Italian Serie A

AC Milan vs Napoli, 2023-24 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
AC Milan
  • 25': Theo Hernández
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Napoli

    AC Milan hold off Napoli to hand them eighth defeat of season

    A first-half goal from Theo Hernández was enough to seal a 1-0 victory for AC Milan over visiting champions Napoli in Serie A on Sunday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Offside, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
    • 5': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
    • 5': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Delay in match because of an injury Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
    • 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 10': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross.
    • 12': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
    • 13': Foul by Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
    • 13': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
    • 14': Frank Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 17': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
    • 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 21': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
    • 21': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Goal! AC Milan 1, Napoli 0. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a through ball.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
    • 28': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
    • 29': Delay in match because of an injury Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
    • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 33': Foul by Leo Østigård (Napoli).
    • 33': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 35': Delay in match because of an injury Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
    • 37': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria because of an injury.
    • 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 39': Delay in match because of an injury Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
    • 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 40': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
    • 40': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan).
    • 41': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 42': Foul by Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
    • 42': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
    • 45': Leo Østigård (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Offside, Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Napoli 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Napoli 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Leo Østigård.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yacine Adli.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 48': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
    • 48': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
    • 51': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Foul by Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli).
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yacine Adli.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matteo Gabbia.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
    • 55': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Giovanni Simeone.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 58': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Alessandro Florenzi.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
    • 61': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
    • 61': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 62': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Frank Anguissa.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 65': Delay in match because of an injury Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
    • 65': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ismaël Bennacer because of an injury.
    • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 66': Substitution, AC Milan. Jan-Carlo Simic replaces Simon Kjær.
    • 68': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
    • 71': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
    • 71': Yacine Adli (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
    • 75': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
    • 75': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Piotr Zielinski.
    • 76': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Pasquale Mazzocchi.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
    • 80': Delay in match (Napoli).
    • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
    • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Álex Jiménez replaces Christian Pulisic.
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 81': Offside, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi is caught offside.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jesper Lindstrøm.
    • 84': Hand ball by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
    • 85': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
    • 85': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão is caught offside.
    • 87': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
    • 87': Luka Jovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
    • 89': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
    • 89': Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces Juan Jesus.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesper Lindstrøm with a cross.
    • 90': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
    • 90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+4': Hand ball by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
    • 90'+6': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
    • 90'+6': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+6': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Napoli 0.
    • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 1, Napoli 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 9
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    2 Corner Kicks 1
    5 Saves 2
    59.6 Possession 40.4
    12 SHOTS 10
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    505 Accurate Passes 309
    577 Passes 389
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 3
    13 Crosses 13
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    49 Long Balls 46
    34 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.3
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    9 Effective Tackles 11
    17 Tackles 21
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    7 Interceptions 7
    10 Effective Clearances 16
    10 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
    Location: Milano, Italy
    Attendance: 73,891

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Internazionale 34 +63 89
    2 AC Milan 34 +25 70
    3 Juventus 34 +21 65
    4 Bologna 34 +22 63
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    46 Matteo Gabbia
    24 Simon Kjaer
    19 Theo Hernández
    2 Davide Calabria
    8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
    4 Ismaël Bennacer
    7 Yacine Adli
    9 Olivier Giroud
    10 Rafael Leão
    11 Christian Pulisic
    AC Milan Substitutes:
    Filippo Terracciano, Noah Okafor, Yunus Musah, Luka Jovic, Antonio Mirante, Marco Sportiello, Alessandro Florenzi, Álex Jiménez, Victor Eletu, Jan-Carlo Simic.

    NAP Napoli (3-5-1-1)

    No. Name
    95 Pierluigi Gollini (GK)
    13 Amir Rrahmani
    5 Juan Jesus Yellow Card
    55 Leo Ostigard
    20 Piotr Zielinski
    99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
    68 Stanislav Lobotka
    30 Pasquale Mazzocchi
    22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
    18 Giovanni Simeone
    77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
    Napoli Substitutes:
    Giacomo Raspadori, Matteo Politano, Jesper Lindstrom, Hamed Traoré, Mathías Olivera, Nikita Contini, Cyril Ngonge, Jens Cajuste, Leander Dendoncker, Natan.

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