Milan grabs a draw against Cremonese. HIGHLIGHTS

MILANO. Milan was able to capture a late draw against Cremonese with a late goal from J. Messias.

May 4, 2023

MILANO. Milan succeeded in clinch a draw against Cremonese with a late goal from J. Messias scored in the (90′) after Cremonese got a lead with a goal from D. Okereke (77′). Milan was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (71%)

The match was played at the Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti stadium in Milano on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Pairetto assisted by Pasquale Capaldo and Vittorio Di Gioia. The 4th official was Lorenzo Maggioni. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.7 degrees Celsius or 63.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.

Match Statistics

Milan

1 - 1

Cremonese

! 74 Ball Possession 26

Shots

19 Total 6
6 On Target 2
13 Off Target 4
4 Shots blocked 0

153 Attack 80
80 Dangerous attack 19
117 Ball safe 103

0 Penalties 0
10 Corners 0
2 Off Sides 4

Fouls

12 Total 12
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Milan had a strong ball possession 71% while Cremonese was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more pushing with 80 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Milan to win the match.

Milan shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Cremonese shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Milan didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (Pablo Galdames, J. Vásquez and Paolo Ghiglione).

Also, Cremonese didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Charles Pickel (Cremonese) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Match Timeline

13'

46'

56'

Olivier Giroud- sub ->Charles De Ketelaere

62'

Rafael Leão- sub ->Divock Origi

63'

73'

Paolo Ghiglione- sub ->Vlad Chiriches

73'

75'

77'

84'

Michele Castagnetti- sub ->Pablo Galdames

90'

Paolo Ghiglione- Yellow

90'

Charles Pickel- Red

90'

Charles Pickel(var)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Milan will have 58 points like Atalanta and Roma to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Cremonese will have 21 points to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Milan will host Lazio on the 6th of May with a 18-9 head to head record in favor of Milan (16 draws).

Cremonese will host Spezia on the 6th of May with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Spezia (2 draws).

Milan – Formation

Milan

Mike Maignan 16.France

6.3

Davide Calabria 2.Italy

7.6

Fodé Ballo-Touré 5.Senegal

6.7

Pierre Kalulu 20.France

7.0

Malick Thiaw 28.Germany

6.5

Ismaël Bennacer 4.Algeria

7.1

46'

Brahim Díaz 10.Spain

6.2

Alexis Saelemaekers 56.Belgium

7.2

75'

Charles De Ketelaere 90.Belgium

6.4

62'

Aster Vranckx 40.Belgium

6.8

75'

Divock Origi 27.Belgium

7.1

63'

Substitutes

Ciprian Tătărușanu 1.Romania

Antonio Mirante 83.Italy

Theo Hernández 19.France

Matteo Gabbia 46.Italy

Simon Kjaer 24.Denmark

Alessandro Florenzi 25.Italy

Yacine Adli 7.France

Sandro Tonali 8.Italy

7.3

75'

Tiemoué Bakayoko 14.France

Rade Krunic 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.8

46'

Ante Rebic 12.Croatia

Olivier Giroud 9.France

6.3

62'

Rafael Leão 17.Portugal

6.0

63'

Junior Messias 30.Brazil

7.2

75'

90'

Milan adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan (6.3), Davide Calabria (7.6), Pierre Kalulu (7.0), Malick Thiaw (6.5), Fodé Ballo-Touré (6.7), Ismaël Bennacer (7.1), Aster Vranckx (6.8), Alexis Saelemaekers (7.2), Charles De Ketelaere (6.5), Brahim Díaz (6.2) and Divock Origi (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Tiemoué Bakayoko, Rafael Leão (6.0), Alessandro Florenzi, Rade Krunić (6.8), Junior Messias (7.2), Theo Hernández, Ciprian Tătărușanu, Yacine Adli, Ante Rebić, Matteo Gabbia, Sandro Tonali (7.3), Simon Kjær, Olivier Giroud (6.6) and Antonio Mirante.

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Ismaël Bennacer for Rade Krunić (46′), Divock Origi for Rafael Leão (63′), Charles De Ketelaere for Olivier Giroud (63′), A. Vranckx for Sandro Tonali (75′) and Alexis Saelemaekers for Junior Messias (75′).

Best player: Davide Calabria

The most impressive player for Milan was Davide Calabria.

His rating is (7.6) with 65 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13.

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese

Marco Carnesecchi 12.Italy

7.4

Vlad Chiricheș 21.Romania

7.6

73'

Luka Lochoshvili 44.Georgia

7.0

Leonardo Sernicola 17.Italy

7.1

Johan Vásquez 5.Mexico

6.9

90'

Cristian Buonaiuto 10.Italy

6.4

56'

Soualiho Meïté 28.France

6.4

Marco Benassi 26.Italy

6.2

56'

Pablo Galdames 27.Chile

7.0

84'

Charles Pickel 6.Switzerland

7.0

90'

Felix Afena-Gyan 20.Ghana

6.4

73'

Substitutes

Gianluca Saro 13.Italy

Mouhamadou Sarr 45.Senegal

Emanuel Aiwu 4.Austria

Emanuele Valeri 3.Italy

6.3

56'

Alex Ferrari 24.Italy

6.3

73'

Matteo Bianchetti 15.Italy

Michele Castagnetti 19.Italy

6.4

84'

C. Acella 23.Italy

Paolo Ghiglione 18.Italy

6.4

73'

90'

A. Basso Ricci 99.Italy

Daniel Ciofani 9.Italy

David Okereke 77.Nigeria

7.3

56'

77'

Also Cremonese adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Davide Ballardini played with: Marco Carnesecchi (7.4), Leonardo Sernicola (7.1), Vlad Chiricheş (7.6), Luka Lochoshvili (7.0), Johan Vásquez (6.9), Charles Pickel (7.0), Soualiho Meïté (6.4), Marco Benassi (6.2), Pablo Galdames (7.0), Cristian Buonaiuto (6.4) and Felix Afena-Gyan (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Alberto Basso, Michele Castagnetti (6.4), Emanuel Aiwu, Christian Acella, Paolo Ghiglione (6.4), Gianluca Saro, Emanuele Valeri (6.3), Daniel Ciofani, David Okereke (7.3), Mouhamadou Sarr, Alex Ferrari (6.3) and Matteo Bianchetti.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: Marco Benassi for David Okereke (56′), Cristian Buonaiuto for Emanuele Valeri (56′), Felix Afena-Gyan for Alex Ferrari (73′), Vlad Chiriches for Paolo Ghiglione (73′) and Pablo Galdames for Michele Castagnetti (84′).