From celebration to desperation! Five days ago, AC Milan won the Supercoppa Italiana in an outstanding manner by beating Juventus and Inter. And today, the Rossoneri failed to beat Cagliari at San Siro, drawing 1-1. The same rival held them back after the fantastic UCL victory over Real Madrid and now spoiled their joy once more.Rashford ‘finds refuge’ in Ibra’s ranks?Milan showed nothing in the first half, throwing the opening 45 minutes through the window. However, the more energetic approach brought them Morata’s deadlock-breaker in the 51st minute. The home team’s period of better play was short-term, as Cagliari levelled over Zortea only four minutes later.Pulisic, Hernandez, and Abraham could have won it for the Rossoneri but were deprived of that joy by another Italian goalkeeping prospect, the outstanding 23-year-old Elia Caprile, who became Cagliari’s hero.Milan fail to make their dominance pay against Cagliari ❌ pic.twitter.com/VmSHDWLBZY— OneFootball (@OneFootball) January 11, 2025 As if they were still hung over from the celebration after winning the Supercoppa Italiana trophy, the Rossoneri were too “quiet” during the first half. They had a possession advantage and more attempts at the break, but Cagliari were more concrete, wasting the best chance in the first 45 minutes.Sharing spoils is a trend in TurinDavide Nicola’s men could have taken the lead five minutes before the break following a hasty counterattack, but Mike Maignan superbly stopped Mattia Felici’s effort from the edge of the box and kept the teams level at the break.However, the beginning of the second half indicated that Milan walked out of the locker room with a new energy. A minute and a half following the ref’s opening whistle, Christian Pulisic hit the bar from distance. The same player once more hit the woodwork – this time the post – four minutes later. Only this time, Alvaro Morata was in the right place to send home the rebound and put the Rossoneri in front – 1-0!Yet, only five minutes later, the visitors equalized! Felici initiated the counter, found Nadir Zortea, whose shot somehow slipped under Maignan’s hands and ended up in the Frenchman’s bottom-right corner – 1-1.Third luck was not the charm for Milan’s American in the 61st minute as Cagliari’s goalie, Elia Caprile, stopped him and then did the same to Theo Hernandez five minutes later. The 23-year-old continued his show in the 80th minute when Tammy Abraham faced him one-on-one and failed to convert, wasting the last Milan’s chance.SERIE A MATCHDAY 20FridayLazio – Como 1-1 (1-0)/Dia 34 – Cutrone 72/SaturdayEmpoli – Lecce 1-3 (0-2)/Cacace 47 – Morente 6, Krstovic 11, 90+1/Udinese – Atalanta 0-0Torino – Juventus 1-1 (1-1)/Vlasic 45+1 – Yildiz 8/Milan – Cagliari 1-1 (0-0)/Morata 51 – Zortea 55/Sunday14:30: (2.05) Genoa (3.50) Parma (3.90)17:00: (10.5) Venezia (5.70) Inter (1.28)20:00: (2.95) Bologna (3.25) Roma (2.65)22:45: (1.25) Napoli (6.50) Verona (14.0)Monday22:45: (4.30) Monza (3.50) Fiorentina (1.88)***odds are subject to change***
