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The Rossoneri look sharp heading into the first weekend of fixtures in Serie A. AC Milan took on AC Monza in the Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi in memeory of the former President of both clubs as the final pre-season friendly ahead of the Serie A return this weekend.
Both sides come into the season with new managers as Milan took Paulo Fonseca from LOSC Lille while former Milan legend Alessandro Nesta is at the helm at Monza. Milan came away with a convincing 3-1 victory and a growing identity around the style and identity of Fonseca?s football. Alvaro Morata, Strahinja Pavlovic and Emerson Royal were presented to the crowd with the former duo playing and Royal in the stands.
Alexis Saelemaekers opened the scoring after attempting an outrageous rabona which deflected off a Monza defender wrongfooting the keeper. Monza would equalise through a lovely move finished off Daniel Maldini with a strong side footed finish. The midfielder has just been permanently sold by Milan to Monza after a number of loan spells. He scored at the San Siro yet again making it his most prolific stadium. Luka Jovic reinstated our lead just two minutes into the second half with a poacher?s goal as he latched onto the deflected save from Noah Okafor?s shot into the roof of the net. His first goal with the new no. 9 shirt.
The best was saved for last as Tijjani Reijnders scored a screamer with an enormously powerful shot from outside t...