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Sassuolo shocked defending champions AC Milan 5-2 (Twitter)
Domenico Berardi netted Sassuolo’s fourth aim and had a hand in three extra as Gregoire Defrel, Davide Frattesi, Armand Lauriente and Matheus Henrique all scored in a surprising upset
AC Milan’s Serie A title defence is nearly as good as over after Sunday’s 5-2 residence humbling by the hands of Sassuolo which plunged the champions into deep disaster, whereas Monza surprised Juventus 2-0 in Turin.
Every thing that would go mistaken for troubled Milan did at a gloriously sunny San Siro, with two targets dominated out for offside and a stunning defensive show condemning them to a different heavy loss after additionally being hammered by Lazio and Inter Milan within the final 10 days.
Milan will probably be a whopping 15 factors off the Scudetto tempo if league leaders Napoli beat fierce rivals Roma in Sunday’s late match, and they’ll additionally drop out of Serie A’s prime 4 if both Roma or Lazio, who host Fiorentina later within the day, keep away from defeat.
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Subsequent up is the derby towards second-placed Inter who thumped Milan 3-0 within the Tremendous Cup lower than a fortnight in the past as Milan attempt to finish an alarming droop which started with throwing away a two-goal lead to attract with Roma three weeks in the past.
“We have now to react, we’re in all probability not going to win the title once more however we’ve got to combat to qualify for the Champions League,” mentioned Pioli to Sky in Italy.
Pioli’s group are fourth after permitting Sassuolo to win for the primary time since late October due to an impressed efficiency from Domenico Berardi.
The Italian netted his group’s fourth and had a hand in three extra as Gregoire Defrel, Davide Frattesi, Armand Lauriente and Matheus Henrique all scored in a free-wheeling efficiency.
Alessio Dionisi’s aspect are sixteenth however Sunday’s shock win took them eight factors forward of Verona who sit simply contained in the relegation zone and face Udinese on Monday night time.
“Milan are having difficulties, it could actually occur in a interval of the season while you play numerous matches however we’re nonetheless speaking about a terrific group of their stadium,” mentioned Berardi.
“To come back right here and win isn’t straightforward.”
Monza’s Juve double
Monza accomplished a surprising double over Juve on a day of shocks in Italy, a mature efficiency belying the truth that the membership owned by Silvio Berlusconi are taking part in of their first ever Serie A season.
Purchased by former Italian prime minister Berlusconi in 2018, minnows Monza confirmed their meteoric rise from the decrease leagues to maneuver above Juve and into eleventh place.
First-half strikes from Patrick Ciurria and Juve outdated boy Dany Mota have been sufficient for a historic win on the Allianz Stadium for Monza, who additionally had Gianluca Caprari’s good early end chalked off for offside.
“It’s a big day. I’m glad I might do my job and for the boys who labored so arduous immediately,” mentioned Mota, who didn’t play a senior sport for Juve, to DAZN.
Mota’s third aim of a season was emblematic of how comfy they really feel at this stage, the Portuguese skipping previous Wojciech Szczesny and sliding residence after nice work from Carlos Augusto.
September’s 1-0 win over Juve was Monza’s first ever in Serie A in addition to being Raffaele Palladino’s first match in cost.
Sunday’s victory got here after the newest efficiency which confirmed why his group will nearly actually be in Italy’s prime flight come subsequent season.
Goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio stepped in with very good saves from strikes by Angel Di Maria, Arkadiusz Milik and Manuel Locatelli when Monza’s defence needed to maintain off a Juventus siege within the second half.
“All of us should be answerable for that first half efficiency,” mentioned Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri.
“In our final three (league) matches we’ve got collected one level and conceded 10 targets in a means that wasn’t adequate.”
Not even the return of Dusan Vlahovic after three months away might cease Juve from falling to their fourth league defeat of the season.
That, and the factors penalty for illicit switch exercise inflicted earlier this month, have left Juve languishing in thirteenth place and 14 factors away from the European locations.
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