UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Bayer Leverkusen LWWWD 1
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Match Report

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Boniface earns Bayer Leverkusen win over AC Milan

A second half goal from Victor Boniface was enough to earn Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 home win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday, giving the German side a perfect start to their campaign while the Italians are still without a point.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
5
49.7
Possession
50.3
16
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
497
Accurate Passes
518
551
Passes
566
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.1
38
Long Balls
36
21
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
5
12
Effective Clearances
23
12
Clearances
23

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-R
  5. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 34Granit XhakaCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 22Victor BonifaceF
  10. 10Florian WirtzCF-L
  11. 21Amine AdliCF-R

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  3. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 22Emerson RoyalRB
  6. 14Tijjani ReijndersAM
  7. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekLM
  8. 29Youssouf FofanaRM
  9. 90Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 10Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 11Christian PulisicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, AC Milan 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  3. 62' Substitution, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata replaces Tammy Abraham.
  4. 74' Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 75' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Victor Boniface.
  6. 75' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Aleix García.
  7. 79' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  8. 82' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Amine Adli.
  9. 84' Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeanuël Belocian replaces Álex Grimaldo.
  11. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Florian Wirtz.
  12. 90'+3' Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+6' Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.

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