AC Milan vs Crotone, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AIbrahimovic nets landmark goal as AC Milan return to Serie A summit
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 500th club goal of his career and added a second as AC Milan reclaimed top spot with a 4-0 win over Crotone.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Soualiho Meité (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 4': Attempt missed. Adam Ounas (Crotone) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andrea Rispoli.
- 6': Offside, Milan. Davide Calabria tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
- 7': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
- 7': Milos Vulic (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
- 8': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
- 8': Attempt saved. Adam Ounas (Crotone) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Rispoli.
- 8': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 9': Attempt missed. Vladimir Golemic (Crotone) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Milos Vulic with a cross following a corner.
- 10': Attempt missed. Samuel Di Carmine (Crotone) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrea Rispoli with a cross.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
- 11': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Vladimir Golemic.
- 15': Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
- 15': Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt saved. Davide Calabria (Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a headed pass.
- 16': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Alex Cordaz.
- 16': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Samuel Di Carmine (Crotone) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Ahmad Benali.
- 18': Foul by Niccolò Zanellato (Crotone).
- 18': Rafael Leão (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 21': Hand ball by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
- 22': Foul by Rafael Leão (Milan).
- 22': Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Soualiho Meité.
- 26': Adam Ounas (Crotone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
- 28': Foul by Milos Vulic (Crotone).
- 28': Soualiho Meité (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Goal! Milan 1, Crotone 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 32': Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Milan).
- 32': Samuel Di Carmine (Crotone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Alexis Saelemaekers.
- 34': Hand ball by Samuel Di Carmine (Crotone).
- 36': Offside, Milan. Fikayo Tomori tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
- 36': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (Milan).
- 36': Pedro Pereira (Crotone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Alexis Saelemaekers (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Adam Ounas (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (Milan).
- 38': Offside, Milan. Fikayo Tomori tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
- 38': Foul by Ante Rebic (Milan).
- 38': Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
- 42': Attempt saved. Samuel Di Carmine (Crotone) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Pereira with a cross.
- 43': Ahmad Benali (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Theo Hernández (Milan).
- 45': Davide Calabria (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Milos Vulic (Crotone).
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Milan 1, Crotone 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Milan 1, Crotone 0.
- 45': Substitution, Milan. Samu Castillejo replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
- 46': Ahmad Benali (Crotone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 46': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
- 47': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
- 47': Pedro Pereira (Crotone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 48': Foul by Koffi Djidji (Crotone).
- 48': Theo Hernández (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Samu Castillejo (Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
- 51': Attempt saved. Soualiho Meité (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
- 53': Offside, Milan. Davide Calabria tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
- 57': Foul by Andrea Rispoli (Crotone).
- 57': Franck Kessié (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 57': Foul by Milos Vulic (Crotone).
- 57': Theo Hernández (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Adam Ounas (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Franck Kessié (Milan).
- 61': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
- 61': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Alex Cordaz.
- 62': Substitution, Milan. Hakan Calhanoglu replaces Rafael Leão.
- 63': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
- 63': Substitution, Crotone. Emmanuel Rivière replaces Adam Ounas.
- 64': Goal! Milan 2, Crotone 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
- 66': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
- 67': Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
- 68': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
- 69': Goal! Milan 3, Crotone 0. Ante Rebic (Milan) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 70': Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Soualiho Meité.
- 70': Goal! Milan 4, Crotone 0. Ante Rebic (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 72': Substitution, Crotone. Eduardo Henrique replaces Ahmad Benali because of an injury.
- 73': Hand ball by Franck Kessié (Milan).
- 73': Foul by Andrea Rispoli (Crotone).
- 73': Theo Hernández (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Andrea Rispoli (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 77': Substitution, Milan. Jens Petter Hauge replaces Ante Rebic.
- 77': Substitution, Milan. Mario Mandzukic replaces Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
- 78': Substitution, Crotone. Simy replaces Samuel Di Carmine.
- 78': Substitution, Crotone. Jacopo Petriccione replaces Milos Vulic.
- 79': Offside, Milan. Alessio Romagnoli tries a through ball, but Mario Mandzukic is caught offside.
- 80': Attempt saved. Samu Castillejo (Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jens Petter Hauge.
- 81': Emmanuel Rivière (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Milan).
- 81': Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Andrea Rispoli (Crotone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Foul by Theo Hernández (Milan).
- 82': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
- 83': Davide Calabria (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Koffi Djidji (Crotone).
- 84': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
- 84': Attempt missed. Andrea Rispoli (Crotone) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 86': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Vladimir Golemic.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Mario Mandzukic (Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross.
- 86': Emmanuel Rivière (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Davide Calabria (Milan).
- 86': Davide Calabria (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Substitution, Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Franck Kessié.
- 88': Attempt missed. Eduardo Henrique (Crotone) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jacopo Petriccione.
- 88': Attempt missed. Emmanuel Rivière (Crotone) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eduardo Henrique.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Eduardo Henrique (Crotone) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 90'+1': Second Half ends, Milan 4, Crotone 0.
- 0': Match ends, Milan 4, Crotone 0.
Statistics
 CRO |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 17 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 5 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 50.5 | Possession | 49.5 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 21 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 11 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 364 | Accurate Passes | 374 |
| 444 | Passes | 430 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 21 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 36 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 7 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 23 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 23 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 30 | +42 | 69 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 30 | +24 | 63 |
| 3 | Napoli | 30 | +16 | 62 |
| 4 | Como | 30 | +31 | 57 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 13 | Alessio Romagnoli  |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 2 | Davide Calabria |
| 17 | Rafael Leão |
| 79 | Franck Kessié |
| 18 | Souahilo Meïté |
| 11 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| 12 | Ante Rebic |
| 56 | Alexis Saelemaekers |
Crotone (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Cordaz (GK) |
| 5 | Vlasmir Golemic |
| 13 | Sebastiano Luperto |
| 26 | Koffi Djidji |
| 77 | Milos Vulic |
| 10 | Ahmad Benali |
| 21 | Niccolò Zanellato |
| 32 | Pedro Pereira |
| 33 | Andrea Rispoli |
| 54 | Samuel Di Carmine |
| 7 | Adam Ounas |
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