AC Milan came from two goals to win 3-2 on Saturday at Nowly Lecce in Serie A, where Christian Pulisic turned the game upside down for the visitors.
Match report
It seemed that the pressure would stack again on Sergio Conukicao, but their late change ensured that they achieved a 1500th Serie A victory instead.
With the field still covered by smoke after the fans welcomed the teams with torches, Milan thought they had taken the lead for 47 seconds when Santiago Gimenez made his first touch of a Theo Hernandez Pass. However, it was chalked for offside.
The early fear did not intimidate the home team, who took a shock in the seventh minute with a beautiful Nikola Krstovic attack in the right post.
Milan saw another goal excluded for offside when Matteo Gabbia scalned from close by after a Hernandez-free kick, while Lecce almost doubled their advantage shortly thereafter, that Krstovic entered the post for 21 minutes.
The Montenegro striker finally doubled the lead after the restart, scored with a first effort in the left corner, although their happiness soon started to refuse.
Half-time replacement Rafael Leao Kwadrates a nice pass to Joao Felix from the left and the Portuguese upwards before the ball decreased from Antonio Gallo and fell into the net.
Milan then received a penalty for an error on Pulisic by Federico Baschirotto, who in the 73rd minute the American International converted self -confident to be the same.
Clearly retired, he then put Milan in the front from a point-blank range after another great cross from Leao with nine minutes left.
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Data Debrief: Pulisic to the rescue
Milan has been struggling in the Serie A lately, but achieved their first victory since 15 February (1-0 against Verona), while it was the first time in a month that they took a victory on the road.
It is the second time that Milan has come from at least two goals to beat Lecce in the Serie A, with both with the Via del Mare. They came down from 3-0 earlier to win 4-3 in October 2011).
And it was Pulisic who cleared the road. Since his first season in the Serie A (2023-24), Pulisic has been involved in most goals in the tournament for Milan (34-20 goals and 14 assists). Lecce is also the team against which he scored the most goals in the competition (four).
It was only the second time that he scored a brace in the Italian flight and his first on the road.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
1 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
6 'Highlight of Lecce vs Milan
7 'goal! Lecce 1-0 Milan (Nikola Krstović)
12 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
17 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
21 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
29 'Highlight of Lecce vs Milan
34 'Highlight of Lecce vs Milan
39 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
42 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
53 'Match event for Lecce vs Milan
55 'Highlight of Lecce vs Milan
59 'goal! Lecce 2-0 Milan (Nikola Krstović)
62 'Highlight of Lecce vs Milan
69 'Own goal! Lecce 2-1 Milan (Antonino Gallo)
73 'Criminal goal! Lecce 2-2 Milan (Christian Pulisic)
80 'highlight of Lecce vs Milan
81 'goal! Lecce 2-3 Milan (Pulisic)
Line-ups
Lecce XI: Guilbert, Wladimiro Falcone, Tete Morente, Federico Baschirotto, Coulibaly, Krstovic, Thórir Jóhann Helgason, Antonino Gallo, Gaby Jean, Santiago Pierotti, Medon Berisha Medon Berisha
Subs: rebic, ylber ramadani, jesper karlsson, hamza rafia, fruitl, marco sala, lameck banda, konan n'dri, balthazar pierret, rare slip, jasper samooja, danilo viga, mohamed kabed kiala gasciel, gaago, tiag, tiag,, tiag,, tiag,, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiagoago, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiagoago, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiag, tiagoago, tiag, tiagoago, tiagoago, tiagoago, tiagoago, tiagoago, tiagoago, tiag. Tiago Gabriel
Milan XI: Walker, Sportiello, Theo, Pulisic, Gabbia, Santiago Gimenez, Reijnders, Yunus Musah, Malick Thiaw, Warren Bondo, Jimenez
Subs: Florenzi, Jovic, Tomori, Abraham, Chukwueze, Felix, Sottil, Leao, Youssouf Fofana, Terracciano, Lapo Nava, Davide Bartesaghi, Torriani
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