AC Milan will not have remained on its clouds for long: four days after its demonstration against Real Madrid (3-1) in the Champions League at the Bernabéu: the Lombard club was hooked by Cagliari (3-3), Saturday during of the 12th day of Serie A.
Silent since August 30, Rafael Leao scored a double but that was not enough for the Rossoneri who had a very bad day in Sardinia.
“Our problem today was our defense, we lacked aggression, we let them center too much, we lost too many aerial duels, it's not possible to win a match in these conditionsdeclared the coach of Milan Paulo Fonseca on the DAZN platform. This draw is clearly a step backwards.”
His players conceded a first goal after only 63 seconds of play when Lucky Nadirleft alone by the Lombard defense, deceived Mike Maignan from afar.
Leao, who had lost his starting status in October, woke up his team by lobbing the opposing goalkeeper on a superb opening shot. Tijjani Reijnders (15th). The Portuguese, launched by Youssouf Fofanadoubled the lead by resisting two defenders (40th).
Cagliari who remained on three defeats in a row, put Maignan to contribution several times before equalizing with Gabriele Zappa who benefited from a poor recovery from Fofana (53rd).
Milan thought they had definitively regained the advantage thanks to Tammy Abrahamperfectly placed to catch the ball released by the Sardinian goalkeeper after a shot from Christian Pulisic (69e).
But Zappa equalized again in the 89th minute.
AC Milan, which has played one match less, remains stuck in 7th place, seven points behind the leader, Napleswho faces SundayInter.
The meeting allowed the prodigy Francesco Camarda to go a little further into history: he started for the first time in Serie A at 16 years and 244 days, a precocity record for a Milan outfield player. Taking advantage of the absence ofAlvaro Moratavictim of a head trauma in training, Camarda, who in November 2023 at 15 years 8 months and 15 days became the youngest player in history to play a Serie A match, created a great opportunity in the 57th minute, before being replaced in the 65th minute by Abraham.
