76′ | Timid chants coming from the San Siro stands after Milan’s 3-1.
73′ | Triple change also for Claudio Ranieri. Inside Azzi, Lapadula and Oristanio for a super offensive Cagliari in this final match.
73′ | GOOOOOOL DEEEEEL MILAAAAAN!!!!!! Great goal from Tijjani Reijnders, who with a very precise shot hit Scuffet at the far post, who could do little on the Rossoneri’s conclusion.
69′ | First yellow of the match also for Cagliari. Mina is booked after a flashy hold on Okafor.
68′ | Another change in Milan: Alessandro Florenzi out, Theo Hernandez in.
66′ | Milan’s defense confirms itself to be the Achilles tendon of the Rossoneri team this season. With Nandez’s goal, the Devil has conceded 44 goals in the championship.
63′ | CAGLIARI GOAL! Cagliari closes the gap with Nahitan Nandez. Zappa’s cross from the attacking midfield was beautiful, but the Uruguayan was equally good at taking advantage of Musah’s failure to score and hitting Sportiello with the tip.
61′ | Sportiello again! The Milan goalkeeper was lucid and expert in covering the part of the goal not covered by the barrier on Deiola’s free kick and being ready.
61′ | Foul by Thiaw on Luvumbo. Dangerous free kick won from the edge by Cagliari’s Angolan striker.
58′ | GOOOOOOOOL DEEEEL MIIILAAAAAN!! Play of great quality and speed by Leao, who after overcoming a couple of opposing players found the ever-present Pulisic in depth who, with great clarity, made no mistakes face to face with Scuffet.
56′ | Beautiful shot from Prati, who, kicking low from distance, found the far post of the goal defended by Sportiello. Once again the Milan goalkeeper did well to respond and deflect the ball into a corner. On the following play, Shomurodov was dangerous, passing in front of Leao and hitting the ball with his head but missing the target.
54′ | A save bordering on a miracle by Marco Sportiello, who was ready for Shomurodov’s practically guaranteed response, but if he had scored he would have seen the joy of the goal annulled by VAR due to Nahitan Nandez’s offside position at the start of the action .
50′ | Milan did well in defending a free kick from Cagliari’s attacking midfield, but a little less well in restarting on the counterattack with first Pulisic and then Kalulu, authors of less than excellent management of the ball.
48′ | CROSS MILAN! Leao came very close to making it 2-0. The Portuguese did well to attack the penalty area at the right times after an inviting cross from Pulisic. However, only the crossbar denied “Conceiçao” the joy of scoring.
46′ | Applause for Rafa Leao when the speaker was announced. The fans want the spark of the champion, the plays of their number 10, after an uninspiring first half, despite the goal.
45′ | The second half begins at San Siro.
Triple change in Milan. Chukwueze out, injured a few minutes before the end of the first half, Gabbia and Giroud, Leao, Tomori and Okafor in.
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End of the first half at San Siro fra Milan And Cagliari. Rossoneri ahead thanks to the goal, the first this season, by Ismael Bennacer, who managed to unblock a match that risked traveling on tracks that the San Siro spectators showed they couldn’t tolerate much. Despite the goal, however, the first half of the game was played at a fairly slow pace, as demonstrated by the very few emotions experienced.
Samuel Chukwueze’s stoppage to be reported, who collapsed to the ground at the moment of referee Sozza’s double whistle due to an alleged muscle problem. It remains to be seen now who Pioli will decide to replace him with, whether with Leao or Okafor.
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45′ + 1 | The first half ends at San Siro. Milan took the lead thanks to Bennacer’s goal in the 35th minute.
45′ | It will be played until the 46th minute. In fact, a minute of injury time was assigned.
44′ | During this first half the Mina-Giroud duel was repeated several times, practically always won by the Colombian defender of Cagliari, who was good at imposing himself above all physically.
42′ | With this evening’s goal, Ismael Bennacer’s goals in a Milan shirt rise to six, the second against Cagliari, his favorite victim since he joined the Rossoneri.
