Serie A | Milan 2-2 Fiorentina: Rossoneri rescue a point after awful start | OneFootball

Milan fought back from a disastrous start to hold Fiorentina 2-2 in a thrilling encounter, but the point apiece does little for either of their European ambitions.

This was a head-to-head for Europe, as the Rossoneri went into the weekend in ninth place, four points behind their opponents. Fresh off Wednesday’s Coppa Italia semi-final 1-1 draw with Inter, they had Alex Jimenez suspended, plus Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Emerson Royal injured, but Tijjani Reijnders shook off a stomach bug to start. Joao Felix and Santiago Gimenez were benched for the second game in a row. The Viola beat Juventus and Atalanta to surge up the table, missing Robin Gosens, Andrea Colpani and Edoardo Bove, while Milan-owned Yacine Adli had barely featured since an ankle injury in early February.

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Fiorentina took the lead when Yunus Musah gave it away cheaply in the final third, allowing Albert Gudmundsson to break down the left and roll across for a Moise Kean tap-in, but in trying to intercept, Malick Thiaw accidentally bundled it over the line himself.

Moments later, it was 2-0, because the Rolando Mandragora cross to the back post was knocked down by Dodo and this time Kean did get there before Fikayo Tomori to volley in from five yards.

Rafael Leao should’ve got Milan back into it on 20 minutes when he ran onto a ball over the top, but rather than go for goal, he flashed a ball across that was hit too hard for Tammy Abraham or Musah to get there.

Gudmundsson forced a save out of Mike Maignan, but Milan got back into the game when Abraham shrugged off Dodo, completed a give and go with Christian Pulisic to sweep home from eight yards.

epa12012344 AC Milan’s defender Malick Thiaw (R) scores an own goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Fiorentina at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 05 April 2025. EPA-EFE/Daniel Dal Zennaro

Sergio Conceicao rang the alarm bell by hauling Musah off after a nightmare opening 24 minutes, introducing ex-Fiorentina striker Luka Jovic.

Luca Ranieri’s sliding block prevented Abraham equalising from a Jovic through ball, then Ranieri had the ball in the net with a spectacular curler into the far top corner, but it didn’t count over an earlier Parisi foul on Pulisic.

Maignan parried the Kean solo effort at the near post, but David De Gea used his leg to parry an Abraham header on Pulisic’s cross.

There was an extraordinary triple opportunity on 56 minutes, as De Gea made the save on the Reijnders effort, then the Pulisic follow-up from point-blank range, before Santiago Gimenez fired onto the side-netting.

Maignan also had to use his legs to deny Lucas Beltran from close range, but Milan completed the comeback from 2-0 down to 2-2 with a former Fiorentina player.

The Tomori through ball was originally meant for Gimenez, but it went beyond him and Jovic pounced, sweeping past De Gea from eight yards.

It was wide open, a long ball over the top releasing Kean to force a sensational Maignan save one-on-one.

Rolando Mandragora also blasted over from a promising position, while De Gea stood tall as Theo Hernandez blazed past Dodo to hit a scorcher at the near post.

De Gea also rushed outside his penalty area to make a decisive tackle on Gimenez from a Pulisic ball over the top. The Mexico international landed heavily on his ribs and had to come off.

It was end to end, Kean’s header straight at Maignan, then Theo Hernandez firing over on the counter, with the Rossoneri goalkeeper getting down for a strong one-handed save on Kean’s scorcher.

Fiorentina had the ball in the net on 89 minutes with a sensational Dodo volley off the inside of the boot into the roof of the net, but he was offside on the Fagioli pass floated over the top.

Thiaw og 7 (F), Kean 10 (F), Abraham 23 (M), Jovic 64 (M)