Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 38': Ivan Perisic
  • Red Card 90'+7': Alessandro Bastoni
  • Red Card 90'+7':
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  • 75': Olivier Giroud
  • 78': Olivier Giroud
  • Red Card 90'+5': Theo Hernández

AC Milan beat Inter with Olivier Giroud inspired comeback

Olivier Giroud scored twice in the space of three minutes to earn AC Milan a 2-1 comeback win over Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 21': Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Goal! Inter Milan 1, AC Milan 0. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 58': Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Franck Kessié.
  • 60': Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 72': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 75': Goal! Inter Milan 1, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 76': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 78': Goal! Inter Milan 1, AC Milan 2. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  • 82': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 82': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 84': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+1': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
  • 90'+7': Alessandro Bastoni (Internazionale) Red Card at 97'

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 37,918

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+42 Internazionale 28 67 5
+24 AC Milan 28 60 2
+14 Napoli 28 56 6
+25 Como 28 51 5
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Statistics

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14 Fouls 20
4 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 6
4 Saves 1
54 Possession 46
10 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
360 Accurate Passes 294
430 Passes 349
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 7
8 Crosses 26
0.1 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 48
28 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 6
16 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 8
19 Effective Clearances 10
19 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij
95 Alessandro Bastoni
37 Milan Skriniar Yellow Card
20 Hakan Çalhanoglu
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
2 Denzel Dumfries
10 Lautaro Martínez
9 Edin Dzeko

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
13 Alessio Romagnoli Yellow Card
20 Pierre Kalulu
19 Theo Hernández Red Card
2 Davide Calabria
79 Franck Kessié
8 Sandro Tonali
4 Ismaël Bennacer Yellow Card
9 Olivier Giroud
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

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