UEFA Champions League

AC Milan vs Celtic, 2013-14 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

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AC Milan
  • 82': Emilio Izaguirre (OG)
  • 85': Sulley Muntari
FT
2 - 0
Celtic

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    AC Milan are hosting Celtic at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Foul by Cristian Zaccardo (Milan).
    • 1': Georgios Samaras (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 2': Foul by Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic).
    • 2': Valter Birsa (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Philippe Mexes (Milan) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nigel de Jong.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Valter Birsa with a cross.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Antonio Nocerino (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 5': Cristian Zaccardo (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Georgios Samaras (Celtic).
    • 6': Attempt saved. Cristian Zaccardo (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valter Birsa.
    • 7': Foul by Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic).
    • 7': Mario Balotelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Valter Birsa (Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Matri with a through ball.
    • 8': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
    • 9': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Philippe Mexes.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Matri.
    • 12': Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Valter Birsa (Milan).
    • 14': Foul by Mikael Lustig (Celtic).
    • 14': Mario Balotelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 16': (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 16': Back pass by Christian Abbiati (Milan).
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kris Commons.
    • 18': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kevin Constant.
    • 19': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Antonio Nocerino.
    • 20': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Celtic).
    • 20': Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Alessandro Matri (Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Cristian Zaccardo with a cross.
    • 21': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georgios Samaras with a headed pass.
    • 23': Foul by Anthony Stokes (Celtic).
    • 23': Philippe Mexes (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 23': Foul by Antonio Nocerino (Milan).
    • 24': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Philippe Mexes.
    • 30': Foul by Mario Balotelli (Milan).
    • 30': Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Cristian Zaccardo (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Foul by Georgios Samaras (Celtic).
    • 32': Attempt missed. Antonio Nocerino (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Philippe Mexes.
    • 32': Foul by Antonio Nocerino (Milan).
    • 32': Georgios Samaras (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 36': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Cristian Zaccardo.
    • 39': Hand ball by Nigel de Jong (Milan).
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Anthony Stokes (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 40': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Philippe Mexes.
    • 41': Cristian Zaccardo (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Efe Ambrose (Celtic).
    • 42': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Emilio Izaguirre.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nigel de Jong.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Philippe Mexes (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alessandro Matri.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Milan 0, Celtic 0.
    • 45': Match ends, Milan 2, Celtic 0.
    • 48': Second Half begins Milan 0, Celtic 0.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Charlie Mulgrew.
    • 51': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kevin Constant.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Georgios Samaras (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emilio Izaguirre.
    • 52': Foul by Georgios Samaras (Celtic).
    • 54': Valter Birsa (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Antonio Nocerino.
    • 54': Cristian Zaccardo (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Anthony Stokes (Celtic).
    • 55': Antonio Nocerino (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 55': Foul by Georgios Samaras (Celtic).
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Antonio Nocerino (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 56': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Efe Ambrose.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Cristian Zapata (Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Valter Birsa with a cross following a corner.
    • 57': Foul by Cristian Zaccardo (Milan).
    • 58': Georgios Samaras (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 58': Foul by Nigel de Jong (Milan).
    • 59': Georgios Samaras (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Kris Commons (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Mulgrew.
    • 60': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Philippe Mexes.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Georgios Samaras (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Stokes with a cross.
    • 62': Offside, Milan. Mario Balotelli tries a through ball, but Alessandro Matri is caught offside.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kevin Constant with a cross.
    • 63': Substitution, Milan. Urby Emanuelson replaces Valter Birsa.
    • 63': Foul by Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic).
    • 64': Urby Emanuelson (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Georgios Samaras (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 65': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Antonio Nocerino.
    • 65': Foul by Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic).
    • 66': Mario Balotelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Foul by Efe Ambrose (Celtic).
    • 66': Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Efe Ambrose (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Scott Brown (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kris Commons.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Matri (Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 75': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Efe Ambrose.
    • 75': Foul by Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic).
    • 75': Nigel de Jong (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
    • 76': Substitution, Celtic. Derk Boerrigter replaces Adam Matthews.
    • 77': Substitution, Milan. Robinho replaces Kevin Constant.
    • 79': Substitution, Celtic. Teemu Pukki replaces Kris Commons.
    • 79': Foul by Nigel de Jong (Milan).
    • 80': Teemu Pukki (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Anthony Stokes (Celtic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Cristian Zapata (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Balotelli.
    • 84': Own Goal by Emilio Izaguirre, Celtic. Milan 1, Celtic 0.
    • 85': Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
    • 85': Mario Balotelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 85': Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
    • 85': Goal! Milan 2, Celtic 0. Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
    • 90': Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Alessandro Matri.
    • 90': Substitution, Celtic. Nir Biton replaces Charlie Mulgrew.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Anthony Stokes (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Efe Ambrose.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Milan 2, Celtic 0.

    Statistics

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    16 Fouls 10
    3 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    9 Corner Kicks 6
    6 Saves 1
    44.4 Possession 55.6
    12 SHOTS 22
    1 ON GOAL 7
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    292 Accurate Passes 397
    351 Passes 453
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 8
    30 Crosses 25
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    38 Long Balls 44
    25 Accurate Long Balls 30
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.7
    5 Blocked Shots 6
    10 Effective Tackles 15
    13 Tackles 20
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    0 Interceptions 0
    25 Effective Clearances 26
    25 Clearances 26

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
    Location: Milano, Italy
    Attendance: 43,000

    Line-Ups

    MIL AC Milan (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    32 Christian Abbiati (GK)
    5 Philippe Mexes
    17 Cristián Zapata
    21 Kévin Constant
    81 Cristian Zaccardo
    34 Nigel de Jong
    4 Sulley Muntari
    23 Antonio Nocerino
    9 Alessandro Matri
    45 Mario Balotelli
    14 Valter Birsa
    AC Milan Substitutes:
    Andrea Poli, Marco Amelia, Robinho, Bryan Cristante, Zan Benedicic, Urby Emanuelson, Luca Lotti.

    CEL Celtic (4-4-1-1)

    No. Name
    1 Fraser Forster (GK)
    5 Virgil van Dijk
    4 Efe Ambrose Yellow Card
    3 Emilio Izaguirre
    23 Mikael Lustig
    21 Charlie Mulgrew Yellow Card
    8 Scott Brown Yellow Card
    9 Georgios Samaras
    2 Adam Matthews
    10 Anthony Stokes
    15 Kris Commons
    Celtic Substitutes:
    Derk Boerrigter, Lukasz Zaluska, Tom Rogic, Dylan McGeouch, Teemu Pukki, Amido Balde, Nir Bitton.

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