Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 29, 2021
Cagliari DDLWD 1
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AC Milan DLDWW 4
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MIL404
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 31,946 att.

Match Report

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Giroud double fires AC Milan to win over Cagliari

Striker Oliver Giroud's first goals for AC Milan helped them to a comfortable 4-1 victory over Cagliari on Sunday as Stefano Pioli's team continued

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
1
43
Possession
57
7
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
337
Accurate Passes
464
392
Passes
517
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
46
25
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
8
6
Effective Tackles
4
12
Tackles
6
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
6
12
Effective Clearances
11
12
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 24Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 10Brahim DíazAM
  7. 33Rade KrunicLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-R

CAG · 3-5-2

  1. 31Boris RadunovicG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD
  3. 44Andrea CarboniCD-L
  4. 23Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  5. 14Alessandro DeiolaCM-L
  6. 8Razvan MarinCM-R
  7. 16Kevin StrootmanAM
  8. 29DalbertLM
  9. 18Nahitan NándezRM
  10. 30Leonardo PavolettiCF-L
  11. 10João PedroCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Dalbert (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Goal! AC Milan 1, Cagliari 0. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 15' Goal! AC Milan 1, Cagliari 1. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Pedro.
  4. 17' Goal! AC Milan 2, Cagliari 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  5. 24' Goal! AC Milan 3, Cagliari 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz following a fast break.
  6. 38' Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 40' Kevin Strootman (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 43' Goal! AC Milan 4, Cagliari 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 62' Diego Godín (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 64' Substitution, Cagliari. Gabriele Zappa replaces Luca Ceppitelli because of an injury.
  11. 68' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  12. 68' Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  13. 68' Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
  14. 73' Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 75' Substitution, Cagliari. Charalampos Lykogiannis replaces Dalbert.
  16. 75' Substitution, Cagliari. Diego Farias replaces Kevin Strootman.
  17. 84' Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 85' Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
  19. 85' Substitution, Cagliari. Damir Ceter replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
  20. 85' Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Alessandro Deiola.
  21. 90'+2' Substitution, AC Milan. Samu Castillejo replaces Olivier Giroud.

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