🧨 Udinese win 3-0 at San Siro: Milan collapse, boos for all, Leao... 😱 | OneFootball

Milan lose heavily at San Siro using a 4-3-3 against Udinese: 3-0, thanks to an own goal by Bartesaghi (26'), a header from Ekkelenkamp (37') and a long-range strike by Atta (71').

The Rossoneri remain on 63 points: +3 over Juventus. Tomorrow, Como, on 58 points, can close the gap in their match against Inter. Udinese, meanwhile, move up to 10th place in the table.

In the 1st half, Milan's 4-3-3 is more unbalanced than usual and allows several counterattacks: Zaniolo takes advantage, going 50 meters on the break to set up Atta, whose cross is deflected by Bartesaghi into the net for 1-0. Pulisic is lively for the Rossoneri and comes close to scoring several times, while Leao is booed after missing a chance (from a Pulisic assist).

At 37' it becomes 2-0: Zaniolo crosses for Ekkelenkamp, who rises and scores, also because De Winter and Athekame do not defend perfectly. At the end of the half, Kristensen also nearly scores, shooting straight at Davis.

After the break, Fullkrug comes on and Allegri sets up a pure 4-3-3 with Pulisic and Leao on the wings. The chances increase and Okoye pulls off a miracle save on Saelemaekers, but yet another counterattack hurts Milan: Rabiot loses the ball and Atta scores from outside the box: it's 3-0. Late in the game, Davis pulls up again with a muscle problem.

😠 Leao loudly booed, San Siro empties out!

90TH MINUTE - San Siro empties well before the final whistle, and the remaining fans loudly boo the team in the 90th minute.

77TH MINUTE - Leao comes off for Loftus-Cheek and is heavily booed, just as he had been during the match after missing a chance and attempting an unnecessary backheel.

🤕 Davis goes OUT again

75TH MINUTE - Davis shields the ball and suddenly goes down on his own, puts his hands on his head and grabs his right thigh. The striker is forced off.

🤯 Atta FREEZES San Siro: 3-0 and Milan collapse

72ND MINUTE - Rabiot loses the ball in midfield and Milan are exposed: Atta receives it in the final third and then shoots from the edge into the bottom corner. Maignan stands still and San Siro is stunned: 3-0 to Udinese.

♻️ Fullkrug comes on and it's a pure 4-3-3! Okoye miracle 🧤

51ST MINUTE - With Fullkrug coming on, Milan become even more attacking, with Leao and Pulisic out wide. The chance falls to Saelemakers: a shot from outside the box after a corner situation, and Okoye produces a miracle save.

😬 Kristensen misses a sitter

45'+1 MINUTE - At the end of the half, Kristensen misses the chance for 3-0: another Udinese counterattack frees the defender in the box, but his scuffed shot hits Davis in front of him.

🧨 Ekkelenkamp makes it 2-0! Super Zaniolo again, defense 👎

37TH MINUTE - Zaniolo gets his second assist of the game (even if the first won't count, since Bartesaghi's was an own goal): perfect left-footed cross, Ekkelenkamp rises between De Winter and Athekame, who fail to intervene, and the midfielder heads home.

It is his 5th goal of the season: 3 of them have come against Napoli, Roma and Milan.

😱 Leao booed, misses a chance

33RD MINUTE - After being booed during the first half, Leao misses a huge chance: Pulisic crosses and the Portuguese forward redirects the ball with his left foot, sending it wide.

A chance where he could have headed it, hit it with his right foot, or left it for Saelemaekers' run.

💣 Bartesaghi own goal! Zaniolo, a 50-meter breakaway 🤯

26TH MINUTE - Zaniolo leads a counterattack from his own defensive third: he beats three men, including a sharp cut to avoid Pavlovic's challenge.

Zaniolo then lays it off to Atta, who crosses, and Bartesaghi deflects the ball past Maignan: it's 1-0. As confirmed by Lega Serie A, it goes down as an own goal by Bartesaghi.

💥 Signs of the "real" Pulisic: he beats 4!

9TH MINUTE - Pulisic is starting to show himself again after months off form: he cuts inside from the left and beats four men with a series of diagonal dribbles, but his shot is blocked.

Milan are more dangerous than usual down the flanks, but at the same time they risk getting caught on the counter, as happened with Zaniolo in the 2nd minute.

😅 Allegri on the 4-3-3: "Hopefully we got it right. Leao..."

Speaking to DAZN, Allegri commented on the switch to a 4-3-3: "Athekame has different characteristics from Tomori; if needed he pushes a bit more, otherwise he stays in the build-up. Saelemaekers does the job of a wide attacker, it's normal that Alex is a very important player for us because he gives us a lot of balance".

Then a comment on Leao and a bit of irony about the lineup: "I think Rafa is improving physically. What's more, as a center-forward he always makes very good movements and attacks space really well. It's up to us to put the ball in front of the goalkeeper and try to help him score. [...] Hopefully we got the lineup right (laughs, ed.).

✅ OFFICIAL lineups

MILAN (4-3-3): Maignan; Athekame, De Winter, Pavlović, Bartesaghi; Ricci, Modrić, Rabiot; Saelemaekers, Leão, Pulisic.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Okoye; Kristensen, Kabasele, Solet; Ehizibue, Ekkelenkamp, Karlström, Atta, Kamara; Zaniolo, Davis.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

📸 MARCO BERTORELLO - AFP or licensors