Bologna vs Milan 2023-24 Italian Serie A

Bologna

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0 - 2

AC Milan

11': Olivier Giroud
21': Christian Pulisic

Pulisic shines as Milan kick off season with win at Bologna

Pulisic celeb - AC Milan vs Bologna [1296x729]

United States national team captain Christian Pulisic got his AC Milan career off to an impressive start as he scored a stunning goal to help his new team in a 2-0 win over Bologna in their Serie A opener on Monday.

Match Commentary

11': Goal! Bologna 0, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
21': Goal! Bologna 0, AC Milan 2. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
30': Michel Aebischer (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Bologna 0, AC Milan 2.
45': Substitution, Bologna. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Nikola Moro.
51': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
72': Substitution, Bologna. Oussama El Azzouzi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
73': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
73': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
73': Substitution, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu replaces Davide Calabria.
73': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
76': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Substitution, Bologna. Sydney van Hooijdonk replaces Joshua Zirkzee.
87': Substitution, Bologna. Kacper Urbanski replaces Lewis Ferguson.
87': Substitution, Bologna. Tommaso Corazza replaces Charalampos Lykogiannis.
88': Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjær replaces Malick Thiaw.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Renato Dall'Ara
Location: Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 30,203

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+30	Napoli	35	77	4
+40	Internazionale	35	74	5
+40	Atalanta	35	68	7
+20	Juventus	35	63	4

Full Table

Statistics

MIL		BOL
4	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
6	Corner Kicks	3
5	Saves	3
46.9	Possession	53.1
9	SHOTS	17
6	ON GOAL	5
0.7	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
409	Accurate Passes	481
481	Passes	543
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	5
11	Crosses	16
0.4	Cross %	0.3
33	Long Balls	44
11	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.3	Long Balls %	0.8
2	Blocked Shots	5
8	Effective Tackles	8
13	Tackles	21
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
9	Interceptions	4
11	Effective Clearances	11
11	Clearances	11

Line-Ups

Bologna (4-1-3-2)

No.	Name
28	Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
26	Jhon Lucumí
31	Sam Beukema
20	Michel Aebischer
22	Charalampos Lykogiannis
3	Stefan Posch
8	Nicolás Domínguez
19	Lewis Ferguson
11	Dan Ndoye
6	Nikola Moro
9	Joshua Zirkzee

Substitutes:

Riccardo Orsolini, Tommaso Corazza, Oussama El Azzouzi, Kacper Urbanski, Joaquín Sosa, Kevin Bonifazi, Giovanni Fabbian, Federico Ravaglia, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Nicola Bagnolini, Sydney van Hooijdonk.

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
14	Tijjani Reijnders
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
9	Olivier Giroud
10	Rafael Leão
11	Christian Pulisic

Substitutes:

Alessandro Florenzi, Lorenzo Colombo, Antonio Mirante, Luka Romero, Tommaso Pobega, Samuel Chukwueze, Simon Kjaer, Yacine Adli, Pierre Kalulu, Kevin Zeroli, Marco Sportiello, Davide Bartesaghi, Noah Okafor.