Genoa vs AC Milan, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AAC Milan's European hopes fading despite rally over Genoa
AC Milan secured a 2-1 victory over Genoa in a rainy Monday Serie A clash, with a rapid second-half turnaround driven by Rafael Leao's equaliser and an own goal from Morten Frendrup.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Stefano Sabelli.
- 4': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Stefano Sabelli.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
- 5': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Genoa).
- 5': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 8': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt saved. Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Junior Messias.
- 9': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
- 11': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
- 12': Foul by Álex Jiménez (AC Milan).
- 12': Stefano Sabelli (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
- 14': Offside, Genoa. Aarón Martín is caught offside.
- 16': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the left following a fast break.
- 21': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
- 21': Junior Messias (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
- 23': Attempt missed. Junior Messias (Genoa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right following a corner.
- 23': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 24': Delay in match because of an injury Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan).
- 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morten Frendrup with a headed pass.
- 26': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Youssouf Fofana.
- 27': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Genoa).
- 27': Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Morten Thorsby (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 28': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Youssouf Fofana because of an injury.
- 29': Offside, AC Milan. Tijjani Reijnders is caught offside.
- 30': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Morten Frendrup.
- 30': Delay in match because of an injury Stefano Sabelli (Genoa).
- 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 34': Foul by Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa).
- 34': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
- 34': Johan Vásquez (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Attempt missed. Morten Frendrup (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Morten Thorsby.
- 36': Foul by Morten Frendrup (Genoa).
- 36': Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt saved. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Junior Messias (Genoa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brooke Norton-Cuffy with a cross.
- 39': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Strahinja Pavlovic.
- 39': Attempt saved. Stefano Sabelli (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Morten Frendrup.
- 40': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
- 41': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 42': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 42': Junior Messias (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Foul by Koni De Winter (Genoa).
- 44': Luka Jovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Genoa 0, AC Milan 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Genoa 0, AC Milan 0.
- 45': Substitution, Genoa. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Stefano Sabelli because of an injury.
- 49': Attempt missed. Morten Frendrup (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrea Pinamonti.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 50': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
- 51': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Luka Jovic following a corner.
- 52': Delay in match (AC Milan).
- 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 53': Foul by Patrizio Masini (Genoa).
- 53': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Delay in match because of an injury Patrizio Masini (Genoa).
- 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 55': Foul by Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa).
- 55': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Delay in match because of an injury Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
- 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Attempt saved. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 57': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
- 57': Junior Messias (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Attempt missed. Morten Frendrup (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Morten Thorsby.
- 60': Substitution, Genoa. Vítinha replaces Junior Messias.
- 61': Goal! Genoa 1, AC Milan 0. Vítinha (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aarón Martín with a cross.
- 62': Foul by Alessandro Zanoli (Genoa).
- 62': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Foul by Koni De Winter (Genoa).
- 63': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
- 69': Attempt saved. Johan Vásquez (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aarón Martín with a cross.
- 69': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 69': Morten Thorsby (Genoa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Santiago Giménez replaces Luka Jovic.
- 70': Substitution, AC Milan. João Félix replaces Álex Jiménez.
- 72': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Genoa).
- 72': João Félix (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Johan Vásquez (Genoa).
- 72': Substitution, Genoa. Honest Ahanor replaces Morten Thorsby.
- 74': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 74': Foul by Morten Frendrup (Genoa).
- 74': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Goal! Genoa 1, AC Milan 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Santiago Giménez.
- 77': Own Goal by Morten Frendrup, Genoa. Genoa 1, AC Milan 2.
- 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Kyle Walker replaces Fikayo Tomori.
- 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Christian Pulisic.
- 82': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
- 82': Vítinha (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 82': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 84': Foul by Kyle Walker (AC Milan).
- 84': Honest Ahanor (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Substitution, Genoa. Jeff Ekhator replaces Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
- 90': Foul by Aarón Martín (Genoa).
- 90': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 90': Honest Ahanor (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Koni De Winter.
- 90'+2': João Félix (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
- 90'+3': Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
- 90'+5': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
- 90'+5': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Yunus Musah.
- 90'+6': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa).
- 90'+6': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Genoa 1, AC Milan 2.
- 0': Match ends, Genoa 1, AC Milan 2.
Statistics
 MIL |
GEN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 14 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 60.2 | Possession | 39.8 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 465 | Accurate Passes | 271 |
| 530 | Passes | 336 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 8 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 48 | Long Balls | 30 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 15 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 5 | Tackles | 25 |
| 1.0 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 22 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 32,080
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 32,080
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 16 | +21 | 36 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 16 | +14 | 35 |
| 3 | Napoli | 16 | +11 | 34 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 17 | +9 | 33 |
Line-Ups
Genoa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nicola Leali (GK) |
| 22 | Johan Vásquez |
| 4 | Koni De Winter |
| 3 | Aarón Martín |
| 20 | Stefano Sabelli |
| 10 | Junior Messias |
| 32 | Morten Frendrup |
| 73 | Patrizio Masini |
| 19 | Andrea Pinamonti |
| 2 | Morten Thorsby  |
| 15 | Brooke Norton-Cuffy |
AC Milan (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 46 | Matteo Gabbia |
| 31 | Strahinja Pavlovic |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori |
| 14 | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 29 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 20 | Álex Jiménez |
| 9 | Luka Jovic |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
| 8 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek |
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