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Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, one of the highly-rated midfielders touted to get a call-up to the Super Eagles soon, lived up to the hype against Milan on Friday night.
The Inter Milan loanee was arguably Pisa’s best player on the pitch as the visitors almost left San Siro with a vital point.
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro was on for 90 minutes and had a brilliant outing as AC Milan forced Pisa to a two-all draw.
Rafael Laeo put the host ahead less than 10 minutes into the tie to register his third goal in four Serie A matches.
The Portuguese winger powered a brilliant shot from range to the visitors under pressure early in the game.
Milan went into the break with the slim lead after failing to increase the lead Despite dominating the first half.
Maximilliano Allegri’s men paid the price for not talking the tie beyond Pisa’s reach as the visitors grabbed a penalty before the hour mark after VAR intervention.
Former Chelsea and Juventus winger, Juan Cuadrado stepped up and equalized from the penalty spot to bring Pisa into the game.
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro showed great skill and balance on the ball as played a through ball to M’bala Nzola who slotted the ball past Mike Maignan to give Pisa the lead with five minutes to regulation time.
Unfortunately, the visitors couldn’t hold on to their lead as substitute Zachary Athekame powered a right-footed low drive from outside the box into the back of the net.
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro’s assist – his first of the season helped Pisa secured a vital point on the road.