38′ | Up to this moment the connection in the right lane between Chukwueze and Kalulu is excellent. Yet another internal overlap by the French full-back was rewarded as he was stopped in a slide by Deiola and won yet another corner of the match for Milan.
35′ | GOOOOOOL DEEELL MIIILAAAAAN! First goal of the season for Ismael Bennacer, good at being in the right place, at the right time, after a good team effort from Reijnders, Chukwueze and Pulisic.
32′ | Bad intervention by Gabbia. Having been warned, he will miss next Saturday’s away match against Torino.
28′ | The first yellow of the match goes to Ismael Bennacer. The Milan captain’s intervention on Deiola was deemed too impetuous.
24′ | Great intuition from Kalulu who rewarded Musah after an excellent cut between the lines, who was almost surprised as he was unable to find the time to finish on goal or offer the ball to a teammate. On the reversal of the same action, Cagliari reached the conclusion with Luvumbo Zito, who in the meantime also felt a small muscle problem.
23′ | Gentle rhythms at San Siro. Zero emotions so far between Milan and Cagliari.
21′ | Great defensive stopgap by Florenzi, who, following an error by Gabbia, prevented Luvumbo from serving Shomurodov one-on-one with Sportiello.
19′ | First ring also for Cagliari. On a dangerous free kick taken by Nandez the Sardinians claimed a penalty for an alleged touch with Thiaw’s hand.
14′ | Nice movement between the lines by Rerijnders, who, assisted by Kalulu inside the penalty area, was unable to stop the ball in the best way and almost got caught. Despite this, however, Milan won a corner from which they were unable to get much.
12′ | The free kick in favor of Milan was not taken well by Alessandro Florenzi. In this case the Rossoneri full-back hit the ball badly and delivered it without too many “compliments” to the bottom.
10′ | The first shot of the match is from Milan. Great coordination from the edge of the area by Florenzi, Scuffett did well to be ready and block laterally.
7′ | Milan’s ball possession is increasing, and with a nice move from left to right they reached the back with Kalulu getting the third corner of his match.
5′ | In the surreal silence of San Siro, Milan and Cagliari alternately study possession of the ball, which at the moment is favoring the home team.
2′ | Good personal action by Musah, who after exchanging with Pulisic won the first corner of the match in favor of Milan.
1′ | We start at San Siro. First ball of the match played by Milan.
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Friends of MilanNews.it, welcome to San Siro. Kick-off will be coming soon Milan-Cagliarichallenge valid for the 34th matchday of A league. In a surreal atmosphere, with the Curva Sud following last week’s ‘fan strike’, Stefano Pioli he decided to amaze fans and not exclude from the starting line-up four of the most iconic players of his Rossoneri cycle, that is Rafael Leao, Theo Hernandez, Fikayo Tomori And Davide Calabria. Despite these absences, however, the intention of Milan is to return to winning in the championship after more than a month to secure second place in the standings and obtain qualification for the next Final Four of the Italian Super Cup. Stay with us and our live text to follow all the emotions of the match.
MILAN (4-3-3): Door; Kalulu, Gabbia, Thiaw, Florenzi; Musah, Bennacer, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Giroud, Pulisic. Available.: Nava, Torriani; Calabria, Caldara, Hernández, Terracciano, Tomori; Adli, Pobega, Zeroli; Jović, Leão, Okafor. All.: Stefano Pioli.
CAGLIARI: (4-5-1): Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Dossena, Obert; Nández, Sulemana, Deiola, Prati, Luvumbo; Shomurodov. Available.: Aresti, Radunović; Azzi, Di Pardo, Hatzidiakos, Wieteska; Mancosu, Oristanio, Viola; Kingstone, Lapadula, Pavoletti, Petagna. All.: Claudio Ranieri.
REFEREE: Sozza di Seregno.
ASSISTANTS: Carbone and Giallatini.
IV MAN: Tremolada
VAR: Irrati
AVAR: Chiffi
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