Italian Serie A

Milan vs Sampdoria 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

  • 9': Rafael Leão
  • 23': Olivier Giroud
  • 29': Olivier Giroud (P)
  • 63': Brahim Díaz
  • 68': Olivier Giroud
FT
5 - 1
  • 20': Fabio Quagliarella

Giroud nets hat trick as Milan thrash Sampdoria 5-1

An Olivier Giroud hat trick helped AC Milan demolish already-relegated Sampdoria 5-1 in Serie A on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 9': Goal! AC Milan 1, Sampdoria 0. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz with a through ball.
  • 20': Goal! AC Milan 1, Sampdoria 1. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Zanoli.
  • 23': Goal! AC Milan 2, Sampdoria 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz with a cross following a corner.
  • 27': Koray Günter (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Goal! AC Milan 3, Sampdoria 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 30': Alessandro Zanoli (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, AC Milan 3, Sampdoria 1.
  • 60': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Junior Messias.
  • 63': Goal! AC Milan 4, Sampdoria 1. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
  • 68': Goal! AC Milan 5, Sampdoria 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a cross.
  • 69': Substitution, Sampdoria. Sam Lammers replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  • 69': Substitution, Sampdoria. Marios Oikonomou replaces Fabio Quagliarella.
  • 69': Substitution, Sampdoria. Bruno Amione replaces Bram Nuytinck.
  • 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 75': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Sandro Tonali.
  • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjaer replaces Fikayo Tomori.
  • 82': Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
  • 82': Substitution, Sampdoria. Flavio Paoletti replaces Tomás Rincón.
  • 82': Substitution, Sampdoria. Emirhan Ilkhan replaces Filip Djuricic.
  • 89': Marios Oikonomou (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,105

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 9
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 2
37.8 Possession 62.2
6 SHOTS 19
3 ON GOAL 9
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
317 Accurate Passes 569
378 Passes 630
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 10
9 Crosses 19
0.0 Cross % 0.5
41 Long Balls 37
22 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 5
8 Effective Tackles 10
14 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 6
16 Effective Clearances 10
16 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori
28 Malick Thiaw
19 Theo Hernández Yellow Card
2 Davide Calabria
10 Brahim Díaz
8 Sandro Tonali
33 Rade Krunic
9 Olivier Giroud
17 Rafael Leão
30 Junior Messias

SAM Sampdoria (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
30 Nicola Ravaglia (GK)
17 Bram Nuytinck
4 Koray Günter Yellow Card
8 Tomás Rincón
3 Tommaso Augello
59 Alessandro Zanoli
7 Filip Djuricic
20 Harry Winks
23 Manolo Gabbiadini
37 Mehdi Leris
27 Fabio Quagliarella

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