Patrick Cutrone passing, Suso responded to it and kicked the ball that couldn’t be anticipated by Andrei Radu.

Milan won 2-0 and went to the fourth position of the table (Champions League zone) with 34 points. But their position isn’t safe due to the rivalry with Roma (33 points) and Lazio (32 points).

Player Composition:

Genoa (4-4-2): Radu; Biraschi (Pedro Pereira 75), Romero, Zukanovic, Criscito; Lazovic, Rolon, Veloso (Dalmonte 84), Bessa; Kouame, Pandev (Favilli 58)

Substitute Players: Vodisek, Lisandro Lopez, Pereira, Lakicevic, Gunter, Dalmonte, Favilli, Pezzella, Russo

Coach: Cesare Prandelli

AC Milan (4-3-3): G Donnarumma; Abate, Musacchio, Zapata (Conti 13), Rodriguez; Paquetà, Bakayoko, Calhanoglu (Jose Mauri 79); Suso (Castillejo 88), Cutrone, Borini

Substitute Players: Reina, A Donnarumma, Conti, Laxalt, Simic, Strinic, Bertolacci, Montolivo, Torrasi, Castillejo, Tsadjout

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso