Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 28, 2021
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AS Roma LWWDW 1
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Stadio Olimpico · ESPN+

Match Report

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AC Milan edge AS Roma in thriller to keep Serie A title race alive

AC Milan returned to form with an enthralling 2-1 victory away to AS Roma on Sunday that a restored a four-point gap to Serie A leaders Inter Milan.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
7
46.3
Possession
53.7
17
SHOTS
18
9
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
340
Accurate Passes
394
409
Passes
469
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
24
0.5
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
49
23
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
6
8
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
16
Interceptions
4
18
Effective Clearances
12
18
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ROMA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 4Bryan CristanteCD
  3. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 14Gonzalo VillarCM-L
  6. 17Jordan VeretoutCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 2Rick KarsdorpRM
  9. 21Borja MayoralF
  10. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanCF-L
  11. 7Lorenzo PellegriniCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Carles PérezSUB
  2. 5Juan JesusSUB
  3. 27Javier PastoreSUB
  4. 24Marash KumbullaSUB
  5. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB
  6. 33Bruno PeresSUB
  7. 87Daniel FuzatoSUB
  8. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  9. 92Stephan El ShaarawySUB
  10. 11PedroSUB

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 24Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  7. 79Franck KessiéLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 11Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 12Ante RebicAM-L
  11. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 46Matteo GabbiaSUB
  2. 21Brahim DíazSUB
  3. 7Samu CastillejoSUB
  4. 13Alessio RomagnoliSUB
  5. 15Jens Petter HaugeSUB
  6. 1Ciprian TatarusanuSUB
  7. 33Rade KrunicSUB
  8. 18Souahilo MeïtéSUB
  9. 5Diogo DalotSUB
  10. 90Antonio DonnarummaSUB
  11. 20Pierre KaluluSUB
  12. 17Rafael LeãoSUB

Timeline

  1. 41' Federico Fazio (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 43' Goal! Roma 0, Milan 1. Franck Kessié (Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  4. 46' Alexis Saelemaekers (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Goal! Roma 1, Milan 1. Jordan Veretout (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
  6. 56' Substitution, Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Zlatan Ibrahimovic because of an injury.
  7. 58' Goal! Roma 1, Milan 2. Ante Rebic (Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
  8. 62' Substitution, Roma. Bruno Peres replaces Federico Fazio.
  9. 67' Substitution, Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Ante Rebic because of an injury.
  10. 70' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Gonzalo Villar.
  11. 79' Substitution, Roma. Amadou Diawara replaces Jordan Veretout.
  12. 79' Substitution, Roma. Pedro replaces Borja Mayoral.
  13. 80' Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 83' Substitution, Milan. Samu Castillejo replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  15. 83' Substitution, Milan. Soualiho Meité replaces Sandro Tonali.
  16. 85' Davide Calabria (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 89' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+5' Samu Castillejo (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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