Maignan sent off, Giroud as goalkeeper... This is how a Genoa-Milan to remember was forged

The AC Milan attained his seventh triumph of the campaign after winning a goal by zero to the Genoa, in a full party of emotions and that defined with an only goal of the North American Christian Pulisic to the 87', the one who with a finish of left leg to the right side of the arch defended by Josep Martínez, attained to break the intransigente parity in the marker.

It passed the 96' and the 'rossoneri', in spite of having a minimum advantage, seemed directed to close a calm day. Nevertheless, Mike Maignan, in his attempt to obtain the possession of the balloon, went out of unlucky way and bumped violentamente with Caleb Ekuban, propinándole a strong rodillazo in the breast. After reviewing the VAR, the referee showed the red card to the guardameta French.

RODILLAZO And To THE SHOWERS! Maignan Went out far, carried put to Caleb Ekuban and was expelled on the end of the party in the #SerieAxESPN. pic.twitter.com/emo9q4ubbb

— ESPN Football Argentina (@ESPNFutbolArg) October 7, 2023

Olivier Giroud went out to the rescue of the AC Milan

Lamentably, for the team of Stefano Pioli, already had exhausted the changes, by what had to confront the frantic closing of the meeting in numerical disadvantage, without a natural goalkeeper and with the fault that gave a free shot very dangerous to the edge of the area.

In front of this situation, Olivier Giroud put the diver and the gloves of guardameta without fear any and situated under the three sticks to confront a first played in which it did not have the opportunity of lucirse like goalkeeper, since a free shot executed by Albert Gudmundsson crashed in the barrier.

Giroud Had opportunity of lucirse under the three sticks

The odd situations continued, since in the contrary edict also remained without guardameta when, to the 90+13', the cancerbero of the Genoa, Josep Martínez, went up to cabecear a corner in search to take advantage of numerical superiority. However, the execution did not succeed and Martínez committed a fault on Yunus Munsah, what resulted in his expulsion by second yellow card. Fortunately, for the genoveses, had spares to replace to the goalkeeper in the field.

Finally, the party finished with a stood out performance of Olivier Giroud like goalkeeper improvised. In the last played of the meeting, the French had to react in two times, first to anticipate the hand manually in front of the leading Romanian George Puşcaş and later to ensure the spherical and dissipate the danger in his area. This action deserved the congratulations and the embraces of his mates in what it was the final action of the party and that gave a very beautiful postcard with the attacker Frenchman like hero and, in this opportunity, without being it by his sensacionales goals, but by his skill under the three sticks.

THE ARCHER GIROUD LEFT THE LIFE IN THE LAST BALL!

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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) October 7, 2023