This Milan’s form is between antipodes – Rossoneri will either delight you or disappoint you, and they are doing it in waves this season. The Rossoneri offered a feast at the San Siro in the last round of Serie A against Monza; they broke through the 30-point mark and once again looked like the team to rush the first-placed Inter. But last night in the 17th round, when Stefan Pioli’s team should have confirmed such an impression, they barely survived the visit of Salernitana – 2:2. Reserve Luka Jović saved the Rossoneri from their fifth league defeat since the start of the season.16 – With nine goals and seven assists, Antonio #Candreva is the midfielder who has been involved in the most goals in #SerieA since the start of 2023 (16). Pillar.#SalernitanaMilan pic.twitter.com/vXXdWZtX7r— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) December 22, 2023 Serbia’s forward lashed home his third goal in as many league games from Olivier Giroud’s deft knock-down to stop third-placed Milan from falling to an embarrassing defeat. Antonio Candreva seemed to have shot Salernitana to a shock win when his long-distance effort squirmed under usually reliable Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan in the 63rd minute. Candreva also set up Federico Fazio’s leveller after Fikayo Tomori had nodded the away side ahead in the 17th minute. Jovic’s equaliser leaves Salernitana four points behind Udinese, who sit just outside the relegation zone and are at Torino on Sunday. Meanwhile, Milan risks losing further ground on league leaders Inter Milan, who are eight points in front of their local rivals ahead of Sunday’s clash with Lecce at the San Siro.• 150th appearance in the top 5 leagues• Of which 67 starts only• 41 goals• 16 assists• 6.942 minutes played in total• 0.74 goal contributions per 90 minutesThat’s a good record for a guy who hasn’t even entered his prime yet. Luka Jović turns 26 today. https://t.co/AqkPDHnGMD— Serbian Football Scout (@SerbFootyScout) December 22, 2023 “The hardest thing to do here was to throw away this match and that’s what we did. We were controlling the match but we got distracted and at this level you can’t do that” coach Stefano Pioli told DAZN. Pioli’s team are also now looking over their shoulders in the top-four battle as Fiorentina closed to within three points in fourth after winning 1-0 at Monza thanks to an early Lucas Beltran strike. Milan also lost Tomori to injury, the 30th of what seems to be a cursed season for the seven-time European champions.SERIE A – MATCHDAY 17Friday Empoli – Lazio 0-2 (0-1)/Guandouzi 9, Zaccagni 67/Sassuolo – Genoa 1-2 (1-0)/Pinamonti 28 – Gudmundsson 64, Ekuban 87/Monza – Fiorentina 0-1 (0-1)/Beltran 7/Salernitana – Milan 2-2 (1-1)/Fazio 42, Candreva 63 – Tomori 17, Jovic 90/Saturday 14.30: (6.25) Frosinone (3.90) Juventus (1.65)17.00: (1.77) Torino (3.50) Udinese (4.90)17.00: (2.75) Bologna (3.20) Atalanta (2.85)20.00: (1.23) Inter (6.25) Lecce (13.0)20.00: (2.45) Verona (3.40) Cagliari (3.10)22.45: (3.00) Roma (3.35) Napoli (2.55)***odds are subject to change
