Clear defeat in Milan – final in Vienna!

After AS Roma last year, AC Milan was on the roster for the “Violets”. Thorsten Fink made some changes in the starting line-up after the disappointing game against Admira; David de Paula made a comeback and replaced Petar Gluhakovic in the back four. The young central defence with Abdul Mohammed Kadiri and Alexandar Borkovic remained unchanged due to the injury of Heiko Westermann. Tarkan Serbest began in defensive midfield. In the attack Ibrahim Alhassan started in place of Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, with Christoph Monschein Fink put his trust in a fast counterattack.

AC Milan also suffered a defeat against Napoli over the weekend. Coach Vincenzo Montella immediately offered six new players in a 3-5-2 system: Zapata, Calhanoglu, Biglia, Rodriguez, Andre Silva and Cutrone were all new on the line-up. Bonaventura, Locatelli, Montolivo and Kalinic took the bench for the time being and Romagnoli and Suso were not in the squad.

Milan turned FK Austria Wien’s surprising lead

The game started as expected, and AC Milan had the first chance. Patrick Pentz was attentive during a deflected cross by Calhanoglu (2'). The “Violets” lurked on the counterattack, Felipe Pires went for a good solo, but his last pass did not reach Christoph Monschein (8'). A header by Cutrone after Rodriguez's cross went over the goal (11'). Raphael Holzhauser kicked off a long-range free-kick but missed his target (13'). AC Milan turned on the heat: a shot by Biglia was defused by Pentz (14'), followed by a free-kick by Calhanoglu which missed the goal (15'). Raphael Holzhauser opened the Italian’s defensive team with an excellent pass, and Christoph Monschein was up and away. Our striker outplayed Donnarumma and brought the ball from an acute angle on the goal. The rescue attempt by Bonucci was unsuccessful – FK Austria Wien took the lead over Milan (21')!

The Viennese were motivated by their goal: Donnarumma, the future Italian international goalkeeper, turned a free kick by Holzhauser over the bar (24'). Unfortunately the joy of the opening goal did not last long, AC Milan equalized in minute 27. After a positional error in the defense, Rodriguez did not miss the chance and scored. Shots by Kessie and Biglia went over the goal (29', 31'), but shortly after the game was turned: Andre Silva took a weakly shot free-kick by Calhanoglu and scored as well - 2-1 (36').

Before the break, the “Violets” got another hit, Cutrone utilized a cross by Borini and scored with a header - 3-1 (42'). Thorsten Fink had to uplift his team during the half-time break.

Nothing to be gained during the second half

A slow first half quickly changed pace as AC Milan went full-steam into the second half. Bonucci took a free shot that went just over the goal (48'). Patrick Pentz parried shots by Cutrone and Borini (51', 52') and Kadiri saved a shot by Andre Silva at the last moment (53'). The “Violets” struggled to stay in the game with only brief relief provided by a counterattack over Christoph Monschein by Felipe Pires. However, the Brazilian’s finish missed the second pole (56').

Petar Gluhakovic came into the game to replace Thomas Salamon after he was given a yellow card. The Rossoneri made sure of their victory a few minutes later: Andre Silva scored in minute 70 for the second time that night – 4-1. Pires again tested Donnarumma with a shot (72'), the last action for today's most visible Violet, he made room for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi shortly after. After another corner, Cutrone put the ball next to the goal (74'). Jinhyun Lee came in for Holzhauser during the final minutes. Already during stoppage time Cutrone scored his second goal - 5-1. Despite the clear defeat, the “Violets” can still make it into the round of 32 with a victory during the final game against AEK Athens on December 7^th.

AC Milan - FK Austria Wien 5-1 (3-1)

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