Italian Serie A

Milan vs Spezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 45'+1': Rafael Leão
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1 - 2
  • 64': Kevin Agudelo
  • 90'+6': Emmanuel Gyasi

AC Milan's Serie A title hopes take hit with Spezia strike at the death in thriller

Emmanuel Gyasi scored a stunning 96th-minute winner as relegation battling Spezia beat AC Milan 2-1 at San Siro on Monday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 19': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 22': Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Ivan Provedel (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Penalty missed! Still AC Milan 0, Spezia 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) hits the right post with a left footed shot.
  • 45'+1': Goal! AC Milan 1, Spezia 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 57': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 58': Substitution, Spezia. Kevin Agudelo replaces Rey Manaj.
  • 62': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Goal! AC Milan 1, Spezia 1. Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniele Verde with a cross.
  • 65': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Calabria replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 77': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Arkadiusz Reca because of an injury.
  • 80': Substitution, Spezia. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  • 83': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 90'+2': Simone Bastoni (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Goal! AC Milan 1, Spezia 2. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Viktor Kovalenko.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 5,000

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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17 Fouls 11
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
1 Corner Kicks 10
7 Saves 4
39.6 Possession 60.4
10 SHOTS 25
6 ON GOAL 8
0.6 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
249 Accurate Passes 411
329 Passes 492
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 7
9 Crosses 27
0.3 Cross % 0.3
58 Long Balls 56
28 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 6
15 Effective Tackles 7
19 Tackles 11
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 8
22 Effective Clearances 6
22 Clearances 6

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
46 Matteo Gabbia Yellow Card
20 Pierre Kalulu Yellow Card
19 Theo Hernández
25 Alessandro Florenzi
10 Brahim Díaz
41 Tiemoué Bakayoko
33 Rade Krunic
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

SPE Spezia (4-3-3)

No. Name
94 Ivan Provedel (GK) Yellow Card
43 Dimitris Nikolaou
28 Martin Erlic
13 Arkadiusz Reca
27 Kelvin Amian
14 Jakub Kiwior Yellow Card
20 Simone Bastoni Yellow Card
25 Giulio Maggiore Yellow Card
9 Rey Manaj
10 Daniele Verde
11 Emmanuel Gyasi Yellow Card

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