Italian Serie A

FT Monday, August 21, 2023
AC Milan LLLLW 2
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Bologna DWDWW 0
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Renato Dall'Ara · 30,203 att.

Match Report

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Pulisic shines as Milan kick off season with win at Bologna

United States national team captain Christian Pulisic got his AC Milan career off to an impressive start as he scored a stunning goal to help his new team in a 2-0 win over Bologna in their Serie A opener on Monday.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
3
46.9
Possession
53.1
9
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
409
Accurate Passes
481
481
Passes
543
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.3
33
Long Balls
44
11
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
4
11
Effective Clearances
11
11
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BOL · 4-1-3-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 26Jhon LucumíCD-L
  3. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  4. 20Michel AebischerSW
  5. 22Charalampos LykogiannisLB
  6. 3Stefan PoschRB
  7. 8Nicolás DomínguezCM
  8. 19Lewis FergusonLM
  9. 11Dan NdoyeRM
  10. 6Nikola MoroCF-L
  11. 9Joshua ZirkzeeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Riccardo Orsolini
  2. 16Tommaso Corazza
  3. 17Oussama El Azzouzi
  4. 82Kacper Urbanski
  5. 4Joaquín Sosa
  6. 14Kevin Bonifazi
  7. 80Giovanni Fabbian
  8. 34Federico Ravaglia
  9. 29Lorenzo De Silvestri
  10. 23Nicola Bagnolini
  11. 77Sydney van Hooijdonk

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 28Malick ThiawCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 33Rade KrunicCM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Rafael LeãoLF
  11. 11Christian PulisicRF

Substitutes

  1. 42Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  2. 29Lorenzo ColomboSUB
  3. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  4. 18Luka RomeroSUB
  5. 32Tommaso PobegaSUB
  6. 21Samuel ChukwuezeSUB
  7. 24Simon KjaerSUB
  8. 7Yacine AdliSUB
  9. 20Pierre KaluluSUB
  10. 85Kevin ZeroliSUB
  11. 57Marco SportielloSUB
  12. 95Davide BartesaghiSUB
  13. 17Noah OkaforSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Bologna 0, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  2. 21' Goal! Bologna 0, AC Milan 2. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  3. 30' Michel Aebischer (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Bologna. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Nikola Moro.
  5. 51' Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 72' Substitution, Bologna. Oussama El Azzouzi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  7. 73' Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
  8. 73' Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  9. 73' Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Davide Calabria.
  10. 73' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  11. 76' Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 77' Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 87' Substitution, Bologna. Sydney van Hooijdonk replaces Joshua Zirkzee.
  14. 87' Substitution, Bologna. Kacper Urbanski replaces Lewis Ferguson.
  15. 87' Substitution, Bologna. Tommaso Corazza replaces Charalampos Lykogiannis.
  16. 88' Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjær replaces Malick Thiaw.

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