AC Milan Pull Five Points Clear As Tributes Paid to Maradona
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14 Monday, November 30, 2020 Sports SERIE A AC Milan pull five points clear as tributes paid to Maradona AFP for their legendary No 10 MILAN who led the club to their only league titles in 1987 and 1990 AC Milan shrugged off the and the UEFA Cup in 1989. absence of injured star Zlatan Napoli will wear a jersey Ibrahimovic to consolidate reminiscent of Argentina’s for their lead in Serie A on Sunday their first league game since with a 2-0 win over Fiorentina. his death. Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar fights for the ball dur- Milan pulled five points The launch of this new jer- ing the French L1 match against Girondins de Bordeaux (FCGB) at the clear of city rivals Inter Milan sey had already been planned Parc de Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday. (AFP) and Sassuolo, with AS Roma before Maradona’s death, and Juventus six points adrift. Napoli said. But Lazio slumped to a “A year ago, together with 3-1 home defeat to Udinese, Kappa, we thought of design- Neymar reaches days before their Champions ing a special jersey that echoes League trip to Borussia Dort- Diego Maradona, his beloved mund, in a victory paved by Argentina and the very strong milestone but the visitors’ Argentina players bond with the people of Na- on a day Serie A paid tribute to ples,” Napoli said in a state- Diego Maradona. ment. Serie A top scorer Ibrahi- “Together we hoped that PSG held movic watched from the stands Diego could see it, maybe wear after picking up a muscle injury it and share in the excitement AFP But, rather than an Argen- last weekend. Head coach Ste- with us. PARIS tine, it was their own Brazil- fano Pioli was absent recover- “The presentation of the ian superstar who turned this ing from coronavirus, but Mi- AC Milan’s Italian defender Alessio Romagnoli (4th left) celebrates after opening the scoring during the new kit had already been NEYMAR scored his 50th game around before the half- lan extended their unbeaten Italian Serie A match vs Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Sunday. (AFP) agreed for the ninth matchday league goal for Paris Saint- hour mark. run in the league this season. of the championship, on the Germain but warned the Ligue A foul in the box on the ex- Franck Kessie set up Ales- New Fiorentina coach Ce- the assist for another com- AC Milan. occasion of the SSC Napoli- 1 leaders needed to improve Barcelona forward by Otavio sio Romagnoli for the opener sare Prandelli fell to his sec- patriot Fernando Forestieri’s “It’s a bad defeat, we need Roma match. quickly as they prepared for a was spotted by the referee after 17 minutes with the Ivo- ond defeat in as many games, third midway through the sec- to reset as soon as possible,” “The Kombat that will be crunch European clash with following a VAR review, and rian forward adding a second with his side above the rel- ond half. said coach Simone Inzaghi, worn by the players tonight Manchester United by drawing Neymar rolled in the resulting from the penalty spot 10 min- egation zone without a goal in After his goal, Pussetto whose side have picked up five will have an even greater sig- 2-2 with Bordeaux on Saturday. spot-kick, just as he had done utes later. their last four games. opened his two hands wide, points in five home games this nificance than initially as- The world’s most expen- against Leipzig. Fiorentina goalkeeper In Rome, Lazio’s players to symbolise the number 10, season. sumed.” sive player scored a penalty Signed for 222 million eu- Bartlomiej Dragowski denied took to the pitch with special Maradona’s jersey number. “We knew that the Cham- A minute’s silence has been to cancel out an early Timo- ros ($264m) in August 2017, Kessie a second in the first half edition ‘AD10S’ jersies in hon- Forestieri dedicated the pions League saps energy, observed before all games in thee Pembele own goal and Neymar has needed just 58 after Martin Caceres fouled our of former Argentina and success to Maradona after other teams also struggled this memory of Maradona with a become the quickest to reach matches to score 50 goals in Theo Hernandez. Napoli great Maradona who the match: “This victory is for weekend, but I expected more photo of the former Argentina a half century of league goals Ligue 1, fewer than any other Franck Ribery missed died last week aged 60. him!” from the lads. and Napoli star projected on in a PSG shirt, outdoing Zlatan player. chances for