Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, October 7, 2023
AC Milan DWWWD 1
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Genoa LDLWD 0
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Luigi Ferraris · 33,157 att.

Match Report

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Pulisic scores, Giroud the hero as late keeper in Milan win

A late strike by Christian Pulisic earned AC Milan a 1-0 win at Genoa to go to the top of Serie A on Saturday, but the game ended in chaos as both keepers were sent off and striker Olivier Giroud went in goal.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
58.9
Possession
41.1
12
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
475
Accurate Passes
308
551
Passes
380
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.5
33
Long Balls
51
13
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
2
11
Tackles
7
0.5
Tackle %
0.3
6
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
19
14
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

GEN · 4-5-1

  1. 1Josep MartínezG
  2. 5Radu DragusinCD-L
  3. 13Mattia BaniCD-R
  4. 22Johan VásquezLB
  5. 4Koni De WinterRB
  6. 17Ruslan MalinovskyiCM-L
  7. 2Morten ThorsbyCM-R
  8. 32Morten FrendrupAM
  9. 55Ridgeciano HapsLM
  10. 20Stefano SabelliRM
  11. 11Albert GudmundssonF

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 28Malick ThiawCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 42Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 7Yacine AdliCM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 80Yunus MusahRM
  9. 15Luka JovicF
  10. 17Noah OkaforLF
  11. 21Samuel ChukwuezeRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Noah Okafor.
  4. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  5. 47' Yunus Musah (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Yacine Adli (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Yacine Adli.
  8. 66' Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Calabria replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  9. 68' Substitution, Genoa. Caleb Ekuban replaces Stefano Sabelli.
  10. 68' Substitution, Genoa. Berkan Kutlu replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  11. 69' Koni De Winter (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Josep Martínez (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 87' Goal! Genoa 0, AC Milan 1. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Musah with a cross.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Genoa. George Puscas replaces Ridgeciano Haps.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi replaces Luka Jovic.
  16. 90'+8' Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
  17. 90'+9' Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+13' Second yellow card to Josep Martínez (Genoa) for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+13' Substitution, Genoa. Nicola Leali replaces Koni De Winter.

Serie A News

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