Tuesday December 20, 2011 Day 1 Finished Stadio Sant'Elia

Cagliari 0 - 2 AC Milan

  • Pisano 4’ (o.g.)
  • Ibrahimovic 60’

  1. Milan beat Cagliari to go top

    Milan beat Cagliari to go top

    Milan returned to the top of Serie A thanks to a 2-0 win over Cagliari at the Stadio Sant’Ella Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Cagliari
    • AC Milan
    • 90+4 That is it from the Stadio Sant'Ella. Milan go top of Serie A after winning 2-0 at Cagliari, thanks to an own goal from Francesco Pisano and a strike on the hour by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
    • 90+4 Abbiati makes a mess of the clearance, but makes up for it as he saves from Nainggolan.
    • 90+3 Milan are running down the clock, as Boateng kicks the ball back to Abbiati.
    • 90+2 Thiago Silva heads clear again an Agostini cross, then turns to organise the defence. What a performance this has been.
    • 90' Four minutes of additional time.
    • 90' Cossu tries a speculative effort, but the ball goes way over.
    • 89' Taiwo concedes a corner under pressure from Ibarbo. Aquilani then heads clear Cossu's cross.
    • 88' Cagliari are sloppy in midfield, and Ibrahimovic plays in Pato down the right channel, but his snapshot is blocked by Canini.
    • 87' Agostini lets fly from 25 yards, but Abbiati is again equal to the shot.
    • 86' Taiwo clears under pressure from Ibarbo as the pair vie for a deep Agostini cross.
    • 85' Throw to Cagliari, but new captain Thiago Silva clears. He has also been immense, as the home side have kept up the pressure on the Milan defence.
    • 84' Van Bommel replaces Ambrosini.
    • 83' Taiwo clears a Cagliari attack. He has been magnificent tonight for Milan.
    • 81' Milan break, and Pato feeds Ibrahimovic, who in turn flicks the ball back to Pato. However, Agazzi makes a brave save at the Brazilian's feet.
    • 80' Ibrahmovic heads clear a Cossu free-kick from the right.
    • 79' Double substitution for Cagliari. Ekdal is replaced by Rui Sampaio, and Simone Gozzi comes on for Pisano.
    • 78' Mexes clears a Ribeiro cross.
    • 77' Ibarbo's cross from the right eludes everybody and drops to Agostini steaming in from left-back, but his shot is blocked.
    • 74' The game has lost some of its bite in the last five minutes. Despite a great workrate and some decent chances, Cagliari now look a beaten side.
    • 73' Alexandre Pato comes on for Robinho.
    • 70' Milan clear a dangerous Agostini cross from the left, with Ribeiro lurking.
    • 69' Larrivey fouls Aquilani right in front of the referee. Cagliari are getting frustrated here.
    • 68' Mark van Bommel has a few choice words with Cossu as he warms up!
    • 67' Thiago Silva clears a dinked Cossu chip with an emphatic header. But if Cagliari score, it will almost certainly be created by Cossu.
    • 66' A Ribeiro shot cutting in from the left is deflected for a corner, but Ibrahimovic of all people clears.
    • 65' Ibrahimovic miscontrols down the left, as he runs on to a chip from Robinho. He then apologises to the TV cameraman for sliding into his equipment.
    • 63' Bonera pushes Agostini in the face as he tries to go round him, and gets a yellow card.
    • 62' Ibrahimovic gets a blow, and limps off the pitch for treatment. But soon come back on.
    • 61' Ariaudo limps off, and on comes Gabriele Perico.
    • 60' Ibrahimovic makes it 2-0 Milan. Robinho flicks on a header into the path of the Swede, who controls the ball superbly to take it away from Canini, then chips it over Agazzi from the angle for his 11th goal in 13 games.
    • 59' Rainggolan goes close with a firm shot from the left-hand edge of the area. Abbiati did well to deal with the skidding ball as it bounced in front of him.
    • 58' Aquilani's cross is overhit from the right, with Robinho waiting in the centre for the ball.
    • 57' Robinho rounds Agazzi but then shoots well over from the angle. But what a reverse pass from Ibrahimovic to take Canini out of the game.
    • 56' Ibarbo tries to roll Mexes, and is hauled to the floor, but referee Orsato says no foul. Mexes seems a yard too slow for the game tonight.
    • 55' Taiwo hoofs a clearance up the pitch from Rainggolan's cross from the left.
    • 54' Agazzi is brave to smother the ball in front of Robinho. If the Brazilian had controlled that properly, however, he would have been in.
    • 53' Ibarbo's header at the far post is saved by Abbiati.
    • 52' Thiago Ribeiro shoots from distance, and Mexes clears for a corner.
    • 50' Ibrahimovic is offside when through on goal, tthough Canini comes back to tackle anyway.
    • 49' That is a good save from Agazzi with his legs as Aquilani shoots from 18 yards, after a good backheel down the right by Boateng. If Milan had scored, though, the Cagliari players would have protested that Aquilani had fouled Canini.
    • 48' Ariaudo intercepts as Robinho slips when running on to an Ibrahimovic pass.
    • 47' A scratchy start to the second half. Cagliari are on the attack, but Mexes clears with a brave header.
    • 46' Second-half underway, as Milan kick off.
    • 45' No injury-time in Sardinia. Milan lead 1-0 thanks to a Francesco Pisano own goal.
    • 43' Mexes plays the ball back to the goalkeeper after Milan are thwarted by the Cagliari high line.
