After the start of the new season, AC Milan's performance was unsatisfactory, not only missing the round of 16 in the Champions League, but also frequently dropping the chain in Serie A. In the 16 rounds that have ended, AC Milan has only 32 points, as many as 9 points behind the top Inter Milan, and the prospects for the title are not optimistic. On this matchday, AC Milan ushered in the finale of the year, heading away to Salernitana, who finished bottom of the table, and whether the Rossoneri can handle the soft persimmon has become the focus of fans' attention. Fikayo Tomori opened the scoring in this game, but AC Milan then inexplicably collapsed, Candreva crossed and scored, Jovic equalized in 90 minutes, and the two sides played 2-2!
In the 4-2-3-1 formation, Maignan still guarded the last pass, with Te'o, Fikayo Tomori, Kjaer and Calabria forming the defence, Reinders and Bennacer at the back, Rafael Leao, Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic at the front, and Giroud at the front.
After the start of the game, AC Milan dominated the opponents and had a very strong desire to shoot. Just two minutes into the game, Christian Pulisic split the ball in front of the goal, and Leao unreasonably shot hard and hit Fazio's arm, but the referee did not award a penalty. In the 5th minute, Leao responded in the middle, and a cold arrow from outside the penalty area suddenly missed again.
In the 7th minute, Salernitana responded, Bradaric crossed from the left, Dia shot with the outside of his instep in front of the goal, straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, and Maignan flew to save the ball. AC Milan, who escaped the catastrophe, quickly broke the deadlock: in the 17th minute, Reinders crossed from a set-piece, Leao crossed directly at the back post, Giroud failed to grab the point, but Tomori rushed to block the ball into the net, 1-0!
In the 28th minute, there was a controversial penalty on the field, Leao split the ball at the edge of the penalty area, Kostil came out to save, Te'o fell to the ground, but no penalty was awarded after VAR replay. Two minutes later, Salernitana's tactical corner kick was combined, Candreva crossed from the left, Bennacer's header cleared, and he ran to his own door, almost giving an own goal, Maignan fell to the ground in time to stop the ball.
In the 43rd minute, Candreva crossed from a corner, Fazio jumped high, beat Giroud and Kjaer's headers, the ball flew straight into the corner, Maignan couldn't reach the whip, Salernitana equalized, 1-1!
Yibian fought again, and the two teams continued to attack. In the 60th minute, Christian Pulisic crossed from the right, Loftus-Cheek cut inside and fired hard, but unfortunately the play was too right, and the Salernitana goalkeeper flew to save, and Salernitana escaped. As the saying goes, if you miss a chance, you will be punished, and that is true for AC Milan.
In the 65th minute, Casstanos split the ball in front, Candreva advanced with the ball, and a cold arrow was suddenly thrown outside the penalty area, Maignan misjudged, and the ball drilled into the net from the near corner, Salernitana overtook 2-1!
In the 68th minute, Candreva crossed a low flat ball from the right, Mazzola did not adjust and shot directly, and Maignan made up for it and returned a world-class save. AC Milan continued to come under pressure, with Ibrahimovic, who had just taken up his new role as adviser, black-faced in the stands. In the 83rd minute, Rafael Leao crossed from the left, and Jovic shot twice in a row with his head kick, both of which were miraculously saved by the opposing goalkeeper.
In the 90th minute, Calabria crossed from the right, Giroud's header was ferried, Jovic made up for it, volleyed into the net, and AC Milan equalized 2-2.
Jovic did not play as well as he should at Real Madrid and Fiorentina and was seen as a parallel import. However, after joining AC Milan, he scored three goals in four starts. In the end, AC Milan drew 2-2 with Salernitana and got one point back in a thrilling way.
However, after this battle, AC Milan still trailed Inter Milan at the top of the table by 8 points after one more game, basically withdrawing from the championship ranks, and fighting for four became the only reality.