AC Milan vs Lecce, 2025-26 Coppa Italia, Second Round

· Coppa Italia
AC Milan
  • 20': Santiago Gimenez
  • 51': Christopher Nkunku
  • 64': Christian Pulisic
FT
3 - 0
Lecce
  • Red Card 18': Jamil Siebert

About

AC Milan are hosting Lecce at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Coppa Italia.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Christian Früchtl (Lecce). Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a through ball.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 2': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jamil Siebert.
  • 4': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tete Morente.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku with a cross following a corner.
  • 6': Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 6': Foul by Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
  • 7': Attempt missed. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Davide Bartesaghi with a cross.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Christian Früchtl (Lecce). Assisted by Santiago Giménez with a through ball.
  • 9': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Christian Früchtl.
  • 9': Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot following a corner.
  • 10': Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
  • 16': Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Jamil Siebert (Lecce).
  • 18': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Jamil Siebert (Lecce).
  • 18': Jamil Siebert (Lecce) is shown the red card.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 20': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lecce 0. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Bartesaghi.
  • 22': Substitution, Lecce. Kialonda Gaspar replaces Konan N’Dri.
  • 23': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tiago Gabriel.
  • 24': Foul by Francesco Camarda (Lecce).
  • 24': Samuele Ricci (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a cross.
  • 31': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 31': Foul by Thórir Helgason (Lecce).
  • 33': Foul by Koni De Winter (AC Milan).
  • 33': Francesco Camarda (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Foul by Samuele Ricci (AC Milan).
  • 35': Francesco Camarda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Samuele Ricci (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 37': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
  • 37': Medon Berisha (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
  • 43': Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Foul by Mohamed Kaba (Lecce).
  • 43': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan).
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Christian Früchtl (Lecce).
  • 45': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Christian Früchtl.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Davide Bartesaghi with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a cross.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Youssouf Fofana replaces Samuele Ricci.
  • 45': Substitution, Lecce. Olaf Gorter replaces Thórir Helgason.
  • 45': Substitution, Lecce. Santiago Pierotti replaces Mohamed Kaba.
  • 47': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
  • 49': Foul by Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan).
  • 49': Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tiago Gabriel.
  • 51': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lecce 0. Christopher Nkunku (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Christian Früchtl (Lecce). Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.
  • 55': Foul by Koni De Winter (AC Milan).
  • 55': Francesco Camarda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Christian Früchtl (Lecce). Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Christian Früchtl (Lecce). Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  • 57': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tiago Gabriel.
  • 57': Substitution, Lecce. Antonino Gallo replaces Tete Morente.
  • 60': Offside, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi is caught offside.
  • 60': Offside, Lecce. Antonino Gallo is caught offside.
  • 61': Substitution, AC Milan. Zachary Athekame replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 61': Substitution, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic replaces Christopher Nkunku.
  • 63': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Corrie Ndaba.
  • 64': Goal! AC Milan 3, Lecce 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a cross.
  • 68': Substitution, AC Milan. Cheveyo Balentien replaces Santiago Giménez.
  • 69': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan).
  • 69': Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan).
  • 70': Medon Berisha (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
  • 70': Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Medon Berisha (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
  • 71': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 74': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tiago Gabriel.
  • 76': Danilo Veiga (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 76': Foul by Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan).
  • 78': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cheveyo Balentien.
  • 79': Substitution, AC Milan. David Odogu replaces Strahinja Pavlovic.
  • 80': Substitution, Lecce. Lassana Coulibaly replaces Medon Berisha.
  • 81': Danilo Veiga (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 81': Foul by Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan).
  • 81': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Adrien Rabiot.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Tiago Gabriel (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 84': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Corrie Ndaba.
  • 84': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Francesco Camarda.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross following a corner.
  • 85': Foul by Antonino Gallo (Lecce).
  • 85': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Pulisic following a set piece situation.
  • 87': Foul by Corrie Ndaba (Lecce).
  • 87': Zachary Athekame (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Foul by Zachary Athekame (AC Milan).
  • 88': Francesco Camarda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Delay in match because of an injury Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+2': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Tiago Gabriel.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Lecce 0.
  • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 3, Lecce 0.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 12
6 Saves 1
23.2 Possession 76.8
2 SHOTS 24
1 ON GOAL 10
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
179 Accurate Passes 691
224 Passes 734
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 10
4 Crosses 26
0.3 Cross % 0.4
40 Long Balls 44
16 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
0 Blocked Shots 3
5 Effective Tackles 6
9 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 6
23 Effective Clearances 7
23 Clearances 7

Game Information

Competition: Coppa Italia

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 54,418

Line-Ups

MIL AC Milan (3-5-2)

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
5 Koni De Winter
31 Strahinja Pavlovic Yellow Card
23 Fikayo Tomori
12 Adrien Rabiot
8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
4 Samuele Ricci Yellow Card
33 Davide Bartesaghi
56 Alexis Saelemaekers
18 Christopher Nkunku
7 Santiago Gimenez
AC Milan Substitutes:
Pietro Terracciano, Cheveyo Muy, Christian Pulisic, Lorenzo Torriani, Youssouf Fofana, Luka Modric, Zachary Athekame, David Odogu, Matteo Gabbia, Pervis Estupiñán.

LEC Lecce (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Christian Früchtl (GK)
44 Tiago Gabriel
3 Corrie Ndaba
5 Jamil Siebert Red Card
7 José Antonio Morente
17 Danilo
10 Medon Berisha
14 Thorir Johann Helgason
77 Mohamed Kaba Yellow Card
22 Francesco Camarda
11 Konan N’Dri
Lecce Substitutes:
Wladimiro Falcone, Alex Sala, Niko Kovac, Owen Kouassi, Ylber Ramadani, Jasper Samooja, Santiago Pierotti, Lassana Coulibaly, Olaf Gorter, Kialonda Gaspar, Antonino Gallo, Nikola Stulic.

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