AC Milan vs Napoli, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season
· Italian Serie AGiovanni Simeone header earns Napoli win at AC Milan
A brilliant header by Napoli striker Giovanni Simeone helped his side to seal a 2-1 win at AC Milan and return to the top of the Serie A table.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kim Min-Jae.
- 6': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 7': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 7': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Hernández following a corner.
- 8': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
- 9': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
- 9': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 11': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.
- 13': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rade Krunic with a through ball.
- 13': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 18': Foul by Simon Kjaer (AC Milan).
- 18': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Simon Kjaer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 20': Foul by Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan).
- 20': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
- 22': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
- 22': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 23': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
- 25': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.
- 26': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
- 26': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 27': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Amir Rrahmani.
- 28': Attempt saved. Rade Krunic (AC Milan) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer with a cross.
- 28': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 28': Attempt missed. Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer with a cross following a corner.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Rade Krunic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
- 36': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 38': Attempt missed. Rade Krunic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer.
- 41': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
- 42': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 45': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
- 45': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Napoli 0.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Napoli 0.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Simon Kjaer.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Sergiño Dest replaces Davide Calabria.
- 47': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
- 51': Penalty Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 51': Penalty conceded by Sergiño Dest (AC Milan) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 53': VAR Decision: Penalty Napoli.
- 53': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 55': Goal! AC Milan 0, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a cross.
- 58': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
- 59': Foul by Kim Min-Jae (Napoli).
- 59': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 60': Attempt missed. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 62': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
- 62': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 62': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 66': Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Rade Krunic.
- 66': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
- 66': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
- 66': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
- 68': Attempt saved. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.
- 69': Foul by Alessio Zerbin (Napoli).
- 69': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Goal! AC Milan 1, Napoli 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
- 70': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 73': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
- 74': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.
- 75': Hand ball by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
- 76': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 76': Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
- 78': Goal! AC Milan 1, Napoli 2. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 79': Attempt saved. Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone.
- 81': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
- 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Yacine Adli replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
- 83': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 83': Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
- 84': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Attempt saved. Yacine Adli (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer.
- 85': Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
- 86': Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
- 86': Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 86': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 87': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
- 87': Foul by Alessio Zerbin (Napoli).
- 87': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Foul by Brahim Díaz (AC Milan).
- 88': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
- 89': Junior Messias (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
- 89': Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 90': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pierre Kalulu.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Mário Rui.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 90'+2': Foul by Alessio Zerbin (Napoli).
- 90'+2': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Offside, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 90'+2': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Junior Messias (AC Milan).
- 90'+3': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tanguy Ndombélé.
- 90'+7': Attempt blocked. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer with a cross.
- 90'+7': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kim Min-Jae.
- 90'+7': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 90'+7': Attempt blocked. Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 1, Napoli 2.
Statistics
 NAP |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 18 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 49.3 | Possession | 50.7 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 352 | Accurate Passes | 350 |
| 426 | Passes | 428 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 9 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 61 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 33 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 18 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 32 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 32 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,573
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,573
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 29 | +42 | 68 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 29 | +23 | 60 |
| 3 | Napoli | 29 | +15 | 59 |
| 4 | Como | 29 | +26 | 54 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori  |
| 24 | Simon Kjaer |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 2 | Davide Calabria |
| 90 | Charles De Ketelaere |
| 8 | Sandro Tonali |
| 4 | Ismaël Bennacer |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud |
| 33 | Rade Krunic |
| 56 | Alexis Saelemaekers |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 3 | Kim Min-Jae |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 99 | Frank Anguissa |
| 81 | Giacomo Raspadori |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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