Milan achieved an exciting victory over its host team, Lazio, with a clean goal, in the match that brought together the two teams on Friday evening, at the “Olympico”, at the opening of the matches of the twenty-seventh round, of the Italian League competitions for the current season 2023-24.
Noah Okafor scored Milan’s winning goal in the 88th minute of the match, with a shot that the Lazio goalkeeper failed to block.
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Three Lazio players were sent off during the match: Pellegrini, Marosic and Guendouzi, in minutes 57, 5+90 and 6+90.
Milan raised its score to 56 points in third place in the Italian League table, while Lazio’s score stopped at 40 points in ninth place, and Inter Milan leads with 69 points.
Milan played the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Maignan.
Defense: Florenzi, Simon Kjaer, Gabbia and Theo Hernandez.
Midfield: Yacine Adly, Ismail Bennacer and Loftus Chick.
Attack: Pulisic, Leao and Giroud.
On the other hand, Lazio entered with a formation consisting of:
Goalkeeper: Providel.
Defense: Pellegrini, Romagnoli, Marosic and Guela.
Midfield: Guendouzi, Ficino and Alberto.
Attack: Anderson, Zaccaini and Castellanos.