Three days after the excellent home success against Empoli and three days from the delicate championship trip to Atalanta to continue the climb in the standings to the Champions League zone, Paulo Fonseca's Milan begins its journey in this edition of the Italian Cup, clearly defeating Sassuolo 6-1 (thanks to the brace from Chukwueze and to the networks of Reijnders, Lion, Calabria e Abrahambefore the goal of Muleteers) in the round valid for the round of 16 e thus entering the quarterfinals of the national event, where the Rossoneri will wait for the winner of the match between Roma and Sampdoria.
A practice that was already dismissed in the first half of the first half, given that the first four Milanese goals all arrived in the first 23 minutes of the match. In the second half, Calabria and Abraham rounded off the result, before Mulattieri's spectacular goal.
Fabio Grosso's Sassuolo run in the Italian Cup ends hereafter the Emilians had already eliminated Cittadella and Lecce from the tournament in the previous rounds.
THE SCORESHEET
Milan-Sassuolo 6-1
MARKERS: 12' and 21' Chukwueze (M), 17' Reijnders (M), 23' Leao (M), 56' Calabria (M), 59' Mulattieri (S), 62' Abraham (M)
TRAININGS:
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Sportiello (from 46' Torriani); Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Terracciano; Fofana (from 46' Musah), Reijnders (from 65' Bartesaghi); Chukwueze, Loftus-Cheek (from 46' Pulisic), Leao (from 46' Okafor); Abraham. Other. Fonseca
SASSUOLO (4-3-1-2): Satalino; Paz (from 46' Miranda), Odenthal, Muharemovic, Pieragnolo (from 67' Missori); Iannoni, Obiang, Caligara (Thorstvedt from 67'); Volpato; Muleteers (from 82' Kumi), Antiste (from 82' Toljan). All. Grosso
REFEREE: Kevin Bonacina of the Bergamo section
WARNED: 39' Paz (S), 64' Odenthal (S), 80' Terracciano (M) EXPELLED: /
NOTE: 0' recovery time, 0' recovery time
I GOL
MILAN-SASSUOLO 6-1, Abraham at 62': Muharemovic misses and opens space for Okafor, who does well to serve Abraham at the far post. The attacker scores with a dig with his right foot
MILAN-SASSUOLO 5-1, Mulattieri in the 59th minute: Antiste gets rid of Terracciano on the left, going to serve Mulattieri at the near post. The attacker shoots towards the goal with a sure shot, scoring also thanks to an uncertainty from Torriani who slips the ball under his arm
MILAN-SASSUOLO 5-0, Calabria in the 56th minute: Chukwueze immediately takes the corner, serving Pulisic, who tries the cross into the area, hitting the post. Calabria arrives on the rebound and scores with the goal unguarded
MILAN-SASSUOLO 4-0, Leao in the 23rd minute: Milan's lethal restart. Loftus-Cheek tries and finds Leao with a through ball, who takes the time on Odenthal and scores the Rossoneri's poker with an unstoppable right-footed shot for Satalino
MILAN-SASSUOLO 3-0, Chukwueze al 21': error in the disengagement phase of Sassuolo, which favors Milan's recovery. Abraham plays outside the penalty area, perfectly serving Chukwueze who makes it 3-0 with a left-footed shot
MILAN-SASSUOLO 2-0, Reijnders already 17': neck/outside conclusion by Reijnders, good at taking advantage of an excellent move by Leao. The Dutchman collects a ball from the edge and shoots with confidence, leaving Satalino immobile and scoring the second goal
MILAN-SASSUOLO 1-0, Chukwueze al 12': extraordinary play by Reijnders, who cuts the field with a perfect ball for Chukwueze. The attacker shoots with his left foot and hits the post, but then scores the advantage on the following rebound
SALIENT ACTIONS
84' – VOLPATO! Insidious conclusion from the midfielder, who challenges Torriani with a good left-footed shot neutralized with an open hand by the young Rossoneri goalkeeper
76' – MILAN OPPORTUNITY! Short cross from Calabria, stopped by the intervention of Satalino who then almost involuntarily serves Bartesaghi, anticipated by Iannoni who clears it for a corner
57' – SASSUOLO OPPORTUNITY! Mulattieri launches on the counterattack, coming face to face with Torriani, before Pavlovic's decisive intervention which saves Milan
55' – MOSES! Insidious right-footed shot from the midfielder, who shoots from outside, forcing Satalino to rebound for a corner
42' – VOLPATO'S GOAL CANCELLED! Volpato loads the shot from outside, finding Sportiello's response. Antiste pounces on the rebound and scores, but in an irregular position
40′ – LOFTUS-CHEEK! Free kick taken perfectly by Chukwueze, able to find the Englishman at the near post. Loftus-Cheek tries with his head and just misses the target
37′ – ABRAHAM! Crossing shot from the attacker, served very well by Reijnders on the edge of the penalty area. The attempt ends at the bottom
33' – MULE DRIERS! Excellent starting point from Volpato, who frees himself on the left and goes to serve the attacker. Mulattieri hits the header, but misses the target
10′ – LOFTUS-CHEEK! Powerful right foot from the Englishman, good at taking advantage of a Milan counterattack, but not finding the target
9' – GOAL CANCELLED AT MILAN! Reijnders opens very well on Leao, who does well to draw a cross for Abraham who heads the lead. Action stopped due to a previous offside by the Portuguese (READ THE MOVIOLA HERE)
2′ – LOFTUS-CHEEK! First chance for Milan – after a combination between Leao and Abraham – with a left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area by the English midfielder, stopped by an excellent intervention from Satalino
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