Team news: Cagliari were without the banned Nahitan Nández as well as without Simone Aresti, Paolo Faragò, Zito Luvumbo, Marko Rog and Andrea Carboni. Milan had to do without the banned Rafael Leão as well as without Matteo Gabbia, Theo Hernández, Ismaël Bennacer, Rade Krunić, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Ante Rebić. Kickoff time was 20:45 CET at Sardegna Arena.
Goals: Ibrahimović (6′ pk, 52′)
Red card: Saelemaekers (74′)
Cagliari Calcio (4-3-2-1) – Eusebio Di Francesco
Alessio Cragno; Gabriele Zappa (80′ Leonardo Pavoletti), Diego Godín, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Charalampos Lykogiannis; Radja Nainggolan, Răzvan Marin, Alfred Duncan (68′ Christian Oliva); João Pedro, Gastón Pereiro (57′ Riccardo Sottil); Giovanni Simeone (80′ Alberto Cerri).
Unused: Aresti, Tripaldelli, Caligara, Tramoni, Ceppitelli, Vicario, Boccia, Delpupo.
AC Milan (4-2-3-1) – Stefano Pioli
Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjær (46′ Pierre Kalulu), Alessio Romagnoli, Diogo Dalot; Sandro Tonali (72′ Soualiho Meïté), Franck Kessié; Samu Castillejo, Brahim Díaz (83′ Andrea Conti), Jens Petter Hauge (65′ Alexis Saelemaekers); Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Unused: A. Donnarumma, Tătăruşanu, Musacchio, Di Gesù, Michelis, Colombo, Maldini, Roback.
Referee: Rosario Abisso.
nice line up, considering. watch brahim explode as ibra’s post playing, passing and positioning will allow him so much space
Sorry, man. He played badly, lost so many possesion, got ragdolled al the time, and failed to link up with Ibra. Hope he plays better in the next match now that he is the only option in CAM.
Brahim Díaz player better than Hauge in today’s match . Take it or leave it
naw, brahim didnt play badly. hauge and saladmaker did but not brahim. it was his through ball that set ibra through on goal which forced cagliari defender to foul him from behind. he also hustled all nite. he did all he could playing out of position as am. like i said, players like brahim and hauge always play with their heads down whenever they have the ball, eyes set on the ball and defenders in front of them, ready to take on the defenders. thats a characteristic of a winger. playmakers like riquelme or hakan always play with their heads… Read more »
A must win today FORZAMILAN
Link?
Oh, match hasn’t started. Was wondering why hesgoal wasn’t loading
All we need is three points
Link… m.rctiplus.com.
Win guys
Hesgoal.com not good anymore anyone knows other options??
hesgoal is just fine
More than tonight match, I’m afraid for the next one against Atalanta, Roma and Calabria are one card away from suspension and they shouldn’t get yellow tonight otherwise we would definitely have lack of players for next game
“Milan is a confused team” Eusebio Di Francesco
I bet he would take his balls off to be coaching Milan.
ibracadabra scores. dammit ibra, let kessie take the pen next time
I think Kessie let him took for confidence booster, he’s been out for some time.
That’s a joke right?
When Kessie feels like giving his wife/GF a good time he calls Ibra for his permission.
when ibra was born, he named his parents
Ibra recently went to a feminist rally in Milan, it’s reported that he came back home with his shirt ironed and holding a sandwich.
when martin luther king said “i have a dream” he actually meant he met ibra in his dream saying all men all created equal
yeah, kessie said so in his intview recently. however, if its ucl final then no way ibra should take it. kessie all the way
nice thought
Goall ibra
What’s wrong with Tonalli?
What happen to Hauge fuck this shit common man I know the coach limit you ability and movement but still common man
Yeah, him and brahim played badly tonight, both lost so many possessions. I think that he is burdened by the competition of his position now that mandzukic is joining us.
We have hit the post 14 times this season. From all 5 leagues only PSG has hit more.
Lukewarm first half with a dubious penalty imo. But nice that Zlatan could pocket it. Zlatan looks alive and rather dynamic. Kessie and Tonali are good, the latter especially, and Dalot also doing some nice work. Calabria is probably the best on the pitch. On the other hand, Hauge and Samu aren’t effective in the offense game.
We need something extra in the second half to finish this.
Samu played well defensively while Hauge played bad.
Maybe Hauge should be relegated to the primavera, cause a lot of primavera players would do way better than him rn.
Castellijo is weak AF for a footballer. He has the body of a primavera player. I will be happy when he’s gone. Hauge looks like he is out of touch with his teammates. He’s making the wrong runs and taking too long on the ball. I don’t know but Hauge seems to be getting worst game in game. Extremely weird how his development is going. On the other hand Tonali and Brahim Diaz are showing improvement game by game. Romagnoli is so overrated. Donnarumma should be captain. Romagnoli will miss the Atalanta game now and I feel like it’s a… Read more »
Kalulu and Kear could be even better
Yep. I just Kjaer and Kalulu more than Romagnoli. He’s too inconsistent and he struggles badly against strikers like Dzeko, Lukaku and Zapata.
