UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 15, 2024
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AC Milan WWDWW 3
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1st Leg · Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 69,021 att.

Match Report

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Loftus-Cheek double leads Milan 1st-leg rout of Rennes

Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored two headers and Rafael Leão added a third as AC Milan secured an emphatic 3-0 home win over French side Stade Rennais in the first leg of their Europa League playoff tie on Thursday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
4
40.6
Possession
59.4
12
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
342
Accurate Passes
543
394
Passes
585
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.4
36
Long Balls
44
20
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
4
9
Effective Clearances
16
9
Clearances
16

Lineups

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-L
  3. 24Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 42Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 80Yunus MusahRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 11Christian PulisicAM-R

REN · 4-4-2

  1. 30Steve MandandaG
  2. 5Arthur TheateCD-L
  3. 23Warmed OmariCD-R
  4. 3Adrien TruffertLB
  5. 17Guela DouéRB
  6. 6Azor MatusiwaCM-L
  7. 8Baptiste SantamariaCM-R
  8. 33Désiré DouéLM
  9. 14Benjamin BourigeaudRM
  10. 7Martin TerrierCF-L
  11. 9Arnaud KalimuendoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! AC Milan 1, Rennes 0. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross.
  2. 47' Goal! AC Milan 2, Rennes 0. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 53' Goal! AC Milan 3, Rennes 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
  4. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Rafael Leão.
  5. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Simon Kjær.
  6. 67' Substitution, Rennes. Amine Gouiri replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
  7. 67' Substitution, Rennes. Alidu Seidu replaces Guela Doué.
  8. 75' Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  9. 75' Substitution, Rennes. Aboubakar Nagida replaces Adrien Truffert.
  10. 75' Substitution, AC Milan. Filippo Terracciano replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  11. 75' Substitution, Rennes. Ludovic Blas replaces Azor Matusiwa.
  12. 76' Substitution, Rennes. Ibrahim Salah replaces Désiré Doué.
  13. 81' Substitution, AC Milan. Yacine Adli replaces Christian Pulisic.
  14. 87' Aboubakar Nagida (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.