Italian Serie A

AC Milan vs Atalanta, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
AC Milan
  • 56': Rafael Leão
  • 75': Theo Hernández
FT
2 - 0
Atalanta

    AC Milan beat Atalanta to close in on first Serie A title in 11 years

    AC Milan closed in on their first Serie A title in 11 years after goals from Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez earned them a 2-0 win over Atalanta.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Hans Hateboer (Atalanta).
    • 1': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Remo Freuler (Atalanta).
    • 7': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Teun Koopmeiners.
    • 8': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Luis Muriel.
    • 13': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta).
    • 13': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Foul by Hans Hateboer (Atalanta).
    • 13': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 16': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 16': Foul by Remo Freuler (Atalanta).
    • 17': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
    • 17': Luis Muriel (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 20': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta).
    • 21': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 25': Foul by Remo Freuler (Atalanta).
    • 25': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 27': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Davide Calabria.
    • 27': Attempt missed. José Luis Palomino (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Berat Djimsiti following a corner.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Hans Hateboer.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matteo Pessina.
    • 41': Foul by Remo Freuler (Atalanta).
    • 41': Franck Kessié (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
    • 44': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45': Foul by Matteo Pessina (Atalanta).
    • 45': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Atalanta 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Atalanta 0.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Muriel.
    • 47': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Sandro Tonali.
    • 49': Foul by Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta).
    • 49': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Berat Djimsiti.
    • 51': Foul by Franck Kessié (AC Milan).
    • 51': Matteo Pessina (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta).
    • 53': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 54': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Olivier Giroud.
    • 55': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
    • 55': Substitution, Atalanta. Duván Zapata replaces Luis Muriel.
    • 55': Substitution, Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Mario Pasalic.
    • 56': Goal! AC Milan 1, Atalanta 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Junior Messias with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 63': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
    • 63': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
    • 63': Matteo Pessina (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta).
    • 65': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
    • 65': Remo Freuler (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Franck Kessié (AC Milan).
    • 66': Remo Freuler (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Foul by Franck Kessié (AC Milan).
    • 66': Matteo Pessina (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Franck Kessié (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Davide Calabria.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi with a cross following a corner.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 69': Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
    • 70': Substitution, Atalanta. Jérémie Boga replaces Matteo Pessina.
    • 71': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Pierre Kalulu.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi with a cross following a corner.
    • 73': Offside, Atalanta. José Luis Palomino tries a through ball, but Davide Zappacosta is caught offside.
    • 75': Goal! AC Milan 2, Atalanta 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rade Krunic following a fast break.
    • 75': Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
    • 78': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Duván Zapata (Atalanta).
    • 79': Substitution, Atalanta. Giorgio Scalvini replaces Hans Hateboer.
    • 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Rade Krunic.
    • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
    • 80': Substitution, Atalanta. Merih Demiral replaces José Luis Palomino.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Jérémie Boga (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 86': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
    • 86': Remo Freuler (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
    • 87': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta).
    • 87': Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi.
    • 88': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+2': Duván Zapata (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
    • 90'+2': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
    • 90'+4': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Giorgio Scalvini.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Atalanta 0.
    • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Atalanta 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/105.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originATA MILhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/103.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    14 Fouls 8
    4 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 4
    4 Saves 2
    54.2 Possession 45.8
    12 SHOTS 12
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    371 Accurate Passes 301
    449 Passes 373
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 0
    10 Crosses 15
    0.3 Cross % 0.0
    41 Long Balls 53
    23 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 3
    10 Effective Tackles 16
    23 Tackles 29
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    7 Interceptions 7
    12 Effective Clearances 9
    12 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
    Location: Milano, Italy
    Attendance: 73,304

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Internazionale 28 +42 67
    2 AC Milan 28 +24 60
    3 Napoli 28 +14 56
    4 Como 28 +25 51
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    MIL AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    23 Fikayo Tomori
    20 Pierre Kalulu
    19 Theo Hernández
    2 Davide Calabria
    33 Rade Krunic
    79 Franck Kessié Yellow Card
    8 Sandro Tonali
    9 Olivier Giroud Yellow Card
    17 Rafael Leão
    56 Alexis Saelemaekers
    AC Milan Substitutes:
    Tiemoué Bakayoko, Ante Rebic, Matteo Gabbia, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Alessio Romagnoli, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Brahim Díaz, Alessandro Florenzi, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Ismaël Bennacer, Antonio Mirante, Junior Messias.

    ATA Atalanta (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Juan Musso (GK)
    6 José Palomino
    19 Berat Djimsiti
    15 Marten de Roon
    11 Remo Freuler Yellow Card
    7 Teun Koopmeiners Yellow Card
    77 Davide Zappacosta
    33 Hans Hateboer Yellow Card
    9 Luis Muriel
    88 Mario Pasalic
    32 Matteo Pessina
    Atalanta Substitutes:
    Joakim Maehle, Valentin Mihaila, Giorgio Scalvini, Duván Zapata, Francesco Rossi, Jérémie Boga, Merih Demiral, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Alexey Miranchuk, Marco Sportiello.

    Serie A News

    Milan's big derby win; Arsenal's FA Cup scare; Yamal stars again; more
    Milan's big derby win; Arsenal's FA Cup scare; Yamal stars again; more

    Milan's derby win over Inter has opened a little bit of a title race again in Italy ... at least for now. Plus: Arsenal messed around in the FA Cup and nearly paid for it, while Lamine Yamal showed just how great he is for Barcelona.

    Did AC Milan keep the Serie A title race alive with win vs. Inter?
    Did AC Milan keep the Serie A title race alive with win vs. Inter?

    Gab & Juls discuss the Serie A title race after AC Milan's 1-0 win over Inter Milan.

    Milan complete first derby double in 15 years to close on Inter
    Milan complete first derby double in 15 years to close on Inter

    AC Milan cut Inter Milan's lead at the top of Serie A to seven points after a 1-0 victory in the derby at San Siro.

    Weekend predictions: Can Wrexham top Chelsea in FA Cup?
    Weekend predictions: Can Wrexham top Chelsea in FA Cup?

    It's Friday, and another full weekend of action awaits across the soccer calendar as Julien Laurens picks out the best games to watch in Europe.

    Kane, Yamal lead ESPN's Players of the Month for February
    Kane, Yamal lead ESPN's Players of the Month for February

    Who were the best players in February in each of Europe's top five leagues? Welcome to ESPN's Players of the Month!