Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 21, 2015
Cagliari DLLLD 1
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AC Milan DWDDL 3
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MIL123
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 30,748 att.

Match Report

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Jeremy Menez scores twice to help AC Milan defeat Cagliari

AC Milan picked up a much-needed win over struggling Cagliari, triumphing 3-1 at the San Siro to relieve some of the pressure on coach Filippo Inzaghi.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
0
48.2
Possession
51.8
11
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
288
Accurate Passes
321
394
Passes
430
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
25
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.2
37
Long Balls
83
13
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
16
22
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
33
Effective Clearances
31
33
Clearances
31

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 23Diego LópezG
  2. 5Philippe MexesCD-L
  3. 29Gabriel PalettaCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 34Nigel de JongCM
  7. 21Marco van GinkelLM
  8. 16Andrea PoliRM
  9. 9Mattia DestroF
  10. 7Jérémy MénezLF
  11. 10Keisuke HondaRF

CAG · 4-3-3

  1. 44Zeljko BrkicG
  2. 32Luca CeppitelliCD-L
  3. 37Mobido DiakitéCD-R
  4. 8Danilo AvelarLB
  5. 2Alejandro GonzálezRB
  6. 4Lorenzo CrisetigCM
  7. 20Albin EkdalLM
  8. 30Godfred DonsahRM
  9. 25Marco SauF
  10. 40M'Poku Paul-JoséLF
  11. 17Diego FariasRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Milan 1, Cagliari 0. Jérémy Menez (Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Poli.
  2. 31' Lorenzo Crisetig (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Alejandro González (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. João Pedro replaces Alejandro González.
  5. 47' Goal! Milan 1, Cagliari 1. Diego Farias (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Sau following a fast break.
  6. 49' Goal! Milan 2, Cagliari 1. Philippe Mexes (Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Menez with a cross following a corner.
  7. 50' Diego Farias (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 66' Substitution, Cagliari. Andrea Cossu replaces Paul-José M'Poku.
  9. 70' Substitution, Milan. Alessio Cerci replaces Keisuke Honda.
  10. 73' Nigel de Jong (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Milan. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Mattia Destro.
  12. 77' Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 78' Goal! Milan 3, Cagliari 1. Jérémy Menez (Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 88' Substitution, Milan. Michael Essien replaces Nigel de Jong.

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