Yahoo Sports MN: Milan struggling with left to right switch – nine similar goals conceded this season
AC Milan conceded three goals against Cagliari last night, and two of them came from a very familiar method that has already been a cause for concern.
MilanNews write about how Milan have struggled when the opponents move the ball from left to right, with a high or low cross for a team-mate on the opposite side who shoots and scores. It happened twice in Cagliari, making the total nine this season.
Indeed, the first six goals of the season more or less in the same way and though Fonseca seemed to have found a way to stem the problem, it re-emerged at the Unipol Domus.
Serie A, 1st game, Milan 2-2 Torino
30th minute: cross from Duvan Zapata from the left, Bellanova receives on the right and heads it in, with Thiaw failing to clear on the line.
Serie A, 1st game, Milan 2-2 Torino
68th minute: cross from the left by Lazaro finds Duvan Zapata on the opposite flank, completely free to head it and score.
Serie A, 2nd game, Parma 2-1 Milan
2nd minute: Emanuele Valeri breaks down the left, sends a low cross to the opposite flank that Dennis Man converts with his left foot.
Serie A, 2nd game, Parma 2-1 Milan
77th minute: counter-attack started from the left with Pontus Almqvist who finds Matteo Cancellieri on the other side, completely free to score.
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Serie A, 3rd game, Lazio 2-2 Milan
62nd minute: Nuno Tavares breaks down the left, crosses into the middle and finds Taty Castellanos who scored with his right foot to make it 1-1.
Serie A, 3rd game, Lazio 2-2 Milan
66th minute: another attack by Nuno Tavares on the left, ball towards the opposite wing where Boulaye Dia arrives and beats Maignan with his right-footed shot.
Champions League, 3rd game, Milan 3-1 Club Brugge
51st minute: Tzolis breaks down the left and finds Vetlesen in the middle who works the ball and passes it to the right to Kyriani Sabbe who beats Maignan.
Serie A, 12th game, Cagliari 2-2 Milan
2nd minute: corner from the left by Viola, on the opposite flank Zortea settles, shoots and scores.
Serie A, 12th game, Cagliari 2-2 Milan
89th minute: Cross from the left by Augello, Zappa receives it on the right, settles himself and hits it on the fly, sending the ball into the net.
