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At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 7, a match in the 20th round of Serie A began to compete, and the championship favourite AC Milan faced Roma at home. In the first half, Theo Hernandez's burst was saved, Abraham sent Giroud a penalty, Messias scored a goal to extend the score, Zaniolo's shot was blocked, and Abraham pulled a goal back for Roma. In the second half, Brahim Díaz exploded into the crossbar, Abraham's low shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Karlsdorp was sent off with two yellows and one red, and Rafael Leo single-handedly scored. Mancini turned two yellows and one red to send a point, and the goalkeeper saved the penalty. In the end, AC Milan beat Roma 3-1 to win two straight and closely followed Inter. Mourinho suffered another blow, conceding five points in two winless games.
Shortly after the game began, AC Milan drove a corner kick from the left, the ball was released outside the box, Theo Hernandez volleyed outside the box, the ball flew to the bottom right corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper flew to save the ball. Subsequently, Tammy Abraham handballed inside the penalty area, and the referee watched the replay and decided that the foul was awarded a penalty. Olivier Giroud took the penalty, he tricked the goalkeeper and kicked the ball into the left side of the goal. AC Milan played just seven minutes to take the lead and got off to a fantastic start. In the 16th minute, AC Milan scored again! Roma's low-level pass from the back post, Olivier Giroud's steal inside the penalty area swung open the door to shoot from a tight angle, the ball bounced off the right upright, Messias followed up with a shot and easily kicked the ball into the left side of the goal. AC Milan led by two goals and Roma were in trouble.
In the 25th minute, Zaniolo forced the ball into the box, and when he reached the bottom line, he shot from a small angle and was blocked by the goalkeeper. Four minutes later, Theo Hernandez fired a long-range shot from outside the box, which was powerful but deflected. In the 35th minute, Roma's cross from the left created a threat, and Florenzi barbed to clear the line and defuse the situation. Four minutes later, Roma scored! Lorenzo Pellegrini volleyed from outside the box and the ball bounced off Abraham's leg and into the net. It was Abraham's goal. In the 43rd minute, a large-scale clash broke out between the two sides, and both Theo and Karstoop received yellow cards for it. At half-time, AC Milan led Roma 2-1.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 50th minute, Brahim Díaz fired a long-range shot from the edge and the ball slammed into the crossbar and popped up, and Roma escaped! Seven minutes later, Krunić was shown a yellow card for a foul on the ball in midfield. Roma were awarded a set-piece opportunity, the ball was sent into the box and Zagnolo's heel shot was deflected. In the 59th minute, Tammy Abraham fired a low shot into the bottom left corner of the penalty area, which was sharply angled, but was still saved by goalkeeper Menion. Two minutes later, Menion performed again, saving the ball in succession and defusing the danger again and again.
In the 67th minute, Olivier Giroud sent a cross from the left and Brahim Díaz, who was unguarded at the back post, unloaded the ball and fired into the far corner, but the kick was deflected. Seven minutes later, Karlsdorp was fouled at the back and two yellows turned red and was sent off. Rome had to fight with one less man. Florenzi's direct free-kick on the left side of the field hit the goal, and the ball smashed on the goal frame and popped up, which was really a fraction of a millimeter. In the 81st minute, AC Milan scored again. Raphael Leo got a one-handed chance and he calmly scored the ball. The goal killed the suspense of the game. In stoppage time, Mancini was fouled in the penalty area, two yellows turned red and were sent off, and Milan once again won a penalty. However, Ibrahimovic's penalty was saved. In the end, AC Milan beat Roma 3-1.