Milan and Juventus played out a goalless draw in their Serie A showdown at the San Siro on Saturday, in the 13th round of the Italian league.
With this draw, Juventus climbed to sixth place with 25 points, 6 points ahead of Milan, who sit in seventh place and have a postponed match to play.
Juventus winger Conceicao squandered an early chance in the eighth minute when Cambiasso delivered a cross to the Portuguese winger, but his shot was blocked by Milan’s fullback, Theo Hernandez.
Koopmeiners received the ball deep in defense, made a powerful run down the left side of the area, and unleashed a rocket of a shot that struck the outside of the goal.
In the 16th minute, with Juventus controlling possession, defender Gatti found himself in front of Milan’s penalty area and fired a powerful shot, but Maignan made the save.
Juve came close again shortly after, when Yildiz attempted a low, curling shot, but it drifted wide of Maignan’s right post.
Leao received the ball on the left flank and delivered a cross to the far post, where Alvaro Morata rose to meet it with a header, but his effort went wide of goalkeeper Di Gregorio’s left post.
Emerson squandered a chance to score the opening goal after taking advantage of a miscleared ball by Koopmeiners. He rose above everyone else to meet the cross with a header, but his attempt went wide of the post.
At the start of the second half, Cambiasso nearly gave Juventus the lead, but Milan defender Malik Thiaw made a crucial intervention, positioning himself perfectly to block the shot and clear the ball for a corner from inside the penalty area.
Milan coach Paulo Fonseca made his first change in the 70th minute, bringing on Christian Pulisic in place of Ruben Loftus-Cheek to inject energy into the attack.
The Rossoneri showed more intent in the 80th minute when Youssouf Fofana unleashed a powerful long-range effort that sailed just over Di Gregorio’s crossbar.
In stoppage time (90+4), Samuel Chukwueze delivered a pinpoint cross to the far post, where Theo Hernández rose to head the ball on target. However, Di Gregorio produced a crucial save, ensuring the match ended in a goalless draw.
