Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 23, 2015
AC Milan WLLLW 0
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Fiorentina WLWWW 2
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FIO112
Artemio Franchi · 33,904 att.

Match Report

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AC Milan lose at Fiorentina with Rodrigo Ely sent off

Paulo Sousa enjoyed a dream Serie A coaching debut by guiding Fiorentina to a 2-0 win over 10-man AC Milan on Sunday evening in Florence.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
0
41.2
Possession
58.8
9
SHOTS
13
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
278
Accurate Passes
438
353
Passes
515
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
63
30
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
17

Head to Head

FIO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FIO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD
  3. 32Facundo RoncagliaCD-L
  4. 4Nenad TomovicCD-R
  5. 5Milan BadeljCM-L
  6. 20Borja ValeroCM-R
  7. 28Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 3GilbertoRM
  9. 9Nikola KalinicF
  10. 10Federico BernardeschiCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Mario SuárezSUB
  2. 23Manuel PasqualSUB
  3. 22Giuseppe RossiSUB
  4. 14Matías FernándezSUB
  5. 17Nicolò FazziSUB
  6. 19José BasantaSUB
  7. 24Luca LezzeriniSUB
  8. 8Matías VecinoSUB
  9. 13Davide AstoriSUB
  10. 30Khouma BabacarSUB
  11. 33Luigi SepeSUB
  12. 11Ante RebicSUB

MIL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Diego LópezG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 15Rodrigo ElyCD-R
  4. 31Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 9Luiz AdrianoM
  7. 34Nigel de JongCM
  8. 10Keisuke HondaAM
  9. 28Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  10. 91Andrea BertolacciRM
  11. 70Carlos BaccaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Suso
  2. 99Gianluigi Donnarumma
  3. 21Alessandro Matri
  4. 20Ignazio Abate
  5. 16Andrea Poli
  6. 11Alessio Cerci
  7. 96Davide Calabria
  8. 17Cristián Zapata
  9. 29Gabriel Paletta
  10. 23Antonio Nocerino
  11. 32Christian Abbiati
  12. 18Riccardo Montolivo

Timeline

  1. 9' Rodrigo Ely (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Facundo Roncaglia (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Second yellow card to Rodrigo Ely (Milan) for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 38' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Milan 0. Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  6. 39' Substitution, Milan. Cristian Zapata replaces Keisuke Honda.
  7. 45' Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 55' Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 56' Goal! Fiorentina 2, Milan 0. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  10. 58' Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 59' Substitution, Fiorentina. Davide Astori replaces Facundo Roncaglia.
  12. 67' Substitution, Fiorentina. Mario Suárez replaces Josip Ilicic.
  13. 70' Substitution, Milan. Antonio Nocerino replaces Andrea Bertolacci.
  14. 78' Substitution, Milan. Alessio Cerci replaces Carlos Bacca.
  15. 81' Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Fernández replaces Federico Bernardeschi.

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