Italian Serie A

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Match Report

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Christian Pulisic nets in Milan win, on pace for best campaign

Christian Pulisic is on pace for the best season of his career -- in a season that will conclude with a home World Cup played in the United States.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
1
47.8
Possession
52.2
9
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
329
Accurate Passes
359
393
Passes
426
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.3
42
Long Balls
37
22
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
10
26
Effective Clearances
17
26
Clearances
17

Highlights

02:19 Gomez: Pulisic's statistics in Serie A are world class Watch on ESPN 01:09 Why Christian Pulisic is at his 'prime' in AC Milan Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MIL leads series 5-0

Lineups

MIL · 3-5-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Koni De WinterCD
  3. 31Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 23Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  5. 12Adrien RabiotCM-L
  6. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekCM-R
  7. 14Luka ModricAM
  8. 33Davide BartesaghiLM
  9. 56Alexis SaelemaekersRM
  10. 11Christian PulisicCF-L
  11. 18Christopher NkunkuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Pervis EstupiñánSUB
  2. 38Alex CastielloSUB
  3. 27David OdoguSUB
  4. 19Youssouf FofanaSUB
  5. 4Samuele RicciSUB
  6. 24Zachary AthekameSUB
  7. 30Ardon JashariSUB
  8. 1Pietro TerraccianoSUB
  9. 96Lorenzo TorrianiSUB

VER · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Lorenzo MontipòG
  2. 15Victor NelssonCD
  3. 37Armel Bella-KotchapCD-L
  4. 5Unai NúñezCD-R
  5. 24Antoine BernedeCM-L
  6. 36Cheikh NiasseCM-R
  7. 73Moatasem Al-MusratiAM
  8. 12Domagoj BradaricLM
  9. 2Daniel OyegokeRM
  10. 25Daniel MosqueraF
  11. 17GiovaneRCF

Substitutes

  1. 21Abdou HarrouiSUB
  2. 72Junior AjayiSUB
  3. 20Grigoris KastanosSUB
  4. 23Enzo EbosseSUB
  5. 94Giacomo TonioloSUB
  6. 70Fallou ChamSUB
  7. 8Suat SerdarSUB
  8. 16Gift OrbanSUB
  9. 19Tobias SlotsagerSUB
  10. 4Yellu SantiagoSUB
  11. 63Roberto GagliardiniSUB
  12. 6Nicolás ValentiniSUB
  13. 34Simone PerilliSUB
  14. 9Amin SarrSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Al Musrati (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! AC Milan 1, Verona 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Verona. Gift Orban replaces Giovane.
  4. 45' Substitution, Verona. Amin Sarr replaces Daniel Mosquera.
  5. 48' Goal! AC Milan 2, Verona 0. Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 53' Goal! AC Milan 3, Verona 0. Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  7. 65' Substitution, Verona. Nicolás Valentini replaces Domagoj Bradaric.
  8. 70' Substitution, AC Milan. Ardon Jashari replaces Luka Modric.
  9. 71' Substitution, AC Milan. Youssouf Fofana replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  10. 75' Substitution, Verona. Suat Serdar replaces Daniel Oyegoke.
  11. 76' Substitution, AC Milan. Zachary Athekame replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  12. 76' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuele Ricci replaces Christian Pulisic.
  13. 85' Substitution, Verona. Abdou Harroui replaces Al Musrati.
  14. 86' Substitution, AC Milan. David Odogu replaces Fikayo Tomori.

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