Italian Serie A

FT Monday, August 23, 2021
AC Milan WDLDW 1
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Sampdoria LDWWW 0
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Luigi Ferraris · 4,966 att.

Match Report

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Early Diaz strike gets AC Milan off to winning start over Sampdoria

Brahim Diaz's early goal was enough to earn AC Milan a 1-0 victory at Sampdoria in their opening match of the Serie A season on Monday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
3
50.1
Possession
49.9
11
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
327
Accurate Passes
309
409
Passes
395
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
55
24
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
7
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SAM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emil AuderoG
  2. 15Omar ColleyCD-L
  3. 22Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 3Tommaso AugelloLB
  5. 24Bartosz BereszynskiRB
  6. 6Albin EkdalCM-L
  7. 2Morten ThorsbyCM-R
  8. 38Mikkel DamsgaardLM
  9. 87Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 27Fabio QuagliarellaCF-L
  11. 23Manolo GabbiadiniCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Nicola MurruSUB
  2. 30Nicola RavagliaSUB
  3. 33Wladimiro FalconeSUB
  4. 8Valerio VerreSUB
  5. 21Lorenzo TonelliSUB
  6. 70Simone TrimboliSUB
  7. 4Jeff ChabotSUB
  8. 16Kristoffer AskildsenSUB
  9. 12Fabio DepaoliSUB
  10. 5Adrien SilvaSUB
  11. 25Alex FerrariSUB

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. 33Rade KrunicLM
  8. 8Sandro TonaliRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 56Alexis SaelemaekersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Ismaël BennacerSUB
  2. 25Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  3. 1Ciprian TatarusanuSUB
  4. 27Daniel MaldiniSUB
  5. 7Samu CastillejoSUB
  6. 12Ante RebicSUB
  7. 13Alessio RomagnoliSUB
  8. 20Pierre KaluluSUB
  9. 26Tommaso PobegaSUB
  10. 46Matteo GabbiaSUB
  11. 5Fodé Ballo-TouréSUB
  12. 77Alessandro PlizzariSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Sampdoria 0, AC Milan 1. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
  2. 33' Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 69' Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  4. 69' Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Brahim Díaz.
  5. 71' Substitution, Sampdoria. Nicola Murru replaces Tommaso Augello.
  6. 71' Substitution, Sampdoria. Valerio Verre replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  7. 81' Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  8. 86' Substitution, Sampdoria. Adrien Silva replaces Albin Ekdal.
  9. 86' Simon Kjaer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 88' Substitution, AC Milan. Alessio Romagnoli replaces Davide Calabria.
  11. 89' Nicola Murru (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+3' Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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