In a thrilling match, AC Milan jumped to the top of the Serie A table with a narrow 1-0 away win over Genoa in the early hours of Sunday (8). Although the leading scorer Chiote did not score or assist, he played a brilliant save as a goalkeeper in stoppage time and became a key figure in the win. After the game, Keot was adamant that he wanted to keep the historic goalkeeper's jersey, while netizens praised Keot's goalkeeping performance as "not inferior to Onana".
In the early stages of the match, AC Milan's away match against Genoa looked uneventful, with the battle maintaining a flat tempo. However, as the match progressed, the situation suddenly changed. In the 87th minute, Kristianopoulos took a pass from a teammate and gave the visitors the lead with a precise shot. In stoppage time, AC Milan's goalkeeper Mejiran was sent off for a foul in the penalty area, and as the team had run out of substitutions, Chiote had to make an impromptu cameo as goalkeeper.
Genoa then launched a frantic counter-attack, first Albert Gummonsen's penalty kick hit the crossbar, and then in the last moment Zogi Puskas got a half-single chance, but Keotte, with his excellent reaction and positional sense, managed to pounce on the ball and confiscate it again before Genoa players could make up for the shot. This series of thrilling saves made his teammates come forward to embrace Kiot to celebrate, and the French striker also waved his arms and cheered excitedly, as if he had just completed a shutout.
After the match, the 37-year-old Chiote said, "I've never experienced anything like this, we gave it our all and I made a great save! At the time I felt I had a better chance of striking than standing on the goal line, I didn't understand the goalkeeper's movement and just went with my gut feeling. I will keep this Mezclan jersey as a memento."
AC Milan coach Pioli revealed that Plessis had volunteered to play as a guest goalkeeper, but he thought Chiote's height was better suited to the position; former AC Milan star Mondulho also spoke highly of Chiote's performance, "Chiote is very good at reading the game, many goalkeepers wouldn't have chosen to go out on a limb, and his decision to go out on the limb was amazing, and he avoided a foul, and those three points were Keot snatched back."
