Italian Serie A

FT Friday, May 9, 2025
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AC Milan WLWWW 3
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 71,076 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Pulisic leads Milan rally with goal and assist in win over Bologna

Santiago Gimenez and Christian Pulisic powered AC Milan to a crucial 3-1 home win over Bologna on Friday, a victory that not only kept their slim top-four hopes flickering but also set the stage for a tantalising Coppa Italia final clash on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
52.8
Possession
47.2
10
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
410
Accurate Passes
368
475
Passes
434
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
50
33
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
19
14
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MIL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 46Matteo GabbiaCD
  3. 31Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  5. 14Tijjani ReijndersCM-L
  6. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekCM-R
  7. 19Theo HernándezLM
  8. 20Álex JiménezRM
  9. 9Luka JovicF
  10. 79João FélixCF-L
  11. 11Christian PulisicCF-R

BOL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 5Martin ErlicCD-L
  3. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  4. 22Charalampos LykogiannisLB
  5. 29Lorenzo De SilvestriRB
  6. 8Remo FreulerCM
  7. 18Tommaso PobegaLM
  8. 6Nikola MoroRM
  9. 24Thijs DallingaF
  10. 30Benjamín DomínguezLF
  11. 7Riccardo OrsoliniRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Fikayo Tomori because of an injury.
  2. 31' Substitution, Bologna. Jhon Lucumí replaces Martin Erlic because of an injury.
  3. 37' Jhon Lucumí (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 49' Goal! AC Milan 0, Bologna 1. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thijs Dallinga with a headed pass.
  5. 60' Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Substitution, Bologna. Michel Aebischer replaces Tommaso Pobega.
  7. 61' Substitution, Bologna. Santiago Castro replaces Thijs Dallinga.
  8. 61' Substitution, Bologna. Nicolò Cambiaghi replaces Riccardo Orsolini.
  9. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Santiago Giménez replaces Luka Jovic.
  10. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Kyle Walker replaces Strahinja Pavlovic.
  11. 65' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Álex Jiménez.
  12. 67' João Félix (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 73' Goal! AC Milan 1, Bologna 1. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  14. 78' Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  15. 79' Goal! AC Milan 2, Bologna 1. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  16. 80' Substitution, Bologna. Oussama El Azzouzi replaces Nikola Moro.
  17. 90'+1' Santiago Castro (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+2' Goal! AC Milan 3, Bologna 1. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.

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