Milan was boiling during the run-up to the Coppa Italia game between their two giant clubs. Each side wanted the win not only to progress through to the semi-final but also to rub it in their bitter rivals’ faces.
Betting odds were tight in this game, but this wasn’t the only fixture worthy of football betting fans’ attention. The Lazio-Fiorentina game also gave punters lots of year-end fun.
Lazio 1-0 Fiorentina
The final score was settled extremely early in the game, but that doesn’t mean that the action stopped there.
The first and only goal scored in the game happened in the fifth minute: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic made a beautiful through pass to Senad Lulic on the left side of the box. The captain then made a beautiful chop to the inside and scored a beautiful shot to the bottom right, low enough to avoid Bartolomiej Dragowski’s outstretched hand.
What happened during the remaining 45 minutes of the game was the Viola doing everything they could to equalise. However, Lazio switched to a five-man backline to protect their lead. They also looked ripe to score whenever they had the ball.
AC Milan 1-0 Inter Milan
This iteration of the Milan derby was an action-packed affair that saw great football from both sides.
Referee Marco Guida was busy pulling out the yellow card, taking it out of his pocket five times throughout the 120-minute game. The game saw both teams pull out all the stops in order to gain the upper hand.
A corner on the 23rd minute saw Ivan Perisic leave his mark and score against Antonio Donnarumma, but a review of the goal saw the offside Perisic committed. The rule saved the Rossoneri from an undesirable situation.
The action was back-and-forth after the disallowed, with both sides playing fantastic football and the elder Donnarumma making some fantastic saves. It wasn’t until deep into extra time that the game would see a goal.
Suso threaded a lob into the front of the box, allowing Patrick Cutrone to have a one-on-one with Samir Handanovic. The 19-year-old, who entered the game in the second half, struck the ball the moment it arrived at his feet, not allowing the Slovenia keeper any time to react.
The goal took out the gas from Luciano Spalletti’s team, effectively ending the game there. The young Cutrone is the toast and most hated footballer in Milan right now.
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