AC Milan suffered their second consecutive blowout loss as the 16th placer Sassuolo thrashed Milan 5-2 in a Serie A soccer match.
This is the first time since April 6, 1997 that AC Milan had conceded at least five goals in a Serie A home match. The beginning of 2023 for AC Milan has been brutal as the club conceded 18 goals already within just seven games, which is a huge number of goals conceded across all Big 5 European Leagues. For today match prediction site you may visit 12BET for more info.
On the other side, Sassuolo secured their first victory in Serie A since the month of October with an emphatic 5-2 demolition over Milan at San Siro. The visiting squad embarrassed the top-tier Milan in their home turf led by Domenico Berardi who registered three assists and a goal. Berardi made an impressive two consecutive assists to contribute on making the first and second goals for Sassuolo, giving Gregoire Defrel and David Frattesi a chance to give their side a 2-0 commanding lead. Berardi registered himself on the scoresheet with a header at the near post to restore their two-goal lead and answered back to Olivier Giroud.
Lauriente won the penalty after he was fouled by David Calabria and scored from 12 yards. Matheus Henrique scored the fifth and winning goal for Sassuolo side to put a cap on an emphatic performance for the current Serie A 16th placer. On the other hand, Divock Origi notched the second goal but was too late and this will be the worst day that was difficult to forget for the Rossoneri.
It was kind of obvious to witness that the Milan side performed pretty badly on the defensive ends, both Calabria and Theo Hernandez performed sloppily, as the two were at fault for the first goal. Calabria conceded a huge penalty and Hernandez made a mistake for the fifth goal.
To be fair, Milan is still searching for their right identity and in fact suffers from lack of communication or chemistry on the faces of Kalulu and Gabbia. Losing Krunic due to suspension took some toll on the midfield position, Tonali struggled on dominating the middle of the pitch as he was also misplacing passes and unable to catch up with the opponents.
The Italian coach made some questionable decisions before and during the game – he opted to out Rafael Leao from the starting IX to give way for Ante Rebic and De Ketelaere a spotlight to shine from the get-go. Rebic and Ketelaere both rattled into their first starting lineup role and did not produce nor contribute positively to the team, despite a positive performance from De Ketelaere who made some nice turns and dribbles but failed to translate the attack.
With that kind of absurd decisions from Stefano Pioli, with Leao benched caused a huge and embarrassing defeat at home over the underwhelming club – causing his tactics and strategies to pan out.
This defeat could possibly drift the relationship between Leao and AC Milan, he came off the bench and did not look interested at all – this could also cause some bad jeers with Milan fans.
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