
Milan vs Bologna 2024-25 Italian Serie A
Pulisic leads Milan rally with goal and assist in win over Bologna
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Santiago Gimenez and Christian Pulisic powered AC Milan to a crucial 3-1 home win over Bologna on Friday, a victory that not only kept their slim top-four hopes flickering but also set the stage for a tantalising Coppa Italia final clash on Wednesday.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 14': Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Fikayo Tomori because of an injury.
- 31': Substitution, Bologna. Jhon Lucumí replaces Martin Erlic because of an injury.
- 37': Jhon Lucumí (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Bologna 0.
- 49': Goal! AC Milan 0, Bologna 1. Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thijs Dallinga with a headed pass.
- 60': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Substitution, Bologna. Michel Aebischer replaces Tommaso Pobega.
- 61': Substitution, Bologna. Santiago Castro replaces Thijs Dallinga.
- 61': Substitution, Bologna. Nicolò Cambiaghi replaces Riccardo Orsolini.
- 65': Substitution, AC Milan. Santiago Giménez replaces Luka Jovic.
- 65': Substitution, AC Milan. Kyle Walker replaces Strahinja Pavlovic.
- 65': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Álex Jiménez.
- 67': João Félix (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Goal! AC Milan 1, Bologna 1. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 78': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
- 79': Goal! AC Milan 2, Bologna 1. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 80': Substitution, Bologna. Oussama El Azzouzi replaces Nikola Moro.
- 90'+1': Santiago Castro (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2': Goal! AC Milan 3, Bologna 1. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Bologna 1.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,076
Italian Serie A Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
+6 | Napoli | 6 | 15 | 1 |
+5 | AS Roma | 6 | 15 | 1 |
+6 | AC Milan | 6 | 13 | 1 |
+9 | Internazionale | 6 | 12 | 2 |
Statistics
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MIL![]() |
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14 | Fouls | 5 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
2 | Offsides | 1 |
4 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
2 | Saves | 3 |
52.8 | Possession | 47.2 |
10 | SHOTS | 10 |
4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
410 | Accurate Passes | 368 |
475 | Passes | 434 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
7 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
17 | Crosses | 7 |
0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
56 | Long Balls | 50 |
33 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
1 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
11 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
14 | Tackles | 15 |
0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
5 | Interceptions | 8 |
14 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
14 | Clearances | 19 |
AC Milan (3-4-2-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
46 | Matteo Gabbia |
31 | Strahinja Pavlovic |
23 | Fikayo Tomori |
14 | Tijjani Reijnders |
8 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek ![]() |
19 | Theo Hernández |
20 | Álex Jiménez |
9 | Luka Jovic |
79 | João Félix ![]() |
11 | Christian Pulisic |
Bologna (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Lukasz Skorupski (GK) |
5 | Martin Erlic |
31 | Sam Beukema |
22 | Charalampos Lykogiannis |
29 | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
8 | Remo Freuler |
18 | Tommaso Pobega |
6 | Nikola Moro |
24 | Thijs Dallinga |
30 | Benjamín Domínguez |
7 | Riccardo Orsolini |
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