AC Milan’s fourth pre-season pleasant ended 1-1: in Dublin, Massimiliano Allegri’s males had been held by Leeds, freshly promoted again to the Premier League. Santiago Gimenez, making his first look of the season, opened the scoring within the first half for AC Milan, however Stach equalised halfway by means of the second half. It was a good consequence between two sides who gave their all on the pitch, utilizing the match as a key rehearsal forward of their first aggressive matches of the 2025/26 season subsequent weekend. Leeds’ Premier League marketing campaign is about to start, whereas AC Milan are set to face Bari within the Coppa Italia at San Siro subsequent Sunday.
It was a energetic sport with no scarcity of possibilities for each groups, who every hit the woodwork as soon as, and a worthwhile alternative for each coaches to evaluate how their sides are shaping up. For AC Milan, except for the aforementioned Giménez, Ardon Jashari notably made his first begin: the Swiss midfielder impressed together with his composure and distribution regardless of restricted coaching time with the squad. The Rossoneri used quite a lot of completely different gamers forward of their return to motion in 24 hours. The group will now head to England, the place they are going to face the Club World Cup champions, Chelsea, coached by Enzo Maresca.
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MATCH REPORT
The sport bought off to a energetic begin on the Aviva Stadium. Leeds stored extra of the ball early on, however AC Milan had two massive alternatives within the opening quarter-hour: Giménez slipped simply as he was about to shoot (9’), whereas Okafor created a very good alternative for himself however bought his end incorrect. In between, Stach struck the crossbar within the tenth minute. After the primary 20 minutes, the English facet’s possession and urgent dropped off, permitting the Rossoneri to push ahead extra. The opener arrived within the thirty first minute: Sala helped on Estupiñan’s low cross for Gimenez, who transformed contained in the six-yard field. Santi got here shut with a Thirty ninth-minute header, whereas Terracciano stored out a deflected try from Piroe on the finish of the half.
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The second half kicked off with a single change for each side – Coubiș changed Musah for AC Milan – and a counter-attack launched by Estupiñan, though it didn’t end in a shot on track. Following one other promising transfer within the fifty fifth minute, Magni couldn’t fairly management an Okafor cross. Leeds got here shut by means of a left-footed strike from Piroe (64’) earlier than equalising by means of a curling effort from Stach within the 67th minute. The English outfit stored pushing, with Gnonto firing over after 73 minutes. Having made a number of modifications, and with loads of kids on the pitch, AC Milan seemed to get again on the assault. In the eighty fifth minute, Saelemaekers picked out Sia, who struck the bar. The 19-year-old threatened once more in stoppage time, however the scoreline remained the identical: it completed 1-1 in Dublin.
MATCH DETAILS
LEEDS UNITED 1-1 AC MILAN
LEEDS UNITED (4-3-3): Perri (46′ Darlow); Schmidt (66′ Byram), Rodon, Struijk (75′ Bijol), Gudmundsson (75′ Harrison); Tanaka (66′ Longstaff), Ampadu (66′ Gruev), Stach (89′ Gray); Gnonto (75′ Ramazani), Piroe (66′ Nmecha), James (66′ Aaronson). Subs: Cairns; Chadwick. Coach: Farke.
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AC MILAN (4-3-3): P. Terracciano (68′ Torriani); Magni (83′ F. Terracciano), Gabbia, Pavlović (83′ Thiaw), Estupiñan; Musah (46′ Coubiș), Sala (83′ Ricci), Jashari (61′ Eletu); Chukwueze (83′ Saelemaekers), Gimenez (61′ Sia), Okafor. Subs: Maignan, Pittarella; Bartesaghi, Duțu, Tomori; Modrić. Coach: Allegri.
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (IRL).
Goals: 31′ Gimenez (M), 67′ Stach (L).
Booked: 59′ Stach (L).
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