Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic reached this Sunday the 501 goals in his club career and boosted the comfortable 4-0 victory of the Milan at San Siro against Crotone, which restored the leadership of the Milan team in Serie A, which had been momentarily taken away by Inter Milan with their victory on Friday against Fiorentina.
Milan regained the two points advantage over Inter, second, and the seven that separate them from Juventus, who with their 2-0 victory this Saturday against Roma reached third place, and still one game less.
The logic was imposed by Milan at the San Siro against the bottom of the table, a Crotone who visited the leader after adding just three victories in twenty games and conceding up to 46 goals.
The southern team competed with commitment, but could not contain Ibrahimovic, who claimed responsibility after missing a penalty the previous day with two goals to reach twelve goals in the league competition.
The veteran Swedish striker broke the equality after half an hour by culminating a perfect triangulation with Portugal’s Rafael Leao and widened the gap in minute 64, by finishing off a low center from French Theo Hernández at pleasure.
He celebrated his 500th and 501st goals with clubs Ibrahimovic, who in his extensive career played for Malmo, Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Los Angeles Galaxy and Milan.
A double from the Croatian Ante Rebic put the final stamp on the triumph of a Milan that he won fifteen games in 21 days, with four draws for just two defeats, with two weeks remaining for the derby against Inter, second.
The Interista team itself opened the Italian soccer match on Friday, with a 2-0 victory at the Fiorentina field, in a match decided by goals from Niccoló Barella, passed by Chilean Alexis Sánchez, and Croatian Ivan Perisic.
It was an important victory for Antonio Conte’s men, who had lost the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals against Juve just three days earlier.
And it is precisely Juventus, which will be measured again with the Inter This Tuesday in the return of the semifinals copera, he is increasing the pace and pressing in search of what would be his tenth consecutive title.
This Saturday the Turin team showed its most competitive version against him Roma. He locked himself in defense, closed all kinds of spaces against an aggressive visiting team and punished the rival with a goal from the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, always decisive.
He made it 1-0 in the 13th minute, with an excellent left-footed shot from the edge of the box, then shook the crossbar with another powerful shot. His Juventus sentenced the game at the restart thanks to an own goal by Roman defender Roger Ibañez.
Andrea Pirlo’s team snatched third place from Roma and is seven points behind the lead, with the match against Napoli corresponding to matchday three still to be played, after being postponed in October due to coronavirus cases in the Neapolitan team.
Negative day for him Atalanta and the Naples, European rivals respectively Real Madrid and Granada.
The Atalanta drew 3-3 against Torino after squandering a three-goal lead, with both Colombian Luis Muriel included, while Napoli lost 1-2 at Genoa.
The Neapolitan team, coached by Gennaro Gattuso, created a great volume of play, but again had little punch and was fifth, three points behind the Champions League zone, their main goal in the league season.
JMRS
