Italian Serie A

Verona vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 38': Davide Faraoni
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1 - 3
  • 45'+3': Sandro Tonali
  • 49': Sandro Tonali
  • 86': Alessandro Florenzi

AC Milan restore Serie A lead with win at Hellas Verona

A Sandro Tonali double moved AC Milan one step closer to the Serie A title after they regained top spot with a 3-1 win over Hellas Verona.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 38': Goal! Verona 1, AC Milan 0. Marco Faraoni (Verona) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Verona 1, AC Milan 1. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Verona 1, AC Milan 1.
  • 49': Goal! Verona 1, AC Milan 2. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão following a fast break.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 63': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 66': Substitution, Verona. Fabio Depaoli replaces Marco Faraoni because of an injury.
  • 66': Substitution, Verona. Martin Hongla replaces Nicolò Casale.
  • 68': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Rade Krunic.
  • 70': Ivan Ilic (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Verona. Kevin Lasagna replaces Giovanni Simeone.
  • 79': Substitution, Verona. Bosko Sutalo replaces Federico Ceccherini because of an injury.
  • 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
  • 86': Goal! Verona 1, AC Milan 3. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Junior Messias.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 30,154

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+57 Internazionale 29 76 1
+22 AC Milan 29 62 5
+21 Juventus 29 59 4
+17 Bologna 29 54 5
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 15
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 5
53 Possession 47
18 SHOTS 10
8 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
321 Accurate Passes 277
407 Passes 353
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 6
17 Crosses 22
0.4 Cross % 0.3
60 Long Balls 53
29 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 2
12 Effective Tackles 8
20 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
5 Interceptions 7
12 Effective Clearances 25
12 Clearances 25

Line-Ups

VER Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
96 Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
21 Koray Günter
17 Federico Ceccherini
16 Nicolo Casale
14 Ivan Ilic Yellow Card
61 Adrien Tamèze
8 Darko Lazovic
5 Davide Faraoni
99 Giovanni Simeone
10 Gianluca Caprari
7 Antonín Barák

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori
20 Pierre Kalulu
19 Theo Hernández
2 Davide Calabria
33 Rade Krunic
79 Franck Kessié
8 Sandro Tonali
9 Olivier Giroud
17 Rafael Leão Yellow Card
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

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