Honestly, I hope Milan sell Romagnoli this summer.
“milan should sell ibra so kris “better than inzaghi” piatek can play” – zion 2020
“milan should sell romagnoli this summer so milan will end up with uncle kjaer and kalulu kun only” – zion 2021
agree
I personally would prefer Kjaer or Kessie to be captain. Romagnoli seems doesn’t hv that necessary leadership and character to be captain, but everyone knows that changing the armband would messed the player’s morale, so we’ll just leave it as it is
What the hell is wrong with huage?
Worst players one the pitch…huge, castillejo, dalot and tonali
Dalot has been decent so far!
Tonali? You can’t be serious. SMDH
Tonali? He played good: intervened so many opposition’s ball and do decent distribution.
Casti’s magic might have made you have that double vision
Yeaaa ibraaaaa
I missed this guy, @Zlatan
fun fact: this season ibra scores doppietta more often than he scores just a goal in a match.
the lion king
I wish for him to be a top scorer at the end of the season.
can we get an amen
Why Casti always pass backwards.
because his brain works backwards too
Lol. His hair gel must’ve taken effect by now
finally, meitenbauer is on. go get ‘em tiger
Omg saladmaker what have you done
What a idiot, when our squad severely depleted already
We were up for two goals, it was around 70min almost over, he already got yellow, and he commited foul anyway and on top of that deep on opposition half.
We have to get a right winger, we would be so more dangerous from both sides then
I would at least try Leao on the right. Attack would be Rebic Ibra Leao. Otherwise i agree we need RW.
Yeah I’d go for that think leao can play anywhere up front
That’s a better option than Castellijo and Saelemaekers. Also Mandzukic can play on the left as well. So we are covered there.
In case we lack attackers (Covid for example) i would also try Teo as a RW and Kalulu as a Lb on Theos place.
I wouldn’t do that unless you are trying to lose. Conti can play as a RW. He was very effective at Atalanta as wingback and he scored the most goals from that position during his last season there.
I’d rather try Kalulu in midfield like Pioli did with Calabria than to play him in left back
Rebic woud be much better on the RW. Leave Leao at LW
I think Leao is more adaptabke. In my opinion Rebis would suffer more as a RW.
Leao can’t play from the right position! He has already been tried there this season and he flopped badly. It is best to play Calabria in that position and have either kalulu or Dalot cover the RB position. Calabria distributes decent crosses and have also shown that he has the ability to dribble pass opponents. Above all, Calabria knows how to shoot shots from outside the box.
Exactly. Saelemaekers act like a virgin teenage boy getting laid for the first time. He’s too excited it makes me nervous. It’s not the first time he’s gotten a silly red card after 2 yellow. You would think he would have learned by now 🙁 Personally, I don’t rate him as a winger and I would rather Milan use him as a backup RB or loan him out. I don’t know why but Milan really should get Felipe Anderson on loan and Thauvin next season. We would improve the right side a lot if we signed them. Felipe Anderson can… Read more »
Salesmaker is better than thauvin and filipe Anderson that boy is hard worker both players ve problems thauvin is another suso Anderson is inconstant will give us big problems
Wingers need to contribute to goals and assists not defending even that’s useful but not his primary goal.
Felipe Anderson and Thauvin press very well and offer a lot more offensively. They are both better than Saelemaekers and that’s not even up for debate.
We need more contribution to assist and goals playing with one striker.
i know filipe Anderson is quality player but his inconstant is big problem + he’s more midfielder like n10 also he can play both wings but not that affective in the wings if he can’t get playing time in benfica low key team i don’t think he will get in milan in thauvin am against that deal to happen castilejo suso thauvin are all same players same style castilejo even better than them because he is hard worker suso and thauvin are same lazy and slow
dammit saladmaker, just because ur young doesnt mean u shouldnt’ve known better than to foul opponent literally 1 m away from the ref when ur already on yellow. hauge is garbage tonite but u, smh
Hauge was much better, almost give ibra his hat trick.
No he wasn’t because of this coach he was the worst player there today he’s real talent magical but he needs to step up I like him He remind me of kaka
kaka the milan legend or kaka the spanish for poop?
hauge performed better in 2nd half but he was abysmal in 1st half
I was so excited by Hauge early form and beautiful goals. It seems hes lost his way, maybe he was told to keep it simple and dont lose the ball. I want to see him running at defences again. Anyway it’s been a huge step up for him, so let’s be patient, I still think he is a massive talent
yes hauge is a massive talent but he needs to adapt to tight defenses and tactical nature of serie a quickly. i dont think guardioli really asked him to cut inside and pass/shoot every single time just to keep possession. its just that he’s still nervous and unsure of himself playing against much better defenders than those he used to face back in norway. i say give him time, he’s earned it for how he performed in el group stage
wow, ibra’s channeling his inner bergkamp with his exquisite first touch which allows him space to shoot when there was none. too bad he doesnt score. great stuff
Cagliari has not won for 11 consecutive games
Kalulu is an absolute rock and meite looks like a good signing. Def a positive first display. Now we just need a rw and we will be in good shape!
