Italian Serie A

FT Tuesday, September 23, 2014
AC Milan LLWWL 2
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Empoli WWLLD 2
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MIL112
EMP202
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena

Match Report

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Fernando Torres scores his first goal for AC Milan in draw with Empoli

Fernando Torres scored his first goal for AC Milan but the Serie A giants could do no more than force a 2-2 draw at newly-promoted Empoli.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
8
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
55.1
Possession
44.9
15
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
387
Accurate Passes
303
479
Passes
402
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
4
27
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.4
88
Long Balls
55
46
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
23
Effective Tackles
17
26
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
34
26
Clearances
34

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 33Luigi SepeG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 6Mirko ValdifioriDM
  5. 21Mário RuiLB
  6. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  7. 18Simone VerdiAM
  8. 11Daniele CroceLM
  9. 88Matías VecinoRM
  10. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-L
  11. 10Francesco TavanoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Franco SignorelliSUB
  2. 17Tiberio GuarenteSUB
  3. 28Davide BassiSUB
  4. 19Federico BarbaSUB
  5. 22Matteo BianchettiSUB
  6. 27Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  7. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  8. 5Davide MoroSUB
  9. 95Emanuele RoviniSUB
  10. 1Maurizio PugliesiSUB
  11. 4Romano PerticoneSUB
  12. 7Massimo MaccaroneSUB

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 32Christian AbbiatiG
  2. 25Daniele BoneraCD-L
  3. 17Cristián ZapataCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 20Ignazio AbateRB
  6. 34Nigel de JongCM
  7. 21Marco van GinkelLM
  8. 4Sulley MuntariRM
  9. 9Fernando TorresF
  10. 7Jérémy MénezLF
  11. 10Keisuke HondaRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Pablo ArmeroSUB
  2. 28Giacomo BonaventuraSUB
  3. 1Michael AgazziSUB
  4. 92Stephan El ShaarawySUB
  5. 19M'Baye NiangSUB
  6. 13Adil RamiSUB
  7. 81Cristian ZaccardoSUB
  8. 16Andrea PoliSUB
  9. 66Stefano GoriSUB
  10. 5Philippe MexesSUB
  11. 11Giampaolo PazziniSUB
  12. 14Michelangelo AlbertazziSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Empoli 1, Milan 0. Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Mirko Valdifiori with a cross following a corner.
  2. 20' Cristian Zapata (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 21' Goal! Empoli 2, Milan 0. Manuel Pucciarelli (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Francesco Tavano following a set piece situation.
  4. 31' Substitution, Milan. Giacomo Bonaventura replaces Marco Van Ginkel because of an injury.
  5. 36' Sulley Ali Muntari (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 42' Matias Vecino (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 43' Goal! Empoli 2, Milan 1. Fernando Torres (Milan) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ignazio Abate with a cross.
  8. 45' Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Sulley Ali Muntari.
  9. 50' Mattia De Sciglio (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 57' Goal! Empoli 2, Milan 2. Keisuke Honda (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ignazio Abate.
  11. 64' Substitution, Empoli. Massimo Maccarone replaces Francesco Tavano.
  12. 69' Elseid Hisaj (Empoli) Substitution at 69'
  13. 76' Substitution, Empoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Manuel Pucciarelli.
  14. 81' Substitution, Milan. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Fernando Torres.
  15. 85' Mirko Valdifiori (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 86' Second yellow card to Mirko Valdifiori (Empoli) for a bad foul.

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