Fiorentina with But the hosts trailed after “After the goal I felt like “We all take responsibility, giant screens in the 10th min- Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic required 59 Gianluigi Donnarumma hold- quarter of an hour when Ar- crying, Diego was the greatest me first of all.” ute, as players stopped to ap- Moise Kean then put PSG in games to get to the milestone. ing firm in the Milan goal. gentine Roberto Pereyra set of all time,” said Forestieri. The north-eastern side plaud. front only for Yacine Adli to fire Pioli spoke to the team by up Turkish midfielder Tolgay Lazio looked weary after achieved back-to-back wins in a superb second-half equalis- video link after the game. Arslan for Udinese’s first goal the 3-1 Champions League win for the first time this season, Italian Serie A Results: Lazio er for mid-table Bordeaux, who “Pioli congratulated every- against Lazio in the Stadio Ol- over Zenit Saint Petersburg, to move up to 12th. 1 (Immobile 74-pen) Udinese 3 deserved their draw. one for winning this very im- impico in six years. but pulled a goal back through (Arslan 18, Pussetto 45+3, For- It is a setback for the reign- portant match,” said Kessie. Rodrigo De Paul then set a Ciro Immobile penalty after Napoli tribute estieri 71); Bologna 1 (Soriano ing French champions, a week “It’s like this on penalties, up fellow Argentine Ignacio 74 minutes. Maradona’s former club 45+2) Crotone 0; AC Milan 2 after they lost 3-2 at Monaco, Fastest 50 either your score or miss, but Pussetto for the second just The Romans are midtable Napoli host Roma later on (Romagnoli 17, Kessie 27-pen) and nearest challengers Lille I’ll still take the next one.” before the break, and provided in ninth, nine points behind Sunday with tributes planned Fiorentina 0. can move level on points at the Neymar has needed just top of the table with victory at 58 matches to score 50 Saint-Etienne on Sunday. “If we don’t improve it’s goals in Ligue 1, fewer going to be difficult for us in than any other player. Messi, Barca remember legend in winning style the league and in the Cham- pions League,” Neymar told Marseille bounce back Canal Plus ahead of the trip to Within a minute of equal- AFP not in the squad for Tuesday’s winner then passed up a Old Trafford on Wednesday. ising, PSG went ahead, with MADRID 4-0 Champions League win at shooting chance in the 56th PSG were again missing goalkeeper Benoit Costil par- Dynamo Kiev, and also started minute to roll a pass across key players, as has often been rying Neymar’s fizzing shot BARCELONA on Sunday fol- Antoine Griezmann, who was the goal and set up a tap-in for the case this season, with and Kean following in to score lowed the advice of coach Ron- on the bench in Ukraine. Philippe Coutinho. goalkeeper Keylor Navas and his sixth goal since signing on ald Koeman and paid tribute Barcelona took the lead af- As Barcelona rediscovered captain Marquinhos among loan from Everton. to their former player Diego ter 29 minutes when the ball their cutting edge, Ousmane those absent at an empty Parc PSG should then have put Maradona with an emphatic lobbed into the net off Martin Dembele had a strike ruled out des Princes. the game to bed but Costil return to form in La Liga and a Braithwaite’s knee following a for offside. Yet, regardless of that, the tipped a Kylian Mbappe shot 4-0 victory over Osasuna. scramble in front of goal. Messi got his goal in the performance will do little to onto the post on 35 minutes Maradona, who played Messi seemed to be at- 74th minute with a dazzling ease concerns that have been and then denied Mbappe two seasons for Barca, died on tempting a tribute to Mara- strike. growing since they succeeded in again early in the second half Wednesday aged 60. dona’s famous ‘Hand of God’ He picked up the ball in beating RB Leipzig in midweek when he dived at the feet of the Before the match, the club goal against England in 1986 midfield, danced past two de- despite a disjointed display. France star. played ‘The Song of the Birds’ as he leapt after the floating fenders and smashed a rising “We know how important Instead Bordeaux drew by Catalan cellist Pablo Casals ball stretching his left arm to- left-foot shot into the top far Wednesday’s match is. It’s level on the hour mark when as the teams stood around the ward it but the referee deemed corner. decisive. We didn’t play well Hatem Ben Arfa set up former centre circle where a Maradona Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (2nd right) us chal- he did not make contact.