    • 41' Mexes gives the ball away again when trying to find Aquilani, and Ribeiro eventually has a shot that rolls wide of Abbiati's right post.
    • 40' Agostino crosses from the left, but Ariaudo pushes Taiwo as he heads the ball towards goal, and it is a Milan free-kick.
    • 38' Robinho literally climbs on the back of Nainggolan, and it is a free-kick to the home side.
    • 36' Larrivey is just wide with a header from Pisano's floated cross from the right.
    • 35' Aquilani is fouled by Ekdal, and a promising Cagliari move ends. Earlier, the on-loan Liverpool midfielder had brilliantly blocked Ribeiro.
    • 34' Cossu fouls Boateng, but as he is on a yellow card, the referee is merciful.
    • 33' Nainggolan holds off Boateng and shoots from 35 yards, but the Belgian is well wide of goal.
    • 32' Ibrahimovic hits a free-kick from 40 yards that trickles into Agazzi's arms.
    • 31' Milan have the initiative now, and then Cossu fouls Ibrahimovic from behind and gets a yellow card, Cagliari's first of the game.
    • 30' Ekdal clears Bonera's cross from the right with a header. Not a great cross from the Milan full-back.
    • 29' Abbiati punches away the second corner from Cossu.
    • 28' Cossu wins a corner for Cagliari, but Thiago Silva clears with a strong header.
    • 26' Cossu's chip to the far post to Ribeiro is too high, and the ball rolls out for a Milan throw.
    • 25' Pisano is ruled offside on the right touchline. That was sloppy from the Cagliari defender, as he was not paying attention to the Milan line as they stepped up.
    • 24' Taiwo does really well in the area to hold off Ibarbo, and Orsato then blows for a Milan free-kick as the Cagliari striker gets over-physical.
    • 23' Aquilani is late in on Cossu, but there is no yellow this time from referee Orsato.
    • 22' Cagliari are looking good in possession here, with Cossu and Ribeiro prominent for the home side.
    • 21' Thiago Silva heads out the free-kick for a corner, but Larrivey is outjumped from the subsequent set-piece and Milan are able to clear.
    • 20' Ambrosini gets a yellow for sliding in late on Nainngolan. He misses the next game against Atalanta.
    • 18' Agostini's pass down the line to Ibarbo is overhit, and a Cagliari break ends.
    • 17' Cossu shoots and it is deflected goalwards by Larrivey, but Abbiati saves with his feet. The Cagliari striker looked offside, though.
    • 16' Cossu's free-kick eventually drops to Nainggolan on the edge of the box, but his shot is wild.
    • 15' Aquilani concedes a foul, tripping Nainggolan down the left.
    • 14' Lovely tackle by Alessandro Agostini on Bonera down the right. And he wins the goal kick too!
    • 13' Mexes fails to clear, and the ball drops to Ekdal shot 20 yards out. However, Abbiati saves at full-stretch.
    • 11' Lorenzo Ariaudo easily clears a hopeful Ambrosini cross from the left.
    • 9' Ibarbo fails to get on the end of a cross that Daniele Bonero fails to deal with, and the ball is clutched gratefully by Abbiati.
    • 8' Radga Nainggolan has a wild effort from outside the box, that sails over Abbiati's goal.
    • 7' Boateng shoots from distance after good work on the flanks by Robinho, but it is well wide.
    • 6' Massimo Ambrosini seems to bring down Victor Ibarbo, but referee Daniele Orsato waves play on.
    • 4' Milan go up the other end and score! Ibrahimovic puts in Robinho down the right-hand side of the box, and the Brazilian rounds goalkeeper Michael Agazzi and defender Michele Canini, before crossing for Nocerino to score his seventh goal in 14 games from point-blank range. But the replays show that the final touch was off Francesco Pisano.
    • 3' Cagliari hit the post! Cossu plays in Thiago Ribeiro down the right of the penalty area, and the Brazilian's low shot hits the outside of the woodwork!
    • 2' Taiwo clears carelessly, but Cossu is unable to make anything of the loose ball.
    • 1' Kick-off in the rain at Stadio Sant'Elia. The home side kick off playing right to left. Milan are in their all-white away kit.
    • 19.42 The champions of Italy have not lost in ten games, and can go top of Serie A if they win in Sardinia, as Juventus do not play until tomorrow night.
    • 19.27 CAGLIARI: Agazzi, Pisano, Canini, Ariaudo, Agostini, Ekdal, Nainggolan, Thiago Ribeiro, Cossu, Ibarbo, Larrivey...Subs: To Follow.///MILAN: Abbiati, Bonera, Mexes, Thiago Silva, Taiwo, Aquilani, Ambrosini, Nocerino, Boateng, Ibrahimovic, Robinho...Subs: To Follow.
    • 19.25 Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati returns after a month out with a shoulder injury. Philippe Mexes and Taye Taiwo start in defence, whilst Robinho begins up front with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Alberto Aquilani replaces Clarence Seedorf in midfield.
    • 19.24 Cagliari's Andrea Cossu returns from suspension, and he will play behind a front three of Thiago Ribeiro, Victor Ibarbo and Joaquin Larrivey. There is no place for club skipper Daniele Conti, however. Nene is out with a muscle problem, whilst Davide Astori has a fractured fibula.
    • 19.20 The match is the rearranged fixture from Week 1, where the whole schedule was postponed because of a players' strike.
    • 19.15 Welcome to coverage of Tuesday's Serie A match between Cagliari and AC Milan at Stadio Sant'Elia.

