Easy Win Against Monza, AC Milan Approach Juventus

AC Milan players celebrate the game against Monza. (X/@acmilan)

JAKARTA - AC Milan approached Juventus after a 3-0 win over Monza in the Italian Serie A match at the San Siro Stadium, Sunday, December 17 evening WIB.

Milan continued their positive trend when they returned to compete in domestic competitions. After a 2-1 win over Newcastle United in the Champions League, Milan then beat Monza.

This result also confirmed Milan's position in third place. Now, they have 32 points and close the distance between points with Juve.

Milan are five points adrift of the Bianconeri who previously drew 1-1 against Genoa. Meanwhile, Inter Milan are at the top of the standings with points 38.

Meanwhile, Monza, who previously won 1-0 over Genoa, is still in the middle board. They are ranked 11th with 21 points.

In that match, Milan showed their dominance. They immediately took the lead when the game had only been running for three minutes. Tijjani Reijnders' quick Rossoneri goal.

He did a solo run to get past three of Monza's defenders. Reijnders then fired to beat Michele goalkeeper Di Gregorio.

Winning 1-0, Milan are increasingly aggressive in suppressing the Monza defense. Their efforts were only able to provide results towards the end of the first half.

The young midfielder Jan-Carlo Simic is expanding its lead after completing an assist from Rafael Leao.

A goal that felt special for Simic. The reason is, the 18-year-old immediately scored a goal in his Milan debut.

Simic underwent their first match in Milan replacing Tommaso Pobega, who was injured. He entered to occupy the position as right-back. Meanwhile, Alesandro Florenzi was moved to the center to replace Pobega's position. Entering the second half, Milan, who was already 2-0 ahead, did not lower the tempo of the game. However, their attacks failed more often.

On the other hand, Monza almost scored when Fikayo Tomori was about to throw the ball out in the 61st minute.

But the ball fell at the feet of Andrea Colpani who then fired a shot from close range. Luckily, goalkeeper Mike Maignan brilliantly parried the ball.

Milan finally added a goal when Noah Okafor, who was also a substitute, managed to break into the opponent's goal in the 76th minute.

The goal began when Reijnders passed Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro after releasing a pass received by Olivier Giroud. This veteran forward gave Okafor the ball to score.

The score changed to 3-0. No more goals were created and Milan closed the match with a three-goal win without reply.