Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 8, 2025
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Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare · 25,753 att.

Match Report

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Pulisic double helps Milan to fight back from two goals down to beat Lecce

AC Milan came from two goals down to win 3-2 at lowly Lecce in Serie A on Saturday, with midfielder Christian Pulisic levelling for the visitors from the penalty spot before netting the winner late in the second half.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
7
70.5
Possession
29.5
16
SHOTS
11
9
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
518
Accurate Passes
164
581
Passes
243
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
2
22
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.2
37
Long Balls
56
17
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
16
6
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
7
14
Effective Clearances
38
14
Clearances
38

Head to Head

MIL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LEC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Wladimiro FalconeG
  2. 19Gaby JeanCD-L
  3. 6Federico BaschirottoCD-R
  4. 25Antonino GalloLB
  5. 12Frédéric GuilbertRB
  6. 14Thorir Johann HelgasonAM
  7. 5Medon BerishaLM
  8. 29Lassana CoulibalyRM
  9. 9Nikola KrstovicF
  10. 7José Antonio MorenteAM-L
  11. 50Santiago PierottiAM-R

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 28Malick ThiawCD-L
  3. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 32Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 14Tijjani ReijndersAM
  7. 80Yunus MusahLM
  8. 38Warren BondoRM
  9. 7Santiago GimenezF
  10. 11Christian PulisicAM-L
  11. 20Álex JiménezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Lecce 1, AC Milan 0. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thórir Helgason following a fast break.
  2. 42' Medon Berisha (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Álex Jiménez.
  4. 56' Substitution, Lecce. Balthazar Pierret replaces Medon Berisha.
  5. 59' Goal! Lecce 2, AC Milan 0. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frédéric Guilbert.
  6. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. Tammy Abraham replaces Santiago Giménez.
  7. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. João Félix replaces Warren Bondo.
  8. 68' Own Goal by Antonino Gallo, Lecce. Lecce 2, AC Milan 1.
  9. 73' Goal! Lecce 2, AC Milan 2. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  10. 74' Substitution, Lecce. Ylber Ramadani replaces Thórir Helgason.
  11. 74' Substitution, Lecce. Danilo Veiga replaces Santiago Pierotti.
  12. 74' Substitution, AC Milan. Youssouf Fofana replaces Kyle Walker.
  13. 74' Substitution, AC Milan. Riccardo Sottil replaces Yunus Musah.
  14. 81' Goal! Lecce 2, AC Milan 3. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a cross.
  15. 82' Substitution, Lecce. Ante Rebic replaces Tete Morente.
  16. 82' Substitution, Lecce. Lameck Banda replaces Lassana Coulibaly.
  17. 88' Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+1' Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

All news
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