ITALIAN CUP
The Rossoneri qualified for the quarter-finals with two goals from the Serbian and two great assists from the Frenchman in the first half. Chaka Traorè and Leao also scored in the second half
02 gen 2024
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Il Milan (with four teenagers from 1′) beats the Cagliari with the score of 4-1 and enters the quarter finals of Italian Cupwhere they will meet the winner of Atalanta-Sassuolo, scheduled for tomorrow at 6pm. Opens the scoring Jovic in the 29th minute following a cross from Theo Hernandez, then in the 42nd minute the Frenchman repeats himself with a stunning descent and serves the Serbian, who scores a brace. At 50′ the hat trick drops Chaka TraorèThen Azzi scores in the 88th minute and Lion closes the score in the 91st minute.
THE MATCH
Pioli, thanks to the countless injuries, fielded four players born between 2004 and 2005 from the first minute, while Ranieri had to do without Lapadula and relied on the Luvumbo-Petagna duo up front. Open game at the start, with a great opportunity on each side: first Obert forces Mirante to make a great reflex, while immediately after Jovic, freed by a great through ball from Adli, shoots weakly in front of Radunovic. The Serbian made amends in the 29th minute, when Theo Hernandez unleashed a perfect cross from the midfield, the former Real forward hooked it and put it into the net with his left foot in the small area. The script repeats itself in the 42nd minute, when the Rossoneri number 19 recovers the ball in his own half of the pitch, outpaces his opponents until the penalty area and after a tunnel to Hatzidiakos he unloads again for the Serbian, who with a diagonal shot surpasses a guilty Radunovic again . Jimenez becomes dangerous at the start of the second half with a left-footed shot from the edge, but another very young player, Chaka Traorè, takes advantage of a loose ball in the area after a half-ball from the full-back on loan from Real and beats the goalkeeper. guest (still imperfect) in slide. Petagna looks for the winner on the hour mark, but his header from a corner ends up high. With twenty to go Pioli introduces Leao and the Portuguese immediately comes close to scoring twice, first with a save from the opposing defense and then with a nice right-footed shot from the edge just wide. In the 88th minute, Azzi’s long-range shot is deflected by Luvumbo and goes past Mirante for the goal that closes the gap, which is re-established immediately afterwards by Milan’s number 10, who receives wide from Pulisic, comes in from the left and shoots towards the far corner where Radunovic cannot reach. The match valid for the round of 16 of the Italian Cup therefore ends 4-1, with the Rossoneri meeting the winner of Atalanta-Sassuolo in the quarter-finals, scheduled for tomorrow at 6.00 pm.
REPORT CARDS
Jimenez 7: Pioli launches him as a left back and he shows quality and a lot of personality, proving to be among the most positive on his debut at San Siro. Protagonist also with the play on the occasion of the 3-0.
Hatzidiakos 4.5: saves from Jovic at the start, then sensationally misses when the Serbian scores the opener on the half hour mark and takes a tunnel from Theo to make it 2-0.
T. Hernandez 8: a stunning performance from the Frenchman, dominant in defense and incredibly incisive going forward, first with a perfect cross from the midfield and then with an endless descent at the end of which he serves Jovic for 2-0.
Chukwueze 5: on the evening of celebration for the young Rossoneri, he manages to provide a rather dull performance, without ever trying to dribble and with constantly incorrect choices, in addition to immediately anticipating the opponent’s goal.
Jovic 7.5: he continues his golden moment with his first brace in the Rossoneri shirt, which brings his tally of goals in this first part of the season to five.
THE SCORESHEET
MILAN-CAGLIARI 4-1
Milan (4-2-3-1): Mirante 6; Calabria 6 (dal 16′ st Florenzi 6), Simic 6, T.Hernandez 8, Jimenez 7 (dal 35′ st Bartesaghi sv); Adli 6.5, Reijnders 6.5 (dal 35′ st Zeroli sv); Chukwueze 5, Romero 5.5 (dal 25′ st Pulisic 6.5), C.Traoré 6.5 (dal 25′ st Leao 7); Jovic 7.5. A disposizione: Nava, Maignan, Kjaer, Nsiala Makengo, Loftus-Cheek, Giroud. All. Pioli
Cagliari (4-3-1-2); Radunovic 4; Di Pardo 5 (from the 27th minute Zappa 5), Wieteska 5, Hatzidiakos 4.5, Obert 5.5; Deiola 5.5, Makoumbou 5, Jankto 5 (from 18′ st Azzi 6.5); Mancosu 5.5 (from 27′ st Sulemana 6); Luvumbo 6, Petagna 6 (from 18′ st Pereiro 6). Scuffet, Aresti, Capradossi, Goldaniga, Viola, Oristanio are available. All. Ranieri
Referee: Frontera
Scorers: 29′, 42′ Jovic (M), 50′ Chaka Traorè (M), 88′ Azzi (C), 91′ Leao (M)
Booked: Di Pardo (C), Deiola (C), Azzi (C)
THE STATISTICS
– Since the beginning of December, Luka Jovic has been the Serie A player who has scored the most goals in all competitions (five).
– Chaka Traorè (19 years and 10 days) is the youngest player to score for Milan in an official match since Manuel Locatelli against Juventus in Serie A, on 22 October 2016 (at 18 years and 288 days in that case ).
– Both of the two occasions in which Théo Hernández provided more than one assist in a single match with the Milan shirt came in the Italian Cup (the other against Genoa, on 13 January 2022, two also in that case).
– Luka Jovic has scored five goals in his last seven appearances counting all competitions, as many as in the previous 43 games played. The striker scored a brace in an official match for the first time since last February (vs Sporting Braga in the Conference League in that case).
– Rafael Leão has been involved in three goals in his last four home match appearances in all competitions (two goals and one assist).
– Milan have won the first match played in a single calendar year on seven of the last eight occasions counting all competitions (with the exception of the goalless draw against Sampdoria in Serie A in 2020).
– Milan have progressed on 14 of the last 15 occasions in which they have played in the round of 16 in the Italian Cup.
– Milan won a Coppa Italia match with a three-goal margin for the first time since 9 February 2022 (4-0 against Lazio in the quarter-finals in that case).
– Cagliari have been eliminated on all the last 10 occasions in which they have played in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup: the last time they reached the round dates back to 13 January 2005 against Lazio, 3-2 after extra time in the return match .
– For the first time since 23 December 2016 (Manuel Locatelli and Gianluigi Donnarumma against Juventus in the Super Cup), Milan fielded two players under the age of 19 from the first minute in an official match: Álex Jiménez (18 years and 238 days ) and Jan-Carlo Simic (18 years and 245 days).
– Tijjani Reijnders is the only AC Milan player to have played in every match played by the Rossoneri club this season (25 out of 25).
150th appearance for Alessandro Deiola with Cagliari considering all competitions.
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