The precedents. The Devil who remains indigestible. Success has been missing for 39 years

From one mountain to climb to another. After the Juventus, tomorrow at 18pm at Carlo Castellani-Computer Gross Arena in fact the Milan, another big team against which the balance is inevitably negative: in the 37 previous ones, in fact, theEmpoli managed to win only 4 times, in addition to 11 draws. The curious thing is that three of these four successes came at San Siro, while at home the Azzurri have only won the first ever match, dated 29 January 1986, in the first leg of the Coppa Italia round of XNUMX when Luca Cecconi almost at the end he signed the final 1-0 (Empoli who then passed the round by drawing 1-1 in Milan). Since then there have been 8 draws and 9 defeats, three of which were consecutive in the last matches played. In December 2021 it ended 4-2 with bajrami who immediately responded to Kessie e Pinamonti that I shorten the distance in the final minutes after Kessie again, Florence e Theo Hernandez had scored a poker for Milan. The following season it was 3-1 for the Rossoneri with two goals in injury time Ballo-Toure e Lion after a free kick from Bajrami in the 92nd minute had equalised the temporary lead scored by Rebic at 79'. Finally last January 7, 2024 Loftus Cheek, Giroud e Traore signed a 3-0 without appeal for the team then coached by Pioli.

The last draw dates back to 27 September 2018 when a penalty by Ciccio Caputo in the 71st minute the final 1-1 was worth it, after Milan had unlocked the result in the first half with an unfortunate own goal by Capezzi. Precedents, which do not even smile on the Italian coach Roberto D'Aversa, still chasing his first win against Milan after only two draws in eight direct clashes. The first dates back to April 2019, 1-1 at the Tardini with his Parma, but the other is much more recent given that at the helm of Lecce in November 2023 he imposed a 2-2 draw at the Via del Mare against Pioli's Rossoneri.