Cagliari 0-2 A.C Milan: Serie A match report-second-half
The second-half got off to a lively start, as both teams immediately went on the offensive. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 midfielder’s strike from 18 yards
was brilliantly saved by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Agazzi-c25264 with his legs.
Minutes later, the hosts had a wonderful opportunity to equalise. Ribeiro’s powerful header from a set-piece was brilliantly palmed away by Abbiati at the far post.
The Rossoneri looked much sharper in the second-half and had another wonderful opportunity to double their advantage. Ibrahimovic played a lovely reverse pass to Robinho, who rounded the Cagliari goalkeeper before shooting it over
the goal from a sharp angle.
Milan’s resurgence paid off just on the hour mark, as Ibrahimovic scored his 11th goal of the 2011/12 league campaign and joined Germain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denis-c10837 as the top goal-scorer thus far. Robinho flicked a lovely header into the
path of Ibra, who controlled the ball brilliantly before chipping it over Agazzi’s head to make it 2-0 for the Rossoneri.
Ballardini was forced to make a defensive change, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lorenzo-Ariaudo-c22420.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Agostini-c4713. Minutes later, Joaquin Larrivey played a vicious foul on Aquilani and earned himself a yellow card. The hosts were clearly
getting frustrated with their miserable time in-front of the goal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robinho-c31382 in the 73rd minute.
The Isolani looked distorted after conceding the second-goal and a defeat was clearly evident from their body language after the Ibrahimovic strike. The hosts decided to make a double change in the 79th minute. Ekdal
and Pisano were taken off and were replaced by Rui Sampaio and Simone Gozzi respectively.
Milan came extremely close to scoring their third goal after Pato led a lovely counter attacking move and played a lovely one-two with Ibrahimovic, before forcing Agazzi into making a brilliant save with his feet.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mark-van-Bommel-c24148 replaced Ambrosini in the 84 minute.
Agostini tested his luck with a long-range shot, but Abbiati was equal to the challenge and made a clam save.
The hosts could not threaten the Milan goal anymore as they slumped to their 6th defeat of the season.
Cagliari: Agazzi; Pisano (Gozzi 79), Canini, Ariaudo (Perico 62), Agostini; Ekdal (Rui Sampaio 79), Nainggolan, Cossu; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Ribeiro-c34900, Ibarbo, Larrivey
Milan: Abbiati; Bonera, Mexes, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Silva-c34903, Taiwo; Aquilani, Ambrosini (Van Bommel 85), Nocerino; Boateng; Ibrahimovic, Robinho (Pato 73)
As a result, Milan move to top of the standings with 34 points from 16 matches. On the other hand, Cagliari slipped down to the 14th spot after Fiorentina’s 0-0 draw against Siena.
Milan will face Atalanta after a two-week winter break, while Cagliari will host Genoa in their next match.
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