Lecce 2-2 AC Milan: Rafael Leao and Davide Calabria assist Italian champions struggle again from two targets down to salvage a draw… but Stefano Pioli’s facet fall short to shut the developing hole on Serie A leaders Napoli
Lecce shocked champions AC Milan by heading 1- up soon after just 3 minutes Hosts then doubled their guide via defender Federico Baschirotto’s headerLecce virtually went 3- up but Milan halved the deficit through Rafael Leao Milan scraped a attract after a nicely positioned header from Calabria levelled matters up
Second-50 percent ambitions from Rafael Leao and Davide Calabria served champions AC Milan to struggle back again from two aims down and salvage a 2-2 attract at Lecce in Serie A on Saturday.
Lecce shocked their more celebrated opponents when they took the guide right after just three minutes, with Theo Hernandez chesting in an own aim next a defensive blunder from Pierre Kalulu.
Only two minutes later the hosts could have doubled their lead when Valentin Gendrey floated a long cross to an unmarked Federico Di Francesco but the Italian winger fired the ball just outside the house the put up.
AC Milan’s Davide Calabria rescued a issue for the champions with a 2nd-50 percent header versus Lecce
Rafael Leao had halved the deficit for Milan right after the champions went 2- down in the very first-half
The hosts produced it 2- in the 23rd minute just after Morten Hjulmand despatched a cross into the box, and defender Federico Baschirotto headed it into the ideal corner.
‘In the initial 50 %, we received anything completely wrong that it was possible to get completely wrong. We manufactured totally avoidable glitches and it was an uphill wrestle from there,’ Milan mentor Stefano Pioli instructed DAZN.
Lecce arrived shut to scoring a different objective when Gendrey latched on to a Di Francesco pass but the French defender headed large.
Milan decreased the arrears soon just after the break when Leao picked up a rebound from Falcone and fired it into the internet.
Lecce went 1- up after just three minutes thanks to Theo Hernandez’s very own goal following a defensive blunder from Pierre Kalulu
Federico Baschirotto stunned the champions by placing Lecce 2- up after just 23 minutes
A very well positioned header from Calabria built it 2-2 in the 70th moment.
‘I envisioned a distinct start off to the recreation, contemplating we were coming off some disappointing outcomes. We shouldâve had the excellent and sharpness to manage the scenario superior, which is what we did in the second fifty percent,’ Pioli stated.
‘We reacted properly and couldâve won it at the end, but we should do significantly superior.’
The outcome still left Milan second in the standings with 38 factors just after 18 game titles, a single issue forward of Juventus and 9 guiding Napoli.