Italian Serie A

Milan vs AS Roma 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 8': Olivier Giroud (P)
  • 17': Junior Messias
  • 81': Rafael Leão
FT
3 - 1
  • 40': Tammy Abraham
  • Red Card 74': Rick Karsdorp
  • Red Card 90'+3': Gianluca Mancini

Milan close gap on leaders Inter after home win over Roma

AC Milan put COVID-19 concerns to one side as they beat AS Roma 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday to close the gap on leaders Inter Milan to one point.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 7': Tammy Abraham (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 8': Goal! AC Milan 1, Roma 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 17': Goal! AC Milan 2, Roma 0. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 18': Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 40': Goal! AC Milan 2, Roma 1. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini following a corner.
  • 44': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 44': Rick Karsdorp (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  • 44': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, AC Milan 2, Roma 1.
  • 56': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Rade Krunic.
  • 64': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 71': Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Matias Viña.
  • 71': Substitution, Roma. Felix Afena-Gyan replaces Jordan Veretout.
  • 71': Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  • 74': Second yellow card to Rick Karsdorp (Roma) for a bad foul.
  • 76': Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham.
  • 77': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 78': Substitution, AC Milan. Andrea Conti replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 81': Goal! AC Milan 3, Roma 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  • 84': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  • 85': Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  • 88': Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 90'+3': Second yellow card to Gianluca Mancini (Roma) for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Penalty saved! Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Roma 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 35,870

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Atalanta 0 0 0
0 Bologna 0 0 0
0 Cagliari 0 0 0
0 Como 0 0 0
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Statistics

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20 Fouls 6
3 Yellow Cards 2
2 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
9 Corner Kicks 3
2 Saves 4
45.2 Possession 54.8
11 SHOTS 19
5 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
243 Accurate Passes 319
328 Passes 401
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 1
16 Crosses 12
0.1 Cross % 0.1
52 Long Balls 57
22 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 4
12 Effective Tackles 8
19 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
16 Interceptions 21
19 Effective Clearances 15
19 Clearances 15

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
46 Matteo Gabbia
20 Pierre Kalulu
19 Theo Hernández Yellow Card
25 Alessandro Florenzi
10 Brahim Díaz
33 Rade Krunic Yellow Card
8 Sandro Tonali
9 Olivier Giroud
56 Alexis Saelemaekers
30 Junior Messias

ROMA AS Roma (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
1 Rui Patrício (GK)
6 Chris Smalling
3 Ibañez
23 Gianluca Mancini Yellow Card
17 Jordan Veretout
7 Lorenzo Pellegrini
77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
5 Matías Viña
2 Rick Karsdorp Yellow Card
9 Tammy Abraham Yellow Card
22 Nicolò Zaniolo Yellow Card

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