After Naples (2nd) won against Udinese at the start of the afternoon and Inter (3rd) drew against Fiorentina a few hours later, AC Milan (1st) traveled to Sardinia to face Cagliari (17th). The Milanese remained on a series of 7 games without defeats in Serie A, with in particular important victories against their competitors for obtaining the Scudetto at the end of the season. Opposed to a badly classified, the Rossoneri wanted to take the opportunity to take 3 and 6 points ahead of the Neapolitans and Interists. Facing them, the Sardinians, who remained on five games without defeats, had fallen into their traps during the last two days (2 defeats, 5 goals conceded, 0 registered). In the first leg, the Rossoneri easily won 4 goals to 1.
Four French were holders this evening on the side of the Milanese: Olivier Giroud, Théo Hernandez, Mike Maignan and Pierre Kalulu. From the first quarter of an hour, the leaders of the championship tried to be dangerous (4 shots), especially on the occasion of Brahim Diaz who did not pass far from the right post. Lowering the pace a bit thereafter, Milan came back in the second half with good intentions. Hernandez forced Cragno to make a very good save (52nd), before Ismaël Bennacer, served by Giroud, scored the only goal of the match with a fine volley (60th). Calabria could have put Milan away at the end of the match but Cragno was vigilant (84th). Cagliari tried to come back but the Sardinian attackers lacked success in the finish (1/13 shot on target). Good operation from AC Milan in the title race. Cagliari remains 17th, three points ahead of the red zone.
