Italian Serie A

AC Milan vs Cagliari, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
AC Milan
  • 51': Álvaro Morata
FT
1 - 1
Cagliari
  • 55': Nadir Zortea

Milan draw with Cagilari in Sergio Conceicao's league debut

AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at home by relegation-battlers Cagliari on Saturday in new coach Sergio Conceicao's Serie A debut.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antoine Makoumbou.
  • 2': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
  • 2': Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Offside, Cagliari. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Nicolas Viola (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 10': Offside, Cagliari. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
  • 14': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Nadir Zortea.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 14': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gabriele Zappa.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a through ball.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 19': Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 19': Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  • 22': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
  • 22': Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Offside, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
  • 26': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Adam Obert (Cagliari).
  • 27': Foul by Adam Obert (Cagliari).
  • 27': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Foul by Michel Adopo (Cagliari).
  • 28': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Delay in match (AC Milan).
  • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 29': Foul by Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari).
  • 29': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 34': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
  • 34': Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 38': Foul by Adam Obert (Cagliari).
  • 38': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Mattia Felici (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Antoine Makoumbou.
  • 40': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 41': Foul by Mattia Felici (Cagliari).
  • 41': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Mattia Felici (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a cross.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Michel Adopo.
  • 44': Hand ball by Michel Adopo (Cagliari).
  • 45': Offside, AC Milan. Yunus Musah is caught offside.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Cagliari 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Cagliari 0.
  • 46': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 46': Foul by Adam Obert (Cagliari).
  • 47': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box following a set piece situation.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 50': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 51': Goal! AC Milan 1, Cagliari 0. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 52': Offside, Cagliari. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
  • 55': Goal! AC Milan 1, Cagliari 1. Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mattia Felici following a fast break.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 57': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 61': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yunus Musah following a corner.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Tammy Abraham replaces Yunus Musah.
  • 63': Substitution, AC Milan. Álex Jiménez replaces Davide Calabria.
  • 64': Offside, Cagliari. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
  • 64': Delay in match because of an injury Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
  • 65': Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Deiola replaces Nicolas Viola.
  • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 66': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
  • 66': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Jiménez.
  • 67': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
  • 67': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antoine Makoumbou.
  • 68': Elia Caprile (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
  • 71': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Nadir Zortea.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández following a corner.
  • 73': Foul by Nadir Zortea (Cagliari).
  • 73': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Delay in match because of an injury José Palomino (Cagliari).
  • 78': Substitution, Cagliari. Mateusz Wieteska replaces José Palomino because of an injury.
  • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) with an attempt from very close range is too high.
  • 79': Delay in match because of an injury Mattia Felici (Cagliari).
  • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
  • 81': Substitution, Cagliari. Tommaso Augello replaces Mattia Felici because of an injury.
  • 81': Substitution, Cagliari. Razvan Marin replaces Antoine Makoumbou.
  • 82': Elia Caprile (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Álex Jiménez (AC Milan).
  • 82': Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Malick Thiaw.
  • 87': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 87': Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Substitution, AC Milan. Bob Omoregbe replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 88': Adam Obert (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 88': Foul by Bob Omoregbe (AC Milan).
  • 89': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
  • 90': Offside, AC Milan. Tammy Abraham is caught offside.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Offside, Cagliari. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nadir Zortea.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 90'+4': Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Mateusz Wieteska (Cagliari).
  • 90'+5': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+6': Attempt saved. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Cagliari 1.
  • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 1, Cagliari 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 9
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 9
11 Saves 1
31.9 Possession 68.1
6 SHOTS 24
2 ON GOAL 11
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
183 Accurate Passes 476
254 Passes 535
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 3
9 Crosses 35
0.1 Cross % 0.1
62 Long Balls 31
21 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
2 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 11
16 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 4
31 Effective Clearances 11
31 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 69,263

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 20 +20 47
2 Internazionale 19 +31 44
3 Atalanta 20 +23 43
4 Lazio 20 +6 36
Full Standings

Line-Ups

MIL AC Milan (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
28 Malick Thiaw
23 Fikayo Tomori
19 Theo Hernández
2 Davide Calabria
29 Youssouf Fofana
14 Tijjani Reijnders
80 Yunus Musah
7 Álvaro Morata
10 Rafael Leão
11 Christian Pulisic
AC Milan Substitutes:
Francesco Camarda, Lorenzo Torriani, Marco Sportiello, Filippo Terracciano, Álex Jiménez, Kevin Zeroli, Strahinja Pavlovic, Bob Omoregbe, Tammy Abraham, Ismaël Bennacer, Davide Bartesaghi, Matteo Gabbia.

CAG Cagliari (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
25 Elia Caprile (GK)
6 Sebastiano Luperto
24 José Palomino
33 Adam Obert
28 Gabriele Zappa
29 Antoine Makoumbou
8 Michel Adopo
97 Mattia Felici Yellow Card
19 Nadir Zortea
91 Roberto Piccoli Yellow Card
10 Nicolas Viola
Cagliari Substitutes:
Tommaso Augello, Velizar-Iliya Iliev, Matteo Prati, Mateusz Wieteska, Alen Sherri, Razvan Marin, Paulo Azzi, Gianluca Lapadula, Gianluca Gaetano, Alessandro Deiola, Leonardo Pavoletti.

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