Cagliari vs AC Milan, 2023-24 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AMilan fight back to beat promoted Cagliari 3-1
AC Milan fought back after falling behind at promoted Cagliari to secure a 3-1 Serie A victory on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
- 4': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
- 8': Delay in match because of an injury Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
- 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 9': Attempt missed. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 10': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 13': Attempt missed. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Théo Hernández with a cross.
- 13': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 18': Offside, AC Milan. Noah Okafor tries a through ball, but Samuel Chukwueze is caught offside.
- 20': Foul by Andrea Petagna (Cagliari).
- 20': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yacine Adli.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Andrea Petagna (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nahitan Nández with a cross.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
- 28': Attempt saved. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 29': Goal! Cagliari 1, AC Milan 0. Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nahitan Nández.
- 32': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Foul by Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari).
- 39': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gabriele Zappa.
- 40': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Sulemana (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
- 40': Goal! Cagliari 1, AC Milan 1. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
- 42': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by Mateusz Wieteska (Cagliari).
- 42': Mateusz Wieteska (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 45': Attempt saved. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 45': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Boris Radunovic.
- 45': Goal! Cagliari 1, AC Milan 2. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Cagliari 1, AC Milan 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Cagliari 1, AC Milan 2.
- 45': Substitution, Cagliari. Gaetano Oristanio replaces Mateusz Wieteska.
- 47': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
- 47': Ibrahim Sulemana (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 48': Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Tommaso Augello (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 49': Delay in match because of an injury Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
- 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 53': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 53': Foul by Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari).
- 53': Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Foul by Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari).
- 54': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 56': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Yacine Adli.
- 56': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Noah Okafor.
- 57': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Sulemana (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Andrea Petagna (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Sulemana.
- 57': Attempt missed. Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 58': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Yacine Adli.
- 59': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
- 60': Goal! Cagliari 1, AC Milan 3. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 61': Attempt saved. Andrea Petagna (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Gaetano Oristanio.
- 62': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
- 63': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari).
- 63': Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan).
- 63': Ibrahim Sulemana (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Attempt missed. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 67': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 67': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari).
- 67': Substitution, Cagliari. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Andrea Petagna.
- 67': Substitution, Cagliari. Nicolas Viola replaces Ibrahim Sulemana.
- 68': Attempt saved. Yunus Musah (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 69': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gaetano Oristanio.
- 69': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Romero replaces Christian Pulisic.
- 69': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
- 70': Attempt saved. Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eldor Shomurodov with a headed pass.
- 71': Foul by Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari).
- 71': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Alberto Dossena (Cagliari).
- 74': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
- 77': Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari).
- 78': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Di Pardo replaces Gabriele Zappa.
- 83': Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi replaces Théo Hernández.
- 84': Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Deiola replaces Antoine Makoumbou because of an injury.
- 85': Foul by Luka Romero (AC Milan).
- 85': Tommaso Augello (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Attempt missed. Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Alessandro Deiola with a cross.
- 88': Attempt saved. Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zito Luvumbo.
- 88': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari).
- 88': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Delay in match because of an injury Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
- 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+1': Foul by Alberto Dossena (Cagliari).
- 90'+1': Luka Romero (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nahitan Nández.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eldor Shomurodov with a headed pass.
- 90'+4': Foul by Nicolas Viola (Cagliari).
- 90'+4': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nahitan Nández.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Cagliari 1, AC Milan 3.
- 0': Match ends, Cagliari 1, AC Milan 3.
Statistics
 MIL |
CAG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 66.7 | Possession | 33.3 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 588 | Accurate Passes | 253 |
| 632 | Passes | 307 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 19 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 38 | Long Balls | 44 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 12 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 15 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Attendance: 16,348
Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Attendance: 16,348
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 15 | +20 | 33 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 15 | +11 | 32 |
| 3 | Napoli | 15 | +9 | 31 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 15 | +8 | 30 |
Line-Ups
Cagliari (5-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Radunovic (GK) |
| 4 | Alberto Dossena |
| 17 | Pantelis Hatzidiakos |
| 23 | Mateusz Wieteska  |
| 27 | Tommaso Augello |
| 28 | Gabriele Zappa |
| 29 | Antoine Makoumbou |
| 25 | Sulemana |
| 8 | Nahitan Nández |
| 77 | Zito Luvumbo |
| 32 | Andrea Petagna |
AC Milan (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 57 | Marco Sportiello (GK) |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori |
| 28 | Malick Thiaw |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 42 | Alessandro Florenzi |
| 7 | Yacine Adli |
| 14 | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 8 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek |
| 17 | Noah Okafor |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
| 21 | Samuel Chukwueze |
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