US EditionAthekame’s injury-time goal helps Milan rescue 2-2 draw against Pisa in Serie A
Athekame's injury-time goal kept AC Milan two points ahead in Serie A, denying Pisa their first win at Milan since 1981, officials said.
- On Friday, Zachary Athekame scored a long-range drive to rescue a 2-2 draw for Serie A leader AC Milan against bottom club Pisa, preventing what the report described as a surprise result.
- Milan opened the scoring through Rafael Leão after seven minutes, but Juan Cuadrado leveled for Pisa from the penalty spot after an hour.
- Following a corner delivery, the ball reached Athekame about 10 yards outside the area, and his low shot threaded through traffic into the near post to deny Pisa a first win at Milan since 1981.
- The equalizer moved AC Milan two points clear of Inter, Napoli and Roma ahead of the weekend's games, while Pisa climbed out of last place with four points from nine games.
- Pisa, newly promoted side, have yet to record a victory this season despite M'Bala Nzola, Pisa forward who scored late, briefly putting them ahead against Milan.
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Milan, who were leading Serie A after the 7th round, only drew with Pisa, who were in last place (2:2), in the opening match of the 8th round.
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Athekame's injury-time goal helps Milan rescue 2-2 draw against Pisa in Serie A
Zachary Athekame has scored with a long-range drive in injury time to rescue a 2-2 draw for Serie A leader AC Milan against bottom club Pisa and avoid what would have been the surprise result of the Italian league season so far.
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