  • Summary

    • 60' Ibrahimovic makes it 2-0 Milan. Robinho flicks on a header into the path of the Swede, who controls the ball superbly to take it away from Canini, then chips it over Agazzi from the angle for his 11th goal in 13 games.
    • 57' Robinho rounds Agazzi but then shoots well over from the angle. But what a reverse pass from Ibrahimovic to take Canini out of the game.
    • 4' Milan go up the other end and score! Ibrahimovic puts in Robinho down the right-hand side of the box, and the Brazilian rounds goalkeeper Michael Agazzi and defender Michele Canini, before crossing for Nocerino to score his seventh goal in 14 games from point-blank range. But the replays show that the final touch was off Francesco Pisano.
    • 3' Cagliari hit the post! Cossu plays in Thiago Ribeiro down the right of the penalty area, and the Brazilian's low shot hits the outside of the woodwork!

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Cagliari

    Manager: Davide Ballardini

  • AC Milan

    Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
      Own Goal Substitution Out79′ 5.2 -
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      Substitution Out62′ 5.1 -
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      Midfielders
      Yellow Card 6 -
      Substitution Out79′ 5.7 -
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      Strikers
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      Yellow Card 4.8 -
      Subs
      Substitution In62′ 4.9 -
      Substitution In79′ 3.8 -
      Substitution In79′ 4.6 -
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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
      Yellow Card 5.1 -
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      6.9 -
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      Midfielders
      Yellow Card Substitution Out85′ 5.6 -
      6.2 -
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      Strikers
      Goal 7.1 -
      Substitution Out74′ 6.3 -
      Subs
      Substitution In85′ 5.3 -
      Substitution In74′ 6.1 -