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CONVINCING VICTORY: Milan 4 – 0 Brescia, Saturday 2 April 2016

 

The youth team see off Brescia 4-0 at home.

MILAN – The Primavera (U19) league match between Milan-Brescia ended 4-0 in favour of the Rossoneri on Saturday afternoon.

After a strong start, Milan broke the deadlock on 23 minutes courtesy of Vido who finished off an assist from Crociata to net his sixth goal of the season.

Cutrone then doubled the team’s lead on the cusp of half time with his 12th goal of the campaign following an assist from Felicioli.

Hadziosmanovic got in on the act by opening his account for the season and heading home the team’s third goal after the break.

In the closing stages, Cutrone netted his second of the match to wrap up a comprehensive win for Cristian Brocchi’s side.

This is how the two teams lined-up at kick-off:

MILAN: Livieri; Turano, Felicioli, De Santis, Gamarra, Mondonico, Mastalli, Zanellato, Cutrone, Crociata, Vido. Subs: Plizzari, Maldini, Spinelli, Iudica, Bianchimano, Hamadi, Hadziosmanovic, Casiraghi, El Hilali, Llamas, Modic, Piacentini. Coach: Cristian Brocchi.

BRESCIA: Mandelli; Filippi, Lancini, Bruno, Mangraviti, Masperi, Saidmhando, Cistana, Milanesi, Strada, Minessi. Subs: Lancini, Bodei, Brambilla, Marconi, Paderno, Scopelliti, Semprini, Zojzi, Camilli. Coach: Davide Possanzini.

AC MILAN BEYOND THE RESULT against Atalanta

 

The stats from Sunday’s match in Bergamo.

(IN THE PHOTO: Luiz Adriano in action)

MILAN – Atalanta came back from behind to win 2-1 versus Milan on Sunday afternoon.

Luiz Adriano opened the scoring after just five minutes converting from the penalty spot after Stendardo had previously handled the ball inside the area.

De Sciglio and Bertolacci then both found themselves in good shooting positions, but neither one could hit the target.

Atalanta closed out the first half strongly, and after a period of sustained pressure, found the equaliser courtesy of an acrobatic effort on the stroke of half-time by Mauricio Pinilla.

The hosts went on to complete the comeback on 63 minutes when Papu Gomez fired beyond Donnarumma at the near post following an assist from De Roon.

Carlos Bacca saw a header go over the bar while Mario Balotelli sent Marco Sportiello into a flying save with a swerving free-kick from distance, but Milan were unable to find an equaliser.

Here are the stats to emerge from the game in Bergamo:

127 – the days since Luiz Adriano had last scored in Serie A. Before breaking the ice in Bergamo on Sunday, his last goal in the top-flight was versus Sampdoria at the San Siro.

20 – the number of points collected by Milan in the 12 rounds in the second half of the season: the exact same amount from the first 12 rounds of the season. The Rossoneri have collected 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from the past 12 league matches.

7 – the number of goals scored by Milan in the opening quarter of an hour this season.

CESARE MALDINI WAS MILAN, SAYS ADRIANO GALLIANI

MILAN – Joint-CEO Adriano Galliani has paid his respects to Milan great Cesare Maldini in an interview with the Milan Channel:

“I have an indelible memory of Cesare Maldini. I still remember when I went to Chiasso with friends to watch the 1963 European Cup final between Milan-Benfica. I was lucky to see him lift the first European Cup by an Italian side. He was a legendary figure, from a legendary family. I sent Paolo Maldini a text message this morning and he replied saying how much Cesare Maldini was close to the club. My response was that he was Milan. Cesare is the history of Milan. But also the history of the Italian national side. He won three European Championships with the U21s and was assistant coach to Bearzot.  He was a great player and captain. I have a lot of memories of him. He made history with this club. I remember when we finished the 2000/2001 season with him as coach and the derby. His son followed in his footsteps and the fact that both of them lifted the European Cup to the English skies is something wonderful and incredible. He will always live long in our hearts.”