🧨 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: still +5 ahead of Juventus, who will face Atalanta tonight. Tomorrow Como, on 58 points, can close the gap in the match against Inter. Udinese, meanwhile, move up to 10th in the table.

In the 1st half, Milan in the 4-3-3 are more unbalanced than usual and allow 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. For the Rossoneri, Pulisic looks inspired and comes close to scoring several times, while Leao is booed after missing a chance (from a Pulisic assist).

At 37', it’s 2-0: Zaniolo crosses for Ekkelenkamp’s leap and finish, also because De Winter and Athekame do not defend perfectly. At the end of the half, Kristensen also comes close to scoring, but fires straight at Davis.

In the second half, Fullkrug comes on and Allegri lines up a pure 4-3-3 with Pulisic and Leao on the wings. The chances increase and Okoye makes 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 goes down again with a muscle problem.

😠 Leao loudly booed, San Siro empties out!

90TH MINUTE - San Siro starts emptying well before the end of the match, and the remaining fans loudly boo the team in the 90th minute.

77TH MINUTE - Leao goes off to make way for Loftus-Cheek and is heavily booed, just as he was during the match after a missed chance and an unnecessary backheel.

🤕 Davis goes OUT again

75TH MINUTE - Davis shields the ball and suddenly drops to the ground 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 around the edge of the final third and then shoots from the edge of the box 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 from a corner routine and Okoye pulls off a miracle save.

😬 Kristensen somehow misses a sitter

45'+1 MINUTE - At the end of the half, Kristensen misses the 3-0 goal: another Udinese break sends the defender free in the box, but his scuffed shot hits Davis right in front of him.

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

37TH MINUTE - Zaniolo provides his second assist of the game (even if the first won’t count as one, since it was a Bartesaghi own goal): a 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 those have come against Napoli, Roma and Milan.

😱 Leao booed, misses a big 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.

It was a chance where he could have headed it, hit it with his right foot, or left the ball for Saelemaekers’ run.

💣 Bartesaghi own goal! Zaniolo, 50-meter counterattack 🤯

26TH MINUTE - Zaniolo leads a counterattack from his own final third: he beats three men, including a sharp turn to evade 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.

💥 Flashes of the “real” Pulisic: beats 4 men!

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

Milan are more dangerous than usual going forward down the flanks, but at the same time they risk getting caught on the break, 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 forward, 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. Besides, as a center-forward he always makes excellent movements and attacks space very 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, editor’s note).”

✅ 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