AC Milan won dramatically over Parma in the 22nd week of Serie A 2024/2025 at the San Siro, Sunday (26/01/2025).
This match was difficult for AC Milan. The referee even disallowed Strahinja Pavlovic’s goal.
Milan’s goals were scored by Christian Pulisic, Tijjani Reijnders, and Samuel Chukwueze. Meanwhile, Parma’s goals were scored by Matteo Cancellieri and Enrico Del Prato.
This result made Milan collect 34 points from 21 matches and they have now risen to sixth place in the 2024/2025 Italian League standings. Meanwhile, Parma is in 17th position with a collection of 20 points from 22 matches.
In the first half, Parma played well. They dominated possession and tried to control the tempo of the game.
The duel felt a little boring. Opportunities were also difficult to create for both teams.
Milan then started to attack. However, Parma was able to score first in the 24th minute from Matteo Cancellieri’s action, with a left-footed kick from outside the penalty box. The ball went to the left side of the goal. 0-1!
However, the advantage did not last long. In the 35th minute Milan was awarded a penalty after in a corner kick situation, Suzuki pushed Pavlovic at the near post when he was about to head the corner kick from the right.
In the 38th minute the execution was carried out perfectly by Pulisic. 1-1!
In the 43rd minute Milan got a chance from Reijnders’ kick, which was passed by Fofana. However, his kick was still secured by Suzuki.
In the end, no goals were scored until halftime. AC Milan 1-1 Parma.
In the second half AC Milan made a surprise. Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandes were withdrawn and replaced by Ismael Bennacer and Davide Bartesaghi.
The duel did not change for Milan. They had difficulty threatening Parma’s goal in the first 10 minutes. The Rossoneri then brought on Tammy Abraham and Samuel Chukwueze to replace Alvaro Morata and Youssouf Fofana.
However, Milan conceded in the 80th minute. From a counterattack, Enrico Delprato scored after a little melee in the Rossoneri goal. 1-2!
Milan then tried hard to equalize the score. In the 88th minute, their efforts paid off. From outside the penalty box, Chukwueze released a pass from the right to the far post in the penalty box. The ball was headed by Strahinja Pavlovic and resulted in a goal.
However, the VAR replay made the referee annul the goal. Because in the process, Pavlovic was in an offside position.
Milan finally managed to score a goal in the 90+2 minute. Tijjani Reijnders welcomed a through ball from the middle of the field and entered the right halfspace of the Parma penalty box. He easily defeated Zion Suzuki. 2-2!
Milan then tried hard to score another goal. And their efforts paid off in the 90+5 minute.
Samuel Chukwueze continued his teammate’s header in the penalty box after charging from the left flank. The ball was blocked by the goalkeeper but still went into the goal. 3-2!
In the end, Parma could not reply to the goal. AC Milan won dramatically 3-2!
