AC Milan 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Milan scorers: Theo Hernández (45+2’)
Venue: San Siro, Milan, Italy
Referee: Marco Di Bello
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Maignan | Lapo Nava | ||
| Malick Thiaw | Antonio Mirante | ||
| Fikayo Tomori | 56’ | Davide Bartesaghi | |
| Davide Calabria | 90+2’ | Alessandro Florenzi | 90+2’ |
| Theo Hernández | 45+2’ | Jan-Carlo Simic | |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Rade Krunić | 83’ | |
| Yunus Musah | 83’ | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 60’ |
| Tommaso Pobega | Yacine Adli | ||
| Samuel Chukwueze | Luka Romero | ||
| Christian Pulisic | 60’ | Francesco Camarda | 83’ |
| Luka Jović | 83’ | Chaka Traorè |
Manager: Stefano Pioli (Italy) | 77’
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pietro Terracciano | Oliver Christensen | ||
| Nikola Milenković | Tommaso Martinelli | ||
| Lucas Martínez Quarta | Yerry Mina | ||
| Fabiano Parisi | 45+1’ | Niccollò Pierozzi | |
| Cristiano Biraghi | Pietro Comuzzo | ||
| Arthur | 12’ 46’ | Josip Brekalo | |
| Alfred Duncan | 81’ | Maxime Lopez | 46’ |
| Nicolás González | Antonin Barák | ||
| Giacomo Bonaventura | 88’ | Gino Infantino | |
| Riccardo Sottil | 81’ | Rolando Mandragora | 81’ |
| Lucas Beltrán | 70’ | Jonathan Ikoné | 81’ |
| Lorenzo Amatucci | |||
| M’Bala Nzola | 70’ | ||
| Christian Kouamé | 88’ |
Manager: Vincenzo Italiano (Italy)
1’: We’re off!
12’: Arthur pulls down Pulisic in midfield
19’: Duncan gets to a cross and just horribly mishits it wide.
23’: SAVE!! Pulisic snaps a shot from nothing but Terracciano gets a hand on it to tip it over!
30’: Horrible decision by Calabria to shoot instead of passing to a wide-open Jović, easiest of saves for Terracciano.
32’: Sottil fires from distance, right at the keeper for an easy save
40’: The back opens up for Fiorentina, but González chips it right over the crossbar.
43’: Terracciano punches away a cross into his own player, it bounces wide for a corner.
44’: SAVE!! Terracciano palms away Pobega’s header! Milan tries to keep the chance alive but it ends with Pulisic miscontrolling the ball for a goal kick.
45+1’: PENALTY FOR MILAN!! Fabiano Parisi shoves down Hernández in the box! Stonewall pen!
45+2’: GOAL MILAN!! Theo Hernández takes the penalty he won himself, sending Terracciano the wrong way and scoring!
HT AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina Milan gets a fortunate penalty right before halftime to take the lead!
46’: Fiorentina substitution: Maxime Lopez on for Arthur
46’: We’re back!
49’: SAVE! Chukwueze’s glancing header stopped by Terracciano.
49’: Maignan makes a big challenge to get the ball away! Had to get that just right or Beltrán would have head a penalty.
54’: Maignan gives the ball away with a bad pass! González fires! But he puts it wide!
56’: Fikayo Tomori carded for tugging back Bonaventura on the edge of the box, Fiorentina wants a red
59’: Beltrán’s header loops wide while Maignan is off his line
60’: Milan substitution: Ruben Loftus-Cheek on for Christian Pulisic
62’: González fires from wide and it deflects into the far post!
67’: Parisi goes down in the box, he says Calabria fouled him, he’s still down
70’: Fiorentina substitution: M’Bala Nzola on for Lucas Beltrán
74’: Handball on Loftus-Cheek? VAR checks and clears him, it bounced off his hip first.
75’: SAVE! The ball is slipped through to Jović who fires but can’t beat Terracciano who made himself big!
77’: Stefano Pioli carded on the sidelines.
81’: Fiorentina double sub: Rolando Mandragora and Jonathan Ikoné on for Alfred Duncan and Riccardo Sottil
83’: Milan double sub: Rade Krunić and Francesco Camarda on for Luka Jović and Yunus Musah
86’: González tries a volley! But it’s blunted by a block and easily saved.
88’: Fiorentina substitution: Christian Kouamé on for Giacomo Bonaventura
90’: Milan get away with it! They make two blocks on Fiorentina’s shots and then Lopez’s shot drifts wide!
90+2’: Milan substitution: Alessandro Florenzi on for Davide Calabria
90+6’: HUMONGOUS SAVE! Maignan comes up big to deny Mandragora from close range!! He got plunked right in the head, brave goalkeeping there.
FT AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina Milan somehow keep their grip on their one penalty-goal lead in a nervy second half.
Viola are exactly like Brighton under Graham Potter if any of you watched them.
The amount of chances they create compared to the amount they actually score is ridiculously different.
They have a team that is solid across the pitch and have decent depth, so they CAN go. It’s just a matter of converting their chances.
If they could actually score, they would give Napoli a run for their money for 4th place. But I still rate them above Roma and Atalanta to take 5th place.
Important win
Fiore dominated the second half holy crap, unlucky that they didn’t capitalise on their chances
Did the young kid from milan play? Camarda? How was he?
Didn’t really do anything as Milan was just turtling by the time he entered
Every day I’m more and more convinced that Pioli only ever knows how to make his teams play football against us. Granted, a decimated attack didn’t help, but still.