Berardi is able break out down the right-hand side of the field, and he is caught by Dalot. Sassuolo win a free-kick.
90'
There will be three minutes of added time at the end of this match.
87'
Leao lays the ball into Castillejo’s path, but his effort is well blocked in the centre of the penalty area.
86'
P. Kalulu enters the game and replaces D. Calabria.
Samu Castillejo enters the game and replaces A. Saelemaekers.
Brahim Díaz enters the game and replaces S. Meïté.
Milan’s final change sees Diaz replace Meite. Time is running out for the Rossoneri.
Saelemaekers also makes way for Castillejo.
In response to going behind, Pioli brings on Kalulu for Calabria.
83'
G. Raspadori has scored a goal for Sassuolo! Assist by D. Berardi.
L. Haraslín enters the game and replaces J. Boga.
GOOOOAAAALLL! The away side take the lead! Sassuolo quickly work the ball over to the right, and Berardi cuts onto his left foot before picking out Raspadori in the middle of the penalty area. The striker’s first touch takes Tomori out of the game before he then fires his shot off the far post and into the back of the net. 2-1.
Sassuolo make their fifth and final change. Haraslin comes on for Boga. There are seven minutes of normal time left to play.
Berardi delayed the pass as long as possible, giving Raspadori the time to change direction and break away from Tomori. Once the space opened up, he kept his cool and put the effort out of Donnarumma’s reach.
82'
Calabria dives in a fraction too late and catches Locatelli midway inside the visitors’ half. The referee awards the away side a free-kick.
78'
Mandzukic impedes Lopez and the away side win a free-kick in their own defensive third.
76'
G. Raspadori has scored a goal for Sassuolo!
GOOOOAAAAAALL! Sassuolo are level! Raspadori picks up the loose ball on the edge of the hosts’ box and sweeps a low pass over to the right for the overlapping Toljan. The full-back seemingly slices his shot straight into Raspadori, who turns it beyond Donnarumma from the centre of the box. 1-1.
75'
Toljan advances through the middle of park and the space opens up for a shot, which he drags beyond the far post.
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74'
M. Mandžukić enters the game and replaces A. Rebić.
It is a double change for Milan, with Mandzukic coming on for Rebic.
73'
R. Krunić enters the game and replaces H. Çalhanoğlu.
Pioli now turns to his bench for the first time. Calhanoglu, the goalscorer, goes off and is replaced by Krunic.
72'
M. Lopez enters the game and replaces Pedro Obiang.
Sassuolo make their fourth change of the match with 18 minutes of normal time left to play. Lopez replaces Obiang.
69'
Leao picks the ball up in the inside-right channel and Ferrari continues to back away from him. The Portuguese attacker goes for goal, and his strike is gathered in the centre of the goal by Consigli.
68'
Dalot once again advances down the left and the space opens up for him inside. The full-back goes one way and then the other, before lashing an ambitious left-footed effort well wide of Consigli’s goal.
64'
G. Raspadori enters the game and replaces G. Defrel.
Defrel also makes way for Raspadori.
63'
J. Toljan enters the game and replaces M. Müldür.
H. Traorè enters the game and replaces F. Đuričić.
The visitors make their first change of the match. Traore replaces Djuricic. It remains 1-0.
The visitors’ third alteration sees Toljan enter the fray in place of Muldur.
60'
F. Đuričić gets yellow.
Djuricic picks up the first yellow card of the match for cynically sliding in on Leao on the halfway line as the attacker looked to break. He can have no complaints with that decision.
59'
Calhanoglu swings a corner in from the left, but Kessie is adjudged to have fouled Berardi at the near post. Sassuolo get a free-kick inside their box.
52'
After several ricochets on the edge of the penalty area, the ball drops to Defrel, who fires a shot straight at Donnarumma.
51'
Sassuolo are enjoying much of the early possession in the second half. Boga skips beyond Saelemaekers and looks to slide a throughball into Defrel’s path, but Kjaer stands tall to black to the ball on the edge of the box.
49'
The away side advance the play down the right through Berardi, who cuts onto his left foot and wins a corner from Kjaer. The set-piece is hooked to safety by Rebic.
48'
Leao clatters through the back of Locatelli in seeking to win an aerial duel, and Sassuolo win a free-kick midway inside their own half.
46'
We are back underway! Sacchi, the referee, blows his whistle and Milan get the second half kicked off.
45' +1
HALF TIME: MILAN 1-0 SASSUOLO
45'
There will be one minute of added time at the end of the first half.
41'
The visitors look to advance down the left, but Kyriakopoulos’ pass into Djuricic is overhit and Kjaer comes across to put the ball out for a throw-in.
39'
Berardi is being tightly marked by Dalot, and the full-back is adjudged to have been a little too physical in trying to regain possession for the Rossoneri. Free-kick to Sassuolo down the right flank.
35'
Sassuolo look to work a short corner from the right into the box. Locatelli’s out-swinging cross following the set-piece is closed down by Calhanoglu and the hosts clear their lines.
