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Bacca secures Milan win
- Updated: September 16, 2016
Carlos Bacca responded to being relegated to the bench by firing AC Milan to a 1-0 Serie A victory over Sampdoria on Friday.
Head coach Vincenzo Montella dropped Bacca in favour of summer signing Gianluca Lapadula, but it was the Colombian substitute who made the difference at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris with a superb 85th-minute winner.
The win was not without controversy, however, as Sampdoria had goals disallowed for offside and handball, the first of which should have stood.
An entertaining first half that saw chances fall at both ends finished deadlocked, but it was the hosts who would have been the more disappointed at having failed to score.
They …