Milanwith the Argentines Luka Romero and Marco Pellegrino among the substitutes, defeated Genoa by 1 to 0, as a visitor, and became the only leader of the Italian League after playing one of the three matches that continued today on the eighth date.
In the last match of the day, Milan won with a goal from American midfielder Christian Pulisic in the 42nd minute of the second half.
With this result, Milan – which achieved its seventh victory in the tournament; the fourth in a row – was the leader with 21 points and Genoa has eight points.
Previously, the Argentine striker Lautaro Martínezworld champion in Qatar 2022, scored his tenth goal in eight matches of the competition by scoring in the tie of Inter versus Bologna 2-2, at home.
The player from Bahia scored his team’s second goal with a right-footed shot from mid-distance after 13 minutes of play and consolidated himself at the top of the scoring table (ten conquests), with twice as many as his guards Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) and Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
With 31 conquests this year, “Toro” is the Argentine with the highest scorer since winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup and this weekend he will travel to the country to join the national team that will compete in the next two dates of the South American Qualifiers.
Argentina will be home to Paraguay this Thursday at the Más Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires and on Tuesday the 17th they will visit Peru in Lima.
The “neroazuriro” opened the scoring through Francesco Acerbi (11m.PT) and led by two goals, but Bologna recovered with a penalty from Riccardo Orsolini (19m.PT) and a goal from the Dutch Joshua Zirkzee.
With this result, Inter was the runner-up with 19 units while Bologna adds eleven points.
In addition, Juventus defeated Torino 2-0 at home, with goals from the Italian Federico Gatti and the Polish Arkadiusz Milik.
Italian League – Date 8
Sunday: Monza-Salernitana (7:00, Star+), Frosinone-Hellas Verona (10:00, Star+), Lazio-Atalanta (10:00, Star+), Cagliari-Roma (13:00, Star+) and Napoli-Fiorentina (15 :45, ESPN and Star+).
Positions: Milan 21 points; Inter 19; Juventus 17; Napoli and Fiorentina 14; Atalanta 13; Lecce 12; Bologna 11; Sassuolo 10; Frosinone, Torino and Monza 9; Rome, Genoa, Hellas Verona 8; Lazio 7; Udinese 5, Empoli 4; Salernitana 3; Cagliari 2.
Source: Ambito
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