Milan vs FC Salzburg 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

AC Milan

14': Olivier Giroud
46': Rade Krunic
57': Olivier Giroud
90'+1': Junior Messias

FT
4 - 0

FC Salzburg

Giroud stars as AC Milan thrash Salzburg to book last-16 spot

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Olivier Giroud scored two goals and created another as AC Milan crushed Salzburg 4-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League knockout stages.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
14': Goal! AC Milan 1, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
43': Noah Okafor (FC Red Bull Salzburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Bernardo replaces Oumar Solet because of an injury.
46': Goal! AC Milan 2, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Rade Krunic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a headed pass.
57': Goal! AC Milan 3, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
61': Lucas Gourna-Douath (FC Red Bull Salzburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Benjamin Sesko replaces Junior Adamu.
64': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Dijon Kameri replaces Lucas Gourna-Douath because of an injury.
69': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Rafael Leão.
69': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
77': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Sékou Koïta replaces Noah Okafor.
77': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Andreas Ulmer replaces Maximilian Wöber because of an injury.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Rade Krunic.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
86': Substitution, AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia replaces Pierre Kalulu.
90'+1': Goal! AC Milan 4, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud following a fast break.
90'+2': Second Half ends, AC Milan 4, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 74,292

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+11	Atlético Madrid	6	14	0
0	Lazio	6	10	2
-1	Feyenoord Rotterdam	6	6	4
-10	Celtic	6	4	4

Full Table

Statistics

SLZ		MIL
9	Fouls	6
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	3
3	Saves	6
51.3	Possession	48.7
16	SHOTS	15
6	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
323	Accurate Passes	291
403	Passes	380
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	6
15	Crosses	16
0.4	Cross %	0.4
41	Long Balls	85
19	Accurate Long Balls	56
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
2	Blocked Shots	4
12	Effective Tackles	11
27	Tackles	21
0.4	Tackle %	0.5
7	Interceptions	3
15	Effective Clearances	14
15	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
24	Simon Kjaer
19	Theo Hernández
20	Pierre Kalulu
33	Rade Krunic
4	Ismaël Bennacer
8	Sandro Tonali
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
12	Ante Rebic

Substitutes:

Charles De Ketelaere, Junior Messias, Antonio Mirante, Brahim Díaz, Divock Origi, Andreas Jungdal, Matteo Gabbia, Tommaso Pobega, Fodé Ballo-Touré.

FC Salzburg (4-1-2-1-2)

No.	Name
18	Philipp Köhn (GK)
31	Strahinja Pavlovic
22	Oumar Solet
27	Lucas Gourna Douath
39	Maximilian Wöber
70	Amar Dedic
21	Luka Sucic
14	Maurits Kjaergaard
13	Nicolas Seiwald
9	Chukwubuike Adamu
77	Noah Okafor

Substitutes:

Andreas Ulmer, Ignace van der Brempt, Nico Mantl, Roko Simic, Sekou Koita, Kamil Piatkowski, Alexander Walke, Benjamin Sesko, Dijon Kameri, Youba Diarra, Bernardo.