Italian Serie A

FT Friday, August 29, 2025
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Match Report

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Pulisic scores off bench as Milan beat Lecce for 1st win

USMNT forward Christian Pulisic came off the substitutes' bench to seal AC Milan's win at Leece.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
4
55
Possession
45
14
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
416
Accurate Passes
331
482
Passes
388
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
51
23
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
1
17
Effective Clearances
18
17
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LEC · 4-3-3

  1. 30Wladimiro FalconeG
  2. 44Tiago GabrielCD-L
  3. 4Kialonda GasparCD-R
  4. 25Antonino GalloLB
  5. 17Danilo VeigaRB
  6. 20Ylber RamadaniCM
  7. 29Lassana CoulibalyLM
  8. 77Mohamed KabaRM
  9. 22Francesco CamardaF
  10. 7José Antonio MorenteLF
  11. 50Santiago PierottiRF

MIL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 46Matteo GabbiaCD
  3. 31Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  5. 19Youssouf FofanaCM-L
  6. 14Luka ModricCM-R
  7. 2Pervis EstupiñánLM
  8. 80Yunus MusahRM
  9. 7Santiago GimenezF
  10. 56Alexis SaelemaekersCF-L
  11. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Lecce. Nikola Stulic replaces Francesco Camarda.
  2. 63' Substitution, Lecce. Riccardo Sottil replaces Santiago Pierotti.
  3. 63' Substitution, Lecce. Medon Berisha replaces Mohamed Kaba.
  4. 64' Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Goal! Lecce 0, AC Milan 1. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 76' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuele Ricci replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  7. 77' Substitution, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  8. 81' Substitution, Lecce. Thórir Helgason replaces Ylber Ramadani.
  9. 81' Substitution, Lecce. Konan N’Dri replaces Tete Morente.
  10. 86' Goal! Lecce 0, AC Milan 2. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 87' Substitution, AC Milan. Cheveyo Mul replaces Santiago Giménez.

Serie A News

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