MILANO. Milan demolishes Cagliari 4-1.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Serra. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up. On the other side, Cagliari adopted for a 3-5-2 formation.
Milan – Formation
Stefano Pioli decided to play with the following team: Mike Maignan, Davide Calabria, Simon Kjær, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernández, Sandro Tonali, Rade Krunić, Alexis Saelemaekers, Brahim Díaz, Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud.
The home team had on the bench: Ante Rebić, Ismaël Bennacer, Ciprian Tătărușanu, Daniel Maldini, Alessandro Plizzari, Pierre Kalulu, Matteo Gabbia, Alessio Romagnoli, Samu Castillejo, Fodé Ballo-Touré and Alessandro Florenzi.
Cagliari – Formation
On the other side, Leonardo Pioli played with: Boris Radunović, Luca Ceppitelli, Diego Godín, Andrea Carboni, Nahitan Nández, Răzvan Marin, Kevin Strootman, Alessandro Deiola, Dalbert, João Pedro and Leonardo Pavoletti.
They had on the bench: Charalampos Lykogiannis, Alberto Grassi, Damir Ceter, Gabriele Zappa, Christian Oliva, Giorgio Altare, Simone Aresti, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Diego Farias, Gastón Pereiro and E. Fusco.
Cagliari could not rely on the presence of G. Zappa (injured).
Milan was in firm control of the ball 57% while Cagliari was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Match Timeline
After this match, Milan will have 6 points while Cagliari will stay with 1 points.