In this season's Champions League, AC Milan, who are deep in the group of death, were once considered the most likely team to qualify, but they did not show their Champions League DNA, and finally only finished third in the group and missed the Champions League round of 16, which also put manager Pioli into a crisis of confidence, if he wants to stay in office, Pioli must lead the team to play a convincing performance in Serie A, this weekend in the 16th round of Serie A, AC Milan sat at home to Monza in the middle of the table, in the last 10 official matches between the two teams, the Rossoneri have maintained a winning recordThis is also the reason why fans before the game were optimistic that they could get three points at home and continue to chase the top two in the table, Inter Milan and Juventus!The two teams played a head-to-head affair for the fans, but it was clear that AC Milan were more efficient in attack, and in the end, thanks to goals from Reinders, Micic and Okafor, the Rossoneri completed an 11-0 winning streak against Monza
Stefano Pioli made a bold change of formation and set up a 3-4-3 formation, with Maignan continuing to start and defending the goal, with Pobega, Kjaer and Fikayo Tomori at the back, Te'o, Reindesh-Cheek and Florenzi forming a midfield four, with the forward trident Olivier Giroud in the centre and Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic operating on the flanks.
After the start of the game, the two teams started a battle against each otherIn the third minute, Reinders contributed a wonderful goal, after the midfield dribbled forward to pass a number of defenders in a row, and broke the deadlock on the field with a poke of his toe before the Monza defenders cleared, helping AC Milan to achieve a dream 1-0 start.
Monza responded two minutes later, but their two shots were blocked by defenders and did not pose a direct threat to Maignan in the eighth minute, and in the eighth minute, Leao forced his way into the box on the left and then found Giroud in the middle with an inverted triangle pass, and the French striker's shot was easily cleared away by the opposition goalkeeper.
Pobega was injured in the 23rd minute without confrontation, and only the 18-year-old was called on as a substitute and scored his first goal for the Rossoneri on his senior debutRafael Leao received a pass from a teammate on the right and turned around, then knocked on the goal, and Micic outflanked the goal to make it 2-0AC Milan came close to extending their lead just before half-time when Christian Pulisic cut inside and was unlucky enough to hit the crossbar and bounce off.
In the 61st minute, Corpani got a direct chance to kick up in the penalty area, but Maignan was very focused and made a flying save to defuse the danger and keep the goal intact.
Okafor, who also came on as a substitute in the 76th minute, helped AC Milan completely end the suspense of victory and defeatReinders dribbled the ball and shook off a defender before picking up the ball to Olivier Giroud, who unselfishly responded and Okafor slotted home with ease to make it 3-0
In a match that ended earlier in this round, Juventus, who finished second in the standings, drew with Genoa away, which also allowed AC Milan, who won this round, to narrow the gap between themselves and the Bianconeri to 5 points