Italian Serie A

FT Tuesday, September 22, 2015
AC Milan WLWLW 3
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Udinese WWLLL 2
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MIL303
UDI022
Bluenergy Stadium · 16,500 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini

Mario Balotelli scores first goal as AC Milan survive Udinese rally

Mario Balotelli scored his first goal for AC Milan since returning to the club as the Rossoneri edged Udinese 3-2 on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
24
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
0
52.9
Possession
47.1
9
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
318
Accurate Passes
255
411
Passes
338
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.3
81
Long Balls
58
37
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
19
19
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
33
Effective Clearances
18
36
Clearances
20

Head to Head

UDI leads series 3-2

Lineups

UDI · 3-5-2

  1. 31Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 11Maurizio DomizziCD
  3. 89Iván PirisCD-L
  4. 2Molla WaguéCD-R
  5. 8Bruno FernandesCM-L
  6. 7Emmanuel BaduCM-R
  7. 16Manuel IturraAM
  8. 53Ali Adnan KadhimLM
  9. 21EdenilsonRM
  10. 10Antonio Di NataleCF-L
  11. 77Cyril ThereauCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 97Alex MeretSUB
  2. 18Stipe PericaSUB
  3. 26Giovanni PasqualeSUB
  4. 23MarquinhoSUB
  5. 13Emanuel InsúaSUB
  6. 32Agostino CamiglianoSUB
  7. 5DaniloSUB
  8. 75Thomas HeurtauxSUB
  9. 74Rodrigo AguirreSUB
  10. 90Rafael RomoSUB
  11. 9Duván ZapataSUB
  12. 27Silvan WidmerSUB
  13. 30FelipeSUB

MIL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Diego LópezG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 17Cristián ZapataCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 96Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 70Carlos BaccaM
  7. 34Nigel de JongCM
  8. 10Keisuke HondaAM
  9. 28Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  10. 18Riccardo MontolivoRM
  11. 45Mario BalotelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Rodrigo Ely
  2. 51Andrés Llamas
  3. 9Luiz Adriano
  4. 23Antonio Nocerino
  5. 32Christian Abbiati
  6. 16Andrea Poli
  7. 73Manuel Locatelli
  8. 8Suso
  9. 33Alex
  10. 11Alessio Cerci
  11. 99Gianluigi Donnarumma
  12. 4José Mauri

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Udinese 0, Milan 1. Mario Balotelli (Milan) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  2. 10' Goal! Udinese 0, Milan 2. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riccardo Montolivo with a through ball.
  3. 15' Mario Balotelli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 18' Davide Calabria (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 31' Iván Piris (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 39' Manuel Iturra (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Goal! Udinese 0, Milan 3. Cristian Zapata (Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura with a cross following a corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, Udinese. Duván Zapata replaces Iván Piris.
  9. 49' Substitution, Milan. Alex replaces Davide Calabria.
  10. 51' Goal! Udinese 1, Milan 3. Emmanuel Badu (Udinese) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Di Natale.
  11. 53' Molla Wagué (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 58' Goal! Udinese 2, Milan 3. Duván Zapata (Udinese) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cyril Théréau with a cross following a corner.
  13. 59' Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 64' Substitution, Milan. Andrea Poli replaces Keisuke Honda.
  15. 70' Cristian Zapata (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 73' Substitution, Udinese. Giovanni Pasquale replaces Ali Adnan.
  17. 80' Substitution, Milan. Luiz Adriano replaces Carlos Bacca.
  18. 84' Substitution, Udinese. Marquinho replaces Manuel Iturra.
  19. 86' Marquinho (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Bruno Fernandes (Udinese).

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