Italian Serie A

FT Friday, August 28, 2026
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AC Milan DDLWW 2
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Match Report

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Pulisic stays on bench as Ramos gives Milan win over Venezia

Christian Pulisic was an unused substitute as Ruben Amorim continued his perfect start to Serie A life at AC Milan with a 2-0 win over Venezia on Friday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
2
42.3
Possession
57.7
9
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
304
Accurate Passes
448
367
Passes
509
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.4
38
Long Balls
45
18
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
24
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
5
19
Effective Clearances
19
19
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0

Lineups

MIL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Koni De WinterCD
  3. 31Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 34Mario GilaCD-R
  5. 14Luka ModricCM-L
  6. 80Yunus MusahCM-R
  7. 33Davide BartesaghiLM
  8. 21Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  9. 9Gonçalo RamosF
  10. 70Alphadjo CissèCF-L
  11. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekCF-R

VEN · 3-5-2

  1. 1Filip StankovicG
  2. 17Armel Bella-KotchapCD
  3. 4Bartol FranjicCD-L
  4. 3Joel SchingtienneCD-R
  5. 26Toma BasicCM-L
  6. 71Enrique PerezCM-R
  7. 6Gianluca BusioAM
  8. 5Ridgeciano HapsLM
  9. 18Antoine HainautRM
  10. 45Akor AdamsCF-L
  11. 10John YeboahCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Delay in match because of an injury Filip Stankovic (Venezia).
  2. 23'
  3. 24' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  4. 24'
  5. 27' Joël Schingtienne (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 40' Delay in match because of an injury Joël Schingtienne (Venezia).
  7. 40'
  8. 41' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  9. 41'
  10. 45'+1' Delay in match because of an injury Bartol Franjic (Venezia).
  11. 45'+1'
  12. 45'+2' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  13. 45'+2'
  14. 45'+3' Substitution, Venezia. Redouane Halhal replaces Bartol Franjic because of an injury.
  15. 48' Kike Pérez (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 54' Ridgeciano Haps (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 59' Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  18. 59' Substitution, AC Milan. Adrien Rabiot replaces Alphadjo Cissè.
  19. 65' Substitution, Venezia. Simon Sohm replaces Toma Basic.
  20. 66' Substitution, Venezia. Thierry Correia replaces Ridgeciano Haps.
  21. 69' Goal! AC Milan 1, Venezia 0. Gonçalo Ramos (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers following a fast break.
  22. 71' Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 74' Substitution, AC Milan. Ardon Jashari replaces Luka Modric.
  24. 80' Substitution, Venezia. Lion Lauberbach replaces John Yeboah.
  25. 80' Substitution, Venezia. Albion Rrahmani replaces Kike Pérez.
  26. 87' Substitution, AC Milan. Pervis Estupiñán replaces Davide Bartesaghi.
  27. 87' Substitution, AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia replaces Mario Gila.
  28. 89' Own Goal by Redouane Halhal, Venezia. AC Milan 2, Venezia 0.

Serie A News

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