33'
Leao tries his luck from range after being picked out by Kessie, but his driven effort misses to the right of Consigli’s goal.
32'
Locatelli catches Kessie and the referee awards Milan a free-kick inside their own half.
30'
H. Çalhanoğlu has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by A. Saelemaekers.
GOOOOAAAALLLL! What a superb strike! After some neat play down the far side, Saelemaekers switches the ball over to the left. Calhanoglu receives the pass, takes a couple of touches to get the ball out of his feet, and curls his shot into the top-right corner from the left side of the box. 1-0.
Calabria deserves credit for his part in the goal. The full-back began the move with a powerful throw-in down the right-hand side to set Saelemaekers away, and he showed great composure to play a well-weighted pass to Calhanoglu. The resulting strike was out of the top drawer, leaving Consigli with no chance.
28'
Dalot picks out Calhanoglu in the inside-left channel, and the midfielder turns onto his right foot before floating a cross into the box. The delivery evades everyone and runs behind for a goal-kick.
23'
Berardi slips the ball through Meite’s legs and wins a free-kick right on the edge of the Milan box from the Frenchman. Berardi is standing over the set-piece.
21'
Kjaer launches a long, searching pass down the field for Rebic to chase, although the Croatian just made his run a fraction too early and is flagged for offside.
19'
Djuricic is seeing plenty of the ball at the moment. This time he drifts over to the left to try and make something happen, but the move breaks down as Kyriakopoulos is tackled by Meite.
17'
Calhanoglu floats a cross deep into the box, and Calabria arrives to steer a tame header wide to the right of Consigli’s goal.
9'
Some one-touch passing in the centre of the pitch creates space for Saelemaekers, who turns and looks to play a throughball down the left for Rebic. Muldur read the danger and slid in to make a vital interception.
7'
Kessie slides the ball down the right flank for Leao, who opts to drive at Kyriakopoulos. The striker skips past his man and delivers a low cross into the box, which Marlon knocks to safety.
3'
The away side are pressing high up the park in the opening exchanges in seeking to put Milan under some early pressure. Donnarumma plays a slack pass down the left flank, and Berardi wins a throw-in from Dalot.
1'
Kick-off! The referee, Juan Luca Sacchi, blows his whistle and Sassuolo get the game underway.
Hello and welcome to live match coverage of the Serie A clash between Milan and Sassuolo at Giuseppe Meazza.
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori, Diogo Dalot; Soualiho Meite, Franck Kessie; Alexis Saelemaekers, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ante Rebic; Rafael Leao.
SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Andrea Consigli; Mert Muldur, Marlon, Gian Marco Ferrari, Giorgos Kyriakopoulos; Pedro Obiang, Manuel Locatelli, Filip Djuricic; Domenico Berardi, Jeremie Boga, Gregoire Defrel.
MILAN SUBS: Ciprian Tatarusanu, Andreas Jungdal, Alessio Romagnoli, Matteo Gabbia, Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Sandro Tonali, Rade Krunic, Jens Hauge, Samu Castillejo, Brahim Diaz, Mario Mandzukic.
SASSUOLO SUBS: Gianluca Pegolo, Rogerio, Vlad Chiriches, Jeremy Toljan, Federico Peluso, Francesco Magnanelli, Hamad Traore, Lukas Haraslin, Mehdi Bourabia, Maxime Lopez, Giacomo Raspadori, Brian Oddei.
The hosts come into this match second in Serie A. Pioli’s team are nine points behind first-placed Inter and two ahead of Atalanta. The Rossoneri have lost just one of their last six league matches, although they have been victorious in only one of their previous five home games. Sassuolo, meanwhile, are currently in eighth place. The visitors have, however, won just two of their last six away fixtures, and have conceded nine goals in that time.
The teams are out, and kick-off will soon be upon us here at Giuseppe Meazza.
Milan, who recently withdrew from the European Super League, come into this game full of confidence following their 2-1 victory against Genoa in their previous Serie A match. The Rossoneri were one of 12 founding sides within the breakaway tournament, and they followed Juventus in withdrawing earlier today amid backlash from supporters. Sassuolo, on the other hand, will also hope to continue their good form after beating Fiorentina 3-1 last time out.
Pioli will be pleased by his side’s first-half performance, and will hope for much of the same after the restart. Calhanoglu has continually picked up dangerous positions between the lines to make things happen, while Leao’s tireless running is stretching the visitors’ defence. De Zerbi, on the other hand, will want to see more from his team in the second half. Djuricic has been the danger man thus far, and the Neroverdi will look to get the ball to him at every opportunity in the remaining 45 minutes.
Milan will hope to get back to winning ways in their next Serie A match, which is away against Lazio. Sassuolo, on the other hand, aim to make it four consecutive league wins when they host Sampdoria.
That brings an end to our coverage of the Serie A clash between Milan and Sassuolo at Giuseppe Meazza. Thank you very much for joining us. Goodbye!
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