B. Cisse gave AC Milan their 22nd brace in European competitions since 2007 with a double against Red Bull Salzburg on 15 October 2026. It was also Milan's first European brace since 22 October 2024, ending a stretch of almost two years without one.
Milan's rare European scoring pattern
The total matters because it is not something Milan do often, even across a long run of continental football. Since 2007, only 22 Rossoneri players have managed two goals in the same European match, and Sky Sport Italia's list of previous names included Kaká, F. Inzaghi, C. Seedorf, Alberto Gilardino, Alexandre Pato, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robinho, Kevin Prince Boateng, Andre Silva, Patrick Cutrone, Hakan Calhanoglu, Olivier Giroud, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tijjani Reijnders.
The latest one came in the Europa League league phase and arrived at a useful moment for Milan, who were 30th in the standings before the match. A 4-0 away win in Salzburg underlined the value of the result, but the bigger story for Milan history is the brace itself, and the fact that it finally broke the run that had gone back to late October 2024.
What Cisse added in Salzburg
Sky Sport Italia summed up the wait this way: "Almost two years after the last time (it was 22 October 2024), a Milan player has again scored two goals in Europe."
That is the kind of detail Milan will welcome more than the style points. Cisse's double did more than decide one night in Austria, it put his name into a short Rossoneri sequence that has been hard to reach in the modern European era.
Milan had also beaten Salzburg 4-0 at home in the 2022 Champions League group stage, so this is a matchup they have handled well in Europe of late. The immediate record now sits at 22 European braces since 2007, with Cisse as the latest player to join it.
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