Milan vs Newcastle 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

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Newcastle hold Milan to draw at San Siro in UCL return

Newcastle United marked their return to the Champions League after a two-decade absence with a hard-fought 0-0 draw with AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, as the Serie A club spurned numerous opportunities in the Group F opener.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
40': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
45'+1': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Newcastle United 0.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Newcastle United 0.
49': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Substitution, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
61': Substitution, AC Milan. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Tommaso Pobega.
63': Substitution, Newcastle United. Callum Wilson replaces Jacob Murphy.
63': Substitution, Newcastle United. Miguel Almirón replaces Anthony Gordon.
72': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek because of an injury.
72': Substitution, Newcastle United. Elliot Anderson replaces Sandro Tonali because of an injury.
81': Substitution, AC Milan. Marco Sportiello replaces Mike Maignan because of an injury.
82': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Substitution, Newcastle United. Harvey Barnes replaces Alexander Isak.
90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 0, Newcastle United 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 65,695

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

NEW		MIL
13	Fouls	16
1	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	4
2	Corner Kicks	6
8	Saves	1
47.5	Possession	52.5
6	SHOTS	25
1	ON GOAL	9
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
319	Accurate Passes	339
377	Passes	404
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	10
7	Crosses	24
0.0	Cross %	0.4
42	Long Balls	53
23	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	6
11	Effective Tackles	1
17	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.1
2	Interceptions	5
25	Effective Clearances	13
25	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
28	Malick Thiaw
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
33	Rade Krunic
32	Tommaso Pobega
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
9	Olivier Giroud
10	Rafael Leão
21	Samuel Chukwueze

Substitutes:

Davide Bartesaghi, Yunus Musah, Noah Okafor, Alessandro Florenzi, Christian Pulisic, Marco Sportiello, Simon Kjaer, Yacine Adli, Tijjani Reijnders, Antonio Mirante, Luka Jovic.

Newcastle United (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	Nick Pope (GK)
4	Sven Botman
5	Fabian Schär
33	Dan Burn
2	Kieran Trippier
39	Bruno Guimarães
8	Sandro Tonali
36	Sean Longstaff
14	Alexander Isak
10	Anthony Gordon
23	Jacob Murphy

Substitutes:

Aidan Harris, Lewis Hall, Valentino Livramento, Miguel Almirón, Callum Wilson, Lewis Miley, Loris Karius, Harvey Barnes, Paul Dummett, Matt Targett, Elliot Anderson, Jamaal Lascelles.