Milan beat Monza on penalties in Trofeo Berlusconi

Christian Pulisic scored on the rebound from his saved penalty and Milan beat Monza on a sudden death penalty shoot-out in the first edition of the Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi.

This was a very special event at the U-Power Stadium, as the two clubs owned by Berlusconi during his lifetime went head-to-head with special jerseys remembering the patron who died in June.

There were early saves to deny Rafael Leao and a double Mirko Maric and Matteo Pessina attempt, before Davide Bettella was carried off in tears with a badly sprained ankle.

He made way for Danilo D’Ambrosio, who brought down Pulisic for a penalty. The former Chelsea striker stepped up and had his spot-kick saved by Michele Di Gregorio, but fired in the rebound.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek had a couple of shots charged down before Monza equalised, Carlos Augusto surprising Fikayo Tomori to send Andrea Colpani clear on goal.

Loftus-Cheek and Gianluca Caprari were denied by saves, while late on Noah Okafor and Samuel Chukwueze made their Milan debuts.

It ended 1-1 and the trophy was decided on a penalty shoot-out that went to sudden death until Samuele Birindelli blasted his attempt against the crossbar.

Monza 1-1 Milan

Pulisic 29 (Mi), Colpani 32 (Mo)

Penalty shoot-out: Reijnders (Mi, goal), Petagna (Mo, goal), Okafor (Mi, goal), Caprari (Mo, goal), Tomori (Mi, goal), Machin (Mo, goal), Loftus-Cheek (Mi, goal), F Carboni (Mo, goal), Colombo (Mi, goal), Pessina (Mo, goal), Thiaw (Mi, goal), Birindelli (Mo, missed)

Monza: Di Gregorio; Bettella (D’Ambrosio 20), Caldirola, A Carboni (Pablo Mari 68); Ciurria (Birindelli 85), Gagliardini (Machin 85), Pessina, Carlos Augusto (F Carboni 90); Mota Carvalho (Caprari 56), Colpani (V Carboni 79); Maric (Petagna 56) 

Milan: Maignan; Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez (Bartesaghi 79); Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Reijnders; Pulisic (Chukwueze 79), Giroud (Colombo 79), Leao (Okafor 79)

Saved penalty: Pulisic 29 (Mi)