Italian Serie A

Genoa vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

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  • 10': Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • 45'+1': Junior Messias
  • 61': Junior Messias

Ex-delivery driver Junior Messias the hero again as AC Milan thump Genoa

Junior Messias scored a brace on his first AC Milan start to thrash Andriy Shevchenko's Genoa 3-0 on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

  • 5': Substitution, AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia replaces Simon Kjaer because of an injury.
  • 10': Goal! Genoa 0, AC Milan 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 32': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Genoa 0, AC Milan 2. Junior Messias (AC Milan) header from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Hernani replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  • 45': Second Half begins Genoa 0, AC Milan 2.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Matteo Gabbia.
  • 60': Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  • 61': Goal! Genoa 0, AC Milan 3. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
  • 62': Substitution, Genoa. Pablo Galdames replaces Milan Badelj.
  • 62': Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Flavio Junior Bianchi.
  • 67': Andrea Masiello (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Nicolò Rovella (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Sandro Tonali.
  • 77': Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 77': Substitution, Genoa. Mattia Bani replaces Andrea Masiello.
  • 77': Substitution, Genoa. Manolo Portanova replaces Nicolò Rovella because of an injury.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 14,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+5 Internazionale 1 3 0
+2 Napoli 1 3 0
+2 Como 1 3 0
+2 Juventus 1 3 0
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Statistics

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16 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 2
3 Saves 2
57.9 Possession 42.1
18 SHOTS 10
5 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
486 Accurate Passes 342
555 Passes 405
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 1
13 Crosses 10
0.2 Cross % 0.1
56 Long Balls 58
37 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.7 Long Balls % 0.6
6 Blocked Shots 3
12 Effective Tackles 15
25 Tackles 23
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 16
12 Effective Clearances 14
12 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

GEN Genoa (3-5-2)

No. Name
57 Salvatore Sirigu (GK)
5 Andrea Masiello Yellow Card
15 Johan Vásquez
3 Zinho Vanheusden
65 Nicolò Rovella Yellow Card
27 Stefano Sturaro
47 Milan Badelj
50 Andrea Cambiaso
18 Paolo Ghiglione
20 Caleb Ekuban
24 Flavio Junior Bianchi

MIL AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori
24 Simon Kjaer
19 Theo Hernández
20 Pierre Kalulu
10 Brahim Díaz
79 Franck Kessié
8 Sandro Tonali
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
33 Rade Krunic
30 Junior Messias

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