Lecce comes back from two goals against Milan, then comes close to achieving a sensational success: VAR stops Piccoli. It ends 2-2

Lecce, 11 November 2023 – We need to start from the end. Everything happens in full recovery, a swing of emotions. The Lecce he recovered two goals, Samson e Band after the initial one two of Giroud e Reinders, but right in the middle of injury time the attacker gets himself sent off for protests and on the other side Little ones he fires a right-footed shot from three to two which explodes the stadium. All of Lecce rejoices with their own curve but there is VAR, who signals ad Abyss a step on foot by Piccoli su Thiaw starting action. We remain like this, at two-two, which is a sigh of relief for the Rossoneri despite the score of zero-two in the first half. Lecce-Milan was an exciting match, with constant twists and turns and lots of entertainment.

Giroud and Reijnders

Pioli chooses to throw Chukwueze on the right with Lion on the opposite side e Giroud first tip. D'Aversa joins Band e Fatigue at center forward Kristovic. Immediately high pace for Pioli's Milan who pressed forward and raised their center of gravity to inhibit D'Aversa's maneuver, on the other side the Salento players often looked for the flanks to widen the game and the defense. However, everything seems to be going uphill for the Rossoneri who suffer a muscle injury in the 10th minute Lion thrown deep by Pobega. The Portuguese injured his right thigh but perhaps stopped in time to avoid worse problems. Inside Okay. Very open game on both sides with reversals in front in the open field, but in the 14th minute the new substitute creates a good opportunity for the left-footed shot Escape which is deflected by Falcone. Milan plays the game, but behind them they expose themselves to potentially dangerous counterattacks that Lecce doesn't exploit properly. The Rossoneri's maneuver is good and when the last quality play arrives in the finishing phase, an aspect missed in the first twenty minutes, the goal also emerges. Escape of Hernandez on the left, classic for speed and power, and then unloaded in the center of the area for the onrushing player Giroud which makes it 0-1 in the 28th minute. Lecce suffered the blow and seven minutes later they also doubled the lead: Reinders finds his first pearl in Serie A with a coast to coast ball and chain of fifty meters and then right footed from just inside the area that goes through Falcone's legs and into the Giallorossi net. Lecce on the ropes and Reijnders again, three minutes later, unloads a right diagonal shot that hits the post. The Salento team survive the third and come close to scoring when Gendrey find on the opposite side Band: authentic miracle of maignan. But Milan, every time they go down, give the impression of being able to break through and do badly, even if Lecce courageously continues to attack and play offensively, despite risking capitulating several times.

The incredible ending

Pioli chooses musah at the beginning of the second half he replaced Calabria due to a physical problem, with the American moving to right back. Lecce continues to show courage, but there are too many errors in finishing and Milan manages to manage the match well, in fact they almost reach the third with yet another incursion from an extraordinary player Reinders. Then the changes and everything turns upside down. D'Aversa goes with his offensive men, starting from Gonzalez and passing through Little ones e Samson, the latter will change the score of the match. Milan have another chance with Okay, which is wedged in force, but Falcone saves everything. Then, the turning point of the match between the 67th and 70th minutes. AND' Samson to be decisive, first collecting Blin's pass for the 1-2, then serving the precious assist to Band who, with a left foot, beats Maignan for the second time in three minutes. The two-by-two reignites the Via del Mare who heats up, but Theo immediately has the opportunity to silence him with a diagonal that hisses to the side. Pioli tries to take cover with Florence, but Milan couldn't find the key against a Lecce team that benefited from a great boost from the substitutions. Milan tries with the double striker and attempts the card Jovic in place of Chuwkueze, but Lecce wasted with Piccoli four against two on the counterattack following a steal in midfield. It could have been done much better. The match opens up in every sense, tactically the patterns are out of order, there are actions on one side and the other without a general balance which is represented solely and exclusively by the result. The teams on the pitch are instead scattered between a Lecce team that believes in the great miracle and a Milan team that attacks with its head down without an idea, with the anxiety of a result that is getting out of hand. Five to go, always Samson, he comes close to a complete turnaround with a header behind Florenzi which incredibly ends up on the post. Milan is truly wobbling, and Pioli no longer knows which way to turn to restore vigor and structure to a team at the mercy of the pace of others. The Rossoneri also lose their heads as it shows Giroud, in full injury time on a handball by Pongracic on the edge of the area which Abisso does not see, making a mistake, but the attacker exaggerates in his protests and gets sent off. It is the prelude to the Caporetto which hypothetically reveals itself thirty seconds from the end with a torpedo Little ones which causes the Via del Mare to explode. All incredible, all true. Actually no, because VAR recalls Abisso for a step on foot by Piccoli on Thiaw during the goal: cancelled. Milan is saved, at the last minute. It ends two by two, which may seem like a disappointment for the Rossoneri but, in light of the ending, it is a sigh of relief. Lecce moves up the table and will carry the performance of the second half with them, while Milan risks seeing Inter and Juve escape.