Like last Monday, led by scorers Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud, AC Milan thrashed Torino 4-1 on Saturday, the second day of the Italian championship.
For his first match at the San Siro, Pulisic delighted Milan fans with his second goal in Serie A and his agreement with Giroud and Rafael Leao.
The US international, who arrived from Chelsea this summer, settled the situation against Torino in the 33rd minute and took the lead in defence.
It was he who initiated the decisive action and who triumphantly took possession of the center by removing Ruben Loften-Cheek, another very prominent rookie.
Giroud, 36, has already had two seasons at AC Milan, but the top scorer in the French team’s history is unbeaten at the start of the season.
While Torino had equalized with a shot from Per Schuers (36′), the French striker restored the advantage to his side with a penalty (43′).
And to end the one-sided first period in style, Theo Hernandez’s launch by Leão on the left side of the penalty area extended the score just before returning to the locker room (45th+2).
Same scenario for the second period: AC Milan dominates, Torino somehow bridges the gap and Giroud scores. Still on penalties (65th) to bring his tally of goals to eight in his last five league matches, including the end of the 2022-2023 season.
Ouar’s first goal
The only (small) annoyance for Stefano Pioli, Leão went out limping.
With two wins, six goals scored and only one conceded, his team took control of the Italian championship ahead of defending champions Naples and Juventus’ matches against Bologna and Sassuolo respectively on Sunday.
“Our ambition is to win the title, we cannot hide it, but we have to remain calm, this is only the beginning of the championship. This team has a lot of quality and good density in all positions”, Giroud expressed his delight on the microphone. sky game,
On the other hand, AS Roma are still waiting for their first win. After being held by Salernitana (2-2) at home last weekend, Roma lost 2-1 at Verona.
The absence of Jose Mourinho on the bench, serving the second of his four-match suspension by UEFA for insulting a referee, doesn’t explain everything.
The Roman attack was very unreal: Houssem Auer’s entry into the game after the break was good and the former Lyonnais reduced the score with his first Italian goal (56th).
But Roma’s hopes were dashed in extra time when Paulo Dybala (69th) was sent off with a hamstring problem despite Aouar’s last-ditch effort.
Salvation for Mourinho and the Italian club could come from London: American AS Roma owner Dan Friedkin is in talks with compatriot Todd Bohli over the loan of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, who took control from Chelsea.
Unwanted at Chelsea, who spent 115 million euros in 2021 to sign him, the “Big Rome” has become used to being revived in Italy, as was the case with Inter last season, and the tifosi quickly Even to tolerate.
The Roma have been eagerly waiting for this moment, perhaps since early Sunday morning. Roma will need this newbie: he will receive AC Milan on Friday, the third day.