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Loftus-Cheek hat-trick in Milan test match

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Loftus-Cheek hat-trick in Milan test match

Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored a hat-trick and Olivier Giroud transformed a penalty as Milan beat Tunisian aspect Etoile du Sahel 4-0 in a pre-season pleasant.

The sport was performed on the Milanello coaching floor behind closed doorways this night.

Gamers disregarded between harm and switch curiosity included Divock Origi, Mattia Caldara, Alexis Saelemaekers, Charles De Ketelaere, Fode Ballo-Toure, Marko Lazetic and Ismael Bennacer.

Former Chelsea midfielder Loftus-Cheek took centre-stage from the beginning, opening the scoring by volleying within the Cristian Pulisic cross.

The English participant then got here sliding in to satisfy the Rafael Leao cross earlier than one other volley on the again publish on yet one more Pulisic help.

Straight after the restart, Giroud transformed a penalty that was awarded for a dealing with offence.

There was a barely odd second, contemplating there have been no followers current, as a gaggle of youngsters with the Tunisian employees ran onto the pitch to hug the Milan gamers.

Milan start the Serie A season on Monday August 21 in opposition to Bologna.

There have been no substitutions, so the beginning XI performed the complete 90 minutes.

Milan: Maignan; Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao