Sampdoria vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Sampdoria

FT
0 - 1

AC Milan

9': Brahim Díaz

Early Diaz strike gets AC Milan off to winning start over Sampdoria

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Brahim Diaz's early goal was enough to earn AC Milan a 1-0 victory at Sampdoria in their opening match of the Serie A season on Monday.

Match Commentary

9': Goal! Sampdoria 0, AC Milan 1. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
33': Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Sampdoria 0, AC Milan 1.
69': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
69': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Brahim Díaz.
71': Substitution, Sampdoria. Nicola Murru replaces Tommaso Augello.
71': Substitution, Sampdoria. Valerio Verre replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
81': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
86': Substitution, Sampdoria. Adrien Silva replaces Albin Ekdal.
86': Simon Kjaer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessio Romagnoli replaces Davide Calabria.
89': Nicola Murru (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 4,966

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+10	AC Milan	13	28	1
+9	Napoli	13	28	3
+15	Internazionale	13	27	4
+8	AS Roma	13	27	4

Full Table

Statistics

MIL		SAM
15	Fouls	17
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	8
3	Saves	3
50.1	Possession	49.9
11	SHOTS	16
4	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
327	Accurate Passes	309
409	Passes	395
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	6
14	Crosses	21
0.1	Cross %	0.3
56	Long Balls	55
24	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	6
12	Effective Tackles	13
16	Tackles	18
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	7
14	Effective Clearances	13
14	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Sampdoria (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Emil Audero (GK)
15	Omar Colley
22	Maya Yoshida
3	Tommaso Augello
24	Bartosz Bereszynski
6	Albin Ekdal
2	Morten Thorsby
38	Mikkel Damsgaard
87	Antonio Candreva
27	Fabio Quagliarella
23	Manolo Gabbiadini

Substitutes:

Nicola Murru, Nicola Ravaglia, Wladimiro Falcone, Valerio Verre, Lorenzo Tonelli, Simone Trimboli, Jeff Chabot, Kristoffer Askildsen, Fabio Depaoli, Adrien Silva, Alex Ferrari.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
24	Simon Kjaer
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
10	Brahim Díaz
33	Rade Krunic
8	Sandro Tonali
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
56	Alexis Saelemaekers

Substitutes:

Ismaël Bennacer, Alessandro Florenzi, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Daniel Maldini, Samu Castillejo, Ante Rebic, Alessio Romagnoli, Pierre Kalulu, Tommaso Pobega, Matteo Gabbia, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Alessandro Plizzari.