“Alpha the goal machine, a Milan Azzurro”
That is the headline on the front page of Tuttosport this morning, celebrating Alphadjo Cisse, who scored a hat-trick against Salzburg yesterday in Milan’s second Europa League match.
With his three goals, the 19-year-old attacking midfielder, who represents Italy Under-21s, became the youngest Italian player in the history of major European competitions to score three or more goals in a single match, achieving the feat at 19 years and 358 days old. Gonçalo Ramos scored Milan’s fourth and final goal to seal a 4-0 victory.
After the match, Ruben Amorim also praised Cisse in an interview with Sky Sport: “For me, he deserves the opportunities he is getting because of what he is doing physically. He knows how to be explosive. He still has things he needs to correct, and he also needs to do better in training. But tonight, huge credit to him. The hat-trick was extraordinary. At the same time, he must keep working.”
