Italian Serie A

AC Milan vs Lecce, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season

· Italian Serie A
AC Milan
  • 40': Rafael Leão
  • 74': Rafael Leão
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Lecce

    Leao double earns AC Milan win over Lecce

    Rafael Leao scored twice to earn AC Milan a comfortable 2-0 home win over lowly Lecce on Sunday as Serie A's top-four race tightened.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Foul by Federico Di Francesco (Lecce).
    • 11': Offside, AC Milan. Ante Rebic is caught offside.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce). Assisted by Theo Hernández.
    • 16': VAR Decision: No Penalty AC Milan.
    • 18': Delay in match because of an injury Junior Messias (AC Milan).
    • 19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 19': Lameck Banda (Lecce) hits the left post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Valentin Gendrey with a cross.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Rémi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
    • 22': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
    • 27': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
    • 27': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 27': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 28': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
    • 28': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Antonino Gallo (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Junior Messias (AC Milan).
    • 31': Foul by Assan Ceesay (Lecce).
    • 31': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce). Assisted by Fikayo Tomori with a through ball.
    • 32': Delay in match because of an injury Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 37': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
    • 39': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Valentin Gendrey.
    • 40': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lecce 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
    • 42': Foul by Brahim Díaz (AC Milan).
    • 42': Morten Hjulmand (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Alexis Blin (Lecce) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Antonino Gallo.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Sandro Tonali.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross.
    • 45'+2': Delay in match (AC Milan).
    • 45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Alexis Blin (Lecce).
    • 45'+4': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
    • 47': Delay in match because of an injury Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
    • 47': Delay in match because of an injury Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
    • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Messias.
    • 53': Federico Di Francesco (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 53': Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
    • 59': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Junior Messias.
    • 59': Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjær replaces Malick Thiaw.
    • 60': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
    • 62': Foul by Morten Hjulmand (Lecce).
    • 62': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Alexis Blin.
    • 65': Substitution, Lecce. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Federico Di Francesco.
    • 66': Substitution, Lecce. Joel Voelkerling Persson replaces Assan Ceesay.
    • 66': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Morten Hjulmand (Lecce).
    • 69': Foul by Alexis Blin (Lecce).
    • 69': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce).
    • 70': Attempt saved. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Assisted by Antonino Gallo.
    • 70': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Alexis Blin (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Valentin Gendrey.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Joel Voelkerling Persson (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Valentin Gendrey with a cross.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Assisted by Antonino Gallo.
    • 74': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lecce 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
    • 76': Substitution, Lecce. Joan González replaces Alexis Blin.
    • 78': Offside, AC Milan. Theo Hernández is caught offside.
    • 78': Substitution, AC Milan. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Brahim Díaz.
    • 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Divock Origi replaces Rafael Leão.
    • 79': Substitution, Lecce. Simone Romagnoli replaces Valentin Gendrey.
    • 79': Substitution, Lecce. Youssef Maleh replaces Lameck Banda.
    • 85': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 86': Offside, AC Milan. Charles De Ketelaere is caught offside.
    • 88': Handball by Youssef Maleh (Lecce).
    • 90'+1': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Joel Voelkerling Persson (Lecce).
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Morten Hjulmand (Lecce).
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Rémi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Assisted by Wladimiro Falcone.
    • 90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Rémi Oudin (Lecce).
    • 90'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
    • 90'+5': Youssef Maleh (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Lecce 0.
    • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Lecce 0.

    Statistics

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    0 Fouls 0
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    0 Corner Kicks 0
    0 Saves 0
    0 Possession 0
    0 SHOTS 0
    0 ON GOAL 0
    0.0 On Target % 0.0
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    0 Blocked Shots 0
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
    Location: Milano, Italy
    Attendance: 72,614

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Internazionale 30 +42 69
    2 AC Milan 30 +24 63
    3 Napoli 30 +16 62
    4 Como 30 +31 57
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    23 Fikayo Tomori
    28 Malick Thiaw Yellow Card
    19 Theo Hernández
    20 Pierre Kalulu
    10 Brahim Díaz
    8 Sandro Tonali
    33 Rade Krunic
    12 Ante Rebic
    17 Rafael Leão
    30 Junior Messias
    AC Milan Substitutes:
    Divock Origi, Ismaël Bennacer, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Yacine Adli, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Antonio Mirante, Charles De Ketelaere, Aster Vranckx, Simon Kjaer, Alexis Saelemaekers, Matteo Gabbia, Alessandro Florenzi, Fodé Ballo-Touré.

    LEC Lecce (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    30 Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
    93 Samuel Umtiti
    6 Federico Baschirotto
    25 Antonino Gallo
    17 Valentin Gendrey
    42 Morten Hjulmand
    28 Rémi Oudin
    29 Alexis Blin
    77 Assan Ceesay
    22 Lameck Banda
    11 Federico Di Francesco
    Lecce Substitutes:
    Alessandro Tuia, Giuseppe Pezzella, Marco Bleve, Tommaso Cassandro, Joan Gonzàlez, Simone Romagnoli, Joel Voelkerling Persson, Thorir Johann Helgason, Federico Brancolini, Gabriel Strefezza, Youssef Maleh, Pietro Ceccaroni, Kristoffer Askildsen.

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