Torino 0-7 AC Milan: Rebic bags 12-minute hat-trick in Serie A rout

Torino 0-7 AC Milan: Stefano Pioli’s men THRASH Turin side as Ante Rebic bags 12-minute second-half hat-trick to help club continue push for Champions League finish in Serie A

  • AC Milan thrash Torino as they continue to push for Champions League football 
  • Stefano Pioli put seven past the Turin side in Wednesday night’s emphatic win
  • Theo Hernandez grabbed a brace while Ante Rebic scored a 12-minute hat-trick
  • Franck Kessie scored from the spot while Brahim Diaz also got on the scoresheet
  • The result sees Milan leapfrog Napoli into third and level on points with Atalanta 

A hat-trick from Ante Rebic helped AC Milan thrash struggling Torino 7-0 in Serie A on Wednesday to move a step closer to securing a return to the Champions League next season.

Milan have not played in Europe’s premier competition since 2014, but a comprehensive victory in Turin kept them third in the standings, three points clear of Juventus in fifth with two games to play.

Full back Theo Hernandez scored early on with a thunderous strike, before Franck Kessie’s penalty gave Milan a two-goal lead at the interval.

Ante Rebic takes home the match ball after scoring a hat-trick in AC Milan’s 7-0 rout of Torino

The Croatian forward scored a 12-minute hat-trick in the second half on Wednesday evening

Rebic (No 12) celebrates scoring in the 7-0 thrashing, with Torino swept aside at their ground

After the break, the floodgates opened as Brahim Diaz scored a fine goal before Rebic helped himself to his first in the 67th minute.

Two more followed from the Croatian forward to give Milan the most comfortable of wins in what was expected to be a difficult match with local rivals Torino fighting for survival down the other end of the table.

Milan are level on 75 points with Atalanta, who also won on Wednesday, in second, with the pair due to meet on the final day. 

Torino are four points above the relegation zone and have a game in hand on their rivals for the drop. 

Milan left-back Theo Hernandez broke the deadlock for Milan in the 19th minute

Franck Kessie then double Milan’s lead from the penalty spot seven minutes later

Manchester City academy graduate Brahim Diaz then score Milan’s third after the break

Diaz, who also set up Hernandez to score the opening goal, celebrates scoring against Torino

Hernandez then dinked the ball over the Torino keeper to bag a brace in the victory

Rebic then ran riot to score a quick hat-trick to put the game well and truly to bed




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