AC Milan, the defending champion, hit two birds with one stone by deciding the city derby against its neighbor Inter 3-2 Saturday in an exciting match in its course.
Milan raised its score to 11 points in second place, with a goal difference behind Napoli, who snatched an important and remarkable victory over Lazio with two goals against a goal, Saturday, in the fifth stage of the Italian Football League.
At the San Siro stadium, which is shared by the two teams, the game was exciting from the first minute until the end of the match.
In addition to the brilliance of the promising Portuguese winger Rafael Leao, the double, and the French veteran Olivier Giroud, who scored the second goal, Milan also owed the victory to French goalkeeper Mike Magnian, who starred in stopping dangerous attempts from Argentine Lautaro Martinis, Bosnian Aden Dzeko and Turkish Hakan Chahalanoglu.
Inter advanced through Croatian midfielder Marcel Brozovic (21), to which Liao replied seven minutes later.
In the second half, the French Giroud scored the goal for Milan (54) with a left-foot shot with a decisive pass from Liao, before the latter strengthened his team’s progress with the third goal six minutes later from a wonderful individual effort inside the area.
Leao became the first Portuguese player to score a double in the history of the Lombardy club in a single match.
However, Dzeko reduced the difference with his team’s second goal (67).
The loss is the second in five matches for Inter, who awaits a very difficult match against the German giant Bayern Munich next Wednesday at the same stadium.
Remarkable win for Napoli
Napoli scored a valuable victory at the Olympic Stadium in Rome by beating Lazio 2-1.
Lazio opened the scoring early through Mattia Zaccanii after 4 minutes.
But Napoli, who has not lost so far this season, equalized through the header of the South Korean Min Jae Kim in the 38th minute.
Georgian Khvisha Kvartsikhilia gave him the winning goal with a powerful shot in the 61st minute.
The Georgian, the surprise of the season, was the top scorer with 4 goals, along with Dutchman Ton Kompminers from Atalanta and Serbian Dusan Vlahovic from Juventus.
Napoli moved to the top temporarily, with 11 points, with a goal difference against Milan.