MOSCOW, August 18 Milan drew with Torino in the first round of the Italian football championship.
The match took place on Saturday in Milan at the San Siro and ended with a score of 2:2. Duvan Zapata scored for the Turin team (68th minute), and the home team's defender Malik Thiaw scored another goal into his own net. The captain of the Spanish national team Alvaro Morata made his debut for the Rossoneri, he came on as a substitute in the second half and scored his first goal for Milan in the 89th minute, and then Noah Okafor equalized the score (90+5).
Morata, the winner of Euro 2024 in Germany, joined Milan on July 19, signing a four-year contract with the option to extend for another season. Previously, the Spanish forward played in the Italian championship for Turin's Juventus (2014-2016 and 2020-2022).
The match against Milan was the debut for the new Torino coach Paolo Vanoli, who previously headed Moscow's Spartak.
In another match of the round, Empoli and Monza did not score any goals — 0:0.