Serie A – Cissé and Pulisic scored as AC Milan defeated Genoa 2-1 away from home.

In the 11th round of the 2026/27 Serie A season, AC Milan traveled to Genoa to face them. They ultimately defeated their opponents 2-1, and are currently ranked fourth with 24 points from 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

As for Genoa, they are now in 13th place with 13 points after this loss.

Less than a minute into the game, Genoa nearly broke through Milan's goal: John Vazquez's long pass from the backfield set up Milutin Osmajic for a one-on-one opportunity, but the latter's low shot went just wide.

Having narrowly escaped defeat, AC Milan immediately launched a counter-attack. In the 6th minute, Alessandro Macandali made a clearance error in the penalty area, and Gonzalo Ramos unleashed a powerful shot that missed the target. In the 13th minute, Milan broke the deadlock: Adrian Rabiot broke into the right side of the penalty area and passed back to the center, where Alfacho Cissé followed up with a shot to open the scoring. In the 19th minute, Gonzalo Ramos dispossessed Leo Ustigau in the penalty area and delivered a cross, which Christian Pulisic fired low into the net to extend the lead to 2-0.

After conceding two goals, Genoa gradually took control of the game. In the 30th minute, Osmajic and Vitor Oliveira headed the ball into the net in the penalty area, but the goal was disallowed for offside. In the 40th minute, Junior Messias delivered a brilliant pass from midfield, facing two defenders, and Samuel Viafi broke through to the edge of the box before unleashing a shot that was saved by Mike Maignan. In the 45th minute, Messias crossed from the right, and Ostigo's header at the far post was caught by Maignan.

The second half began with both sides switching sides, but neither team posed a significant attacking threat. In the 73rd minute, Oliveira dispossessed Younus Moussa and burst into the penalty area before unleashing a shot, which failed to beat Maignan. In the 79th minute, John Vázquez crossed from the left, and Stefan El Shaarawy's shot inside the penalty area went high and wide. In the 83rd minute, Ustigau unleashed a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, but it was easily caught by Maignan.

In the 88th minute, Tommaso Baldanzi passed the ball back to Mikal Elletsen after Genoa's set-piece attack was cleared, and Elletsen fired a long-range shot into the net to pull one back for Genoa. Genoa thus narrowed the score to 1-2, but it wasn't enough to prevent AC Milan from ultimately winning.

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