Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Venezia WLLWL 0
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AC Milan WWWLD 2
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 26,402 att.

Match Report

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Diaz and Hernandez send Milan second after battling win over Venezia

Brahim Diaz and Theo Hernandez earned AC Milan a battling 2-0 victory over Venezia on Wednesday to move up to second in the Serie A standings.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
33
Possession
67
8
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
237
Accurate Passes
559
314
Passes
637
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.4
51
Long Balls
47
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
9
19
Effective Clearances
7
19
Clearances
7

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-R
  4. 5Fodé Ballo-TouréLB
  5. 20Pierre KaluluRB
  6. 10Brahim DíazAM
  7. 4Ismaël BennacerLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 12Ante RebicF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 25Alessandro FlorenziAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 79Franck KessiéSUB
  2. 64Pietro PellegriSUB
  3. 14Andrea ContiSUB
  4. 1Ciprian TatarusanuSUB
  5. 96Andreas JungdalSUB
  6. 27Daniel MaldiniSUB
  7. 23Fikayo TomoriSUB
  8. 19Theo HernándezSUB
  9. 56Alexis SaelemaekersSUB
  10. 7Samu CastillejoSUB

VEN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Niki MäenpääG
  2. 32Pietro CeccaroniCD-L
  3. 31Mattia CaldaraCD-R
  4. 3Christian MolinaLB
  5. 22Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 5Antonio Junior VaccaCM
  7. 27Gianluca BusioLM
  8. 42Dor PeretzRM
  9. 9Francesco ForteF
  10. 17Dennis JohnsenLF
  11. 10Mattia AramuRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Bjarki Steinn BjarkasonSUB
  2. 30Michael SvobodaSUB
  3. 23Sofian KiyineSUB
  4. 33Domen CrnigojSUB
  5. 8Tanner TessmannSUB
  6. 7Pasquale MazzocchiSUB
  7. 77David OkerekeSUB
  8. 14Thomas HenrySUB
  9. 13Marco ModoloSUB
  10. 28David SchneggSUB
  11. 18Daan HeymansSUB
  12. 91Filippo NeriSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Francesco Forte (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 53' Substitution, Venezia. Thomas Henry replaces Francesco Forte.
  3. 53' Substitution, Venezia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Dor Peretz.
  4. 59' Substitution, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori replaces Matteo Gabbia.
  5. 59' Substitution, AC Milan. Theo Hernández replaces Fodé Ballo-Touré.
  6. 59' Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  7. 68' Goal! AC Milan 1, Venezia 0. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  8. 74' Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Ante Rebic.
  9. 74' Substitution, Venezia. David Okereke replaces Dennis Johnsen.
  10. 74' Substitution, Venezia. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Tyronne Ebuehi because of an injury.
  11. 77' Mattia Caldara (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, AC Milan. Franck Kessié replaces Brahim Díaz.
  13. 81' Substitution, Venezia. Tanner Tessmann replaces Antonio Vacca.
  14. 82' Goal! AC Milan 2, Venezia 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.

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