No way. Milan fails to win even against a Genoa reduced to 10 men for almost an hour, and comes out to the boos of an increasingly furious San Siro. Now there are five consecutive matches without successes, the points in the standings are only 14: in short, a disaster across the board! Satisfaction instead at Genoa, where the comeback draw against the Rossoneri is rightly welcomed almost as a victory, given how things had turned out.
Not even three minutes of play and Allegri's men, forced to do without Mexes due to an eye problem remedied in the warm-up, find themselves ahead. De Jong's ball is beautiful, Kakà's control even more: the former Ballon d'Or player puts it down with infinite and cold grace Perin with a surgical diagonal. The Rossoneri people, who arrived at San Siro rather fierce ("Red as blood, black as fear: if you don't spit blood, start to be afraid" was the welcome banner of the Curva Sud), begin to relax. But with Milan these days you never know, and in fact five minutes later Genoa equalized. Emanuelson commits a foul as naive as it is clear on Fetfatzidis, Gervasoni can only concede the penalty to the rossoblu, which Gilardino coolly transforms: 1-1 and ball in the centre. The Rossoneri didn't lose heart and continued to attack with good conviction. In the 35th minute the episode that seems to change the match: Balotelli, all alone in front of Perin, is yanked into the area by Manfredini, the referee decrees a penalty and expulsion. "Super Mario was the infallible" goes on the spot, but the Genoa goalkeeper imitates Reina (the last one to save the attacker a penalty) and rejects the shot. San Siro loudly calls for the attributes (euphemism) and boos loudly for everyone, except home idol Kakà. In the second half the Rossoneri charged with their heads down and the opportunities were wasted. Matri, Kakà, Balotelli, Birsa and Zapata all try but the ball never enters. The score (28 shots to 2) would suggest an unlucky evening, and in part it is too. Beyond this, however, the game continues to disappear and people can't stand it anymore. It is no coincidence that the AC Milan ultras guarded the garage exit until late in the evening, forcing Allegri and his friends to stay inside the stadium. Now let's move on, because the Champions League will take place on Tuesday. The Rossoneri will go to Glasgow to play their first qualifying match point. Normally it would be ordinary business, these days an almost unthinkable undertaking.
