Early Leao goal sends Milan top of Serie A
Rafael Leao's early goal has earned AC Milan a 1-0 victory over Sampdoria at the San Siro and enabled them to climb back to the top of Serie A.
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Rafael Leao's early goal has earned AC Milan a 1-0 victory over Sampdoria at the San Siro and enabled them to climb back to the top of Serie A.
Milan climbed to the top of the Serie A table with a 1-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday, as an eighth-minute strike from the in-form Rafael Leão proved decisive at San Siro.
ROME : AC Milan climbed to the top of the Serie A table with a 1-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday, when an early strike from in-form winger Rafael Leao proved decisive at San Siro.
Rafael Leao fired AC Milan top of Serie A on Sunday with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Sampdoria which allowed his side to overtake champions Inter. With seven minutes gone Leao collected a huge kick from goalkeeper Mike Maignan and breezed past Bartosz Bereszynski before slotting home his seventh of the season.
ROME: AC Milan’s improved maturity will help them in this season’s close Serie A title race, coach Stefano Pioli said on Saturday (Feb 12), as his side eye a move to the top of the table.
ROME (Reuters) - AC Milan’s improved maturity will help them in this season’s close Serie A title race, coach Stefano Pioli said on Saturday, as his side eye a move to the top of the table.
In-form striker Olivier Giroud followed up his double in the Serie A win over Inter Milan with two more goals as AC Milan defeated Lazio 4-0 in the Italian Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday. Rafael Leao opened the scoring in the 24th minute and then created Milan's second for French international Giroud after 41 minutes. Giroud made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time with Franck Kessie completing the rout 10 minutes from time.
AC Milan comfortably sealed their passage into the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia with a 4-0 win over Lazio at San Siro to send their opponents crashing out at this stage of the competition for the third successive season in a row. Despite a cagey start from both sides, Milan took the lead in the 24th minute courtesy of Rafael Leao, as the Portuguese winger latched onto a defence-splitting through ball from Alessio Romagnoli to slot the ball home past Pepe Reina. Ad/> The Rossoneri then struck twice in five minutes just before half-time to put the game beyond all doubt.