RW option: Felipe Anderson and Thauvin. Get Felipe Anderson on loan now with option to buy and Thauvin free next season.
Sell Castellijo and loan out Saelemaekers. They’re not good enough in my opinion.
Yup or look at Antony from Ajax for rw. What do y’all think about lw position as well
LW is good. We have Rebic, Leao, Hauge and Mandzukic. I think Hauge is struggling to adapt tactically and I think that might be a language barrier but the talent is definitely there.
I think we should give him until next season. Hauge will come good eventually but the LW is solid especially with Theo.
agree
As expected, Giampaolo was sacked from Torino:))
I’m glad, I like Torino they’re good for Serie A they don’t deserve what’s happening to them
I’m not. I was hoping he stayed so that Torino gets relegated and we could pick up Singo and Belotti for cheap.
It would be nice to have both of them next season.
Is in it strange how before every big game we get bunch of easy yellow cards and covid for important players ?
as long as the penalties keep coming, i dont mind haha
congrats to guardioli and the boys for the hard fought win. im really impressed with the way milan keep grinding out results despite not playing that well. recently, teams like parma, lazio, atalanta and even torino couldnt get 3 points even when they were playing well. i think its clear that one of the main differences between top team and avg team is that, playing well or not, top team bury their chances whereas avg team waste them. another way of saying that would be, top team has that decisive player(s) that can change the course of the game. and… Read more »
Well said! We will need to be a lot better against Atalanta, they are flying right now.
Hopefully well get players back soon and get back to our best
correctamundo mate. lets hope for the best, prepare for the worst
Top scorers after Ibra’s sale to PSG 2012-2013: El92 16goals for 3rd place. 2013-2014: Balotelli 18 gols for 8th place. 2014-2015: Menez 16 goals for 10th place. 2015-2016: Bacca 18 goals for 7th place. 2016-2017: Baca 13 goals for 6th place. 2017-2018: Cutrone 10 goals for 6th place. 2018-2019: Piatek 9 goals for 5th place. 2019-2020: Ante Rebic(15+11 apps) 12 goals for 6th place. Zlatan 11 goals (16+2 apps) 2019-2020: Zlatan In Your Face Ibrahimovic 12 goals (8+1 apps) for the 1st place. Now this looks like a job for me, so everybody, just follow me ’cause we need a… Read more »
Yeah, i don’t know about the controversy, but i’m all for the statistic. That ones nice to have.
Keep it coming, mate!
Could someone please explain Covid to our players and coach. Maybe they could stop hugging each other after the matches!
We cant handle anymore absentees!
On the way to the CL spot:
25 wins needed—- 13 done n 12 more to go…happy countin, happy feeling
We played badly attackingwise and possessionwise. Lost so many balls. I think the team started to feel the burden of the standing. This is the point that experienced and winning player like Ibra and Mandzukic play their role. Defensivewise we played a really good game, except that Romagnoli shouln’t have got himself that unnecessary yellow that banned him the next match, more so in Salaemaekers case, but let the kid learns his lessons. The team is expected to be limping badly going against Atalanta. Wish we get at least a point considering the limited option for Pioli in the next… Read more »
Hauge is not being effective at left wing. Try him at AMC/SS since only Brahim available there
Totally agree. I don’t Pioli is getting the best out of him. Hauge played more AM at Bode Glint where he had the freedom to roam across the pitch.
I’m sure that they must have studied this before signing him. Hopefully with Calhanoglu out and Leao returning from suspension Pioli will use him more as an option for AM.
lol hauge isnt creative enough to play as lw and u want him to play in the middle? to do what exactly? hauge played as lw and occasionally as rw at bodo/glimt, including vs milan, and his trademark goals were/are him cutting inside from the left and slotting the ball neatly into far bottom corner and most of his assists were him sending low crosses from the left flank. bodo use(d) 4-3-3 and hauge never even played am because there’s no am in 4-3-3 set up (thats why i said brahim is a winger, because madrid and man city are… Read more »
And the shittiest player award goes to no other than Saladmaker…..
Forza Milan!!!
Don’t write off Roma there are doing well as well
I have waited for this day to come from the day Godín of former Atletico Madrid went to Inter and finally Cagliari Milan went to him to sign for us towards the final stage of his contract with Atletico but he refused and instead extended his contract with them, am not worried about this development but he said something and I quote him ‘ Milan is not my standard and I can never play for them” this was his words when We went to sign him during the era of Berlusconi Now am so happy to see disgraced and huminated… Read more »