Italian Serie A

Milan vs Venezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 68': Brahim Díaz
  • 82': Theo Hernández
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Diaz and Hernandez send Milan second after battling win over Venezia

Brahim Diaz and Theo Hernandez earned AC Milan a battling 2-0 victory over Venezia on Wednesday to move up to second in the Serie A standings.

Match Commentary

  • 25': Francesco Forte (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Venezia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Venezia 0.
  • 53': Substitution, Venezia. Thomas Henry replaces Francesco Forte.
  • 53': Substitution, Venezia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Dor Peretz.
  • 59': Substitution, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori replaces Matteo Gabbia.
  • 59': Substitution, AC Milan. Theo Hernández replaces Fodé Ballo-Touré.
  • 59': Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 68': Goal! AC Milan 1, Venezia 0. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 74': Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Ante Rebic.
  • 74': Substitution, Venezia. David Okereke replaces Dennis Johnsen.
  • 74': Substitution, Venezia. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Tyronne Ebuehi because of an injury.
  • 77': Mattia Caldara (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Franck Kessié replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 81': Substitution, Venezia. Tanner Tessmann replaces Antonio Vacca.
  • 82': Goal! AC Milan 2, Venezia 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 26,402

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Internazionale 32 71 3
+26 Napoli 32 68 4
+35 Atalanta 32 61 7
+19 Juventus 32 59 3
Full Table

Statistics

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13 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 2
33 Possession 67
8 SHOTS 14
2 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
237 Accurate Passes 559
314 Passes 637
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 8
9 Crosses 18
0.2 Cross % 0.4
51 Long Balls 47
25 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 14
17 Tackles 22
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
17 Interceptions 9
19 Effective Clearances 7
19 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
13 Alessio Romagnoli
46 Matteo Gabbia
5 Fodé Ballo-Touré
20 Pierre Kalulu
10 Brahim Díaz
4 Ismaël Bennacer
8 Sandro Tonali
12 Ante Rebic
17 Rafael Leão
25 Alessandro Florenzi

VEN Venezia (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Niki Mäenpää (GK)
32 Pietro Ceccaroni
31 Mattia Caldara Yellow Card
3 Cristian Molinaro
22 Tyronne Ebuehi
5 Antonio Junior Vacca
27 Gianluca Busio
42 Dor Peretz
9 Francesco Forte Yellow Card
17 Dennis Johnsen
10 Mattia Aramu

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