Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 3, 2021
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Match Report

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Milan hang on to beat Atalanta and close gap with leaders Napoli

AC Milan continued their impressive start to the Serie A season on Sunday, surviving a late Atalanta comeback to earn a 3-2 victory in Bergamo.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
4
43.9
Possession
56.1
13
SHOTS
17
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
275
Accurate Passes
379
366
Passes
459
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
44
19
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
15
16
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
8
20
Effective Clearances
9
20
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 28Merih DemiralCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 19Berat DjimsitiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 32Matteo PessinaAM
  8. 3Joakim MaehleLM
  9. 77Davide ZappacostaRM
  10. 91Duván ZapataCF-L
  11. 18Ruslan MalinovskyiCF-R

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 24Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 10Brahim DíazAM
  7. 79Franck KessiéLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 12Ante RebicF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 1. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 24' Substitution, Atalanta. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Matteo Pessina because of an injury.
  3. 40' Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Atalanta. Teun Koopmeiners replaces Merih Demiral.
  7. 52' Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 56' Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Joakim Maehle.
  9. 56' Substitution, Atalanta. Josip Ilicic replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  10. 74' Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Brahim Díaz.
  11. 78' Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 3. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández following a fast break.
  12. 80' Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
  13. 80' Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
  14. 85' Junior Messias (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  15. 86' Goal! Atalanta 1, AC Milan 3. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  16. 87' Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Remo Freuler.
  17. 88' Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90' Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Rafael Leão.
  19. 90'+4' Goal! Atalanta 2, AC Milan 3. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata with a cross.

Serie A News

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