Juventus Forced Milan To Suffer First Defeat In The Italian League This Season

Juventus players celebrate victory over Milan (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Juventus forced AC Milan to suffer their first defeat in the Italian League this season after winning 3-1 on a trip to the San Siro Stadium, Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).

Despite tasting their first loss of 16 matches this season, Milan have maintained their position at the top of the standings with 37 points as city rivals Inter Milan (36) also lost, while Juve (30) moved up to fourth place. the official website of the Italian League.

For Milan, this result at the same time ended a streak of 27 matches without defeat in the Italian League which started last season.

Hosts Milan had an early chance when Samu Castillejo fired a shot which goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was able to stop, but Federico Chiesa threatened back with a strike that hit the crossbar.

But Juventus actually opened up the advantage in the 18th minute. Chiesa teamed up one-two with Paulo Dybala, who returned the ball to him with a heel kick and an angled shot tucked into the net in Gianluigi Donnarumma's guard.

Rafael Leao threatened on the counter, throwing a shot over. Aaron Ramsey then came close to scoring an own goal as he looked to catch Hakan Calhanoglu's strike, to bounce the ball up and force Szczesny to scramble into a save.

Milan's hard effort to equalize just paid off in the 41st minute. Calhanoglu tackled Adrien Rabiot in midfield to set off the counter-attack, Leao moved quickly down the left and rolled the ball to Davide Calabria, who made a splendid finish by tucking the ball into the top corner of the net.

Milan started the second half quite well, and Szczesny had to ward off Diogo Dalot's strike.

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But Chiesa restored Juve's lead in the 62nd minute. He cut in from the right to pass Theo Hernandez, and curled his left-footed shot into the bottom corner of the net. After the goal Chiesa felt cramped, and had to be replaced by Dejan Kulusevski.

Donnarumma made a fine save to save Weston McKennie, who received a cross from Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Juve substitutes teamed up nicely to score their third goal. Kulusevski passed Alessio Romagnoli down the right, and sent the ball to McKennie to convert it for the closing goal.

Szczesny saved Calhanoglu's chances. Milan tried hard to catch up to the end with a solo effort by Daniel Maldini and a Brahim Diaz penalty plea, but the Rossoneri have had to bite the bullet for their first defeat of the season.

The composition of players:

AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma, Diogo Dalot (Daniel Maldini 81 '), Simon Kjaer (Andrea Conti 81'), Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez, Davide Calabria (Pierre Kalulu 81 '), Franck Kessie , Samuel Castillejo (Lorenzo Colombo 87 '), Hakan Calhanoglu, Jens Petter Hauge (Brahim Diaz 67'), Rafael Leao

Coach: Stefano Pioli

Juventus (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny, Danilo, Leonardo Bonucci, Matthijs de Ligt, Gianluca Frabotta (Merih Demiral 87 '), Federico Chiesa (Dejan Kulusevski 63'), Rodrigo Bentancur (Arthur 74 '), Adrien Rabiot, Aaron Ramsey (Federico Bernardeschi 74 '), Paulo Dybala (Weston McKennie 63'), Cristiano Ronaldo

Coach: Andrea Pirlo