Milan vs Verona 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

59': Olivier Giroud
76': Franck Kessié (P)
78': Koray Günter (OG)

FT
3 - 2

Hellas Verona

7': Gianluca Caprari
24': Antonín Barák (P)

Giroud scores as AC Milan top table in 5-goal thriller in Ibrahimovic return

Olivier Giroud of AC Milan jokes with his teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic [1296x729]

AC Milan produced a superb second half fightback from two goals down to beat Hellas Verona 3-2 and go top of the Serie A table.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
5': Federico Ceccherini (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7': Goal! AC Milan 0, Verona 1. Gianluca Caprari (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a headed pass.
24': Goal! AC Milan 0, Verona 2. Antonin Barak (Verona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
25': Nikola Kalinic (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Ante Rebic because of an injury.
38': Nicolò Casale (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Verona. Bosko Sutalo replaces Federico Ceccherini.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Samu Castillejo replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Daniel Maldini.
54': Miguel Veloso (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Goal! AC Milan 1, Verona 2. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a cross following a corner.
60': Substitution, Verona. Adrien Tameze replaces Miguel Veloso.
60': Substitution, Verona. Giovanni Simeone replaces Gianluca Caprari.
64': Substitution, Verona. Kevin Lasagna replaces Nikola Kalinic.
76': Goal! AC Milan 2, Verona 2. Franck Kessié (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
77': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
78': Own Goal by Koray Günter, Verona. AC Milan 3, Verona 2.
79': Substitution, Verona. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Darko Lazovic.
81': Fodé Ballo-Touré (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Substitution, AC Milan. Sandro Tonali replaces Olivier Giroud.
90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Verona 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 40,128

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+39	Internazionale	25	61	4
+22	AC Milan	24	53	1
+13	Napoli	25	50	5
+15	AS Roma	25	47	8

Full Table

Statistics

VER		MIL
20	Fouls	11
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	3
45.4	Possession	54.6
10	SHOTS	17
5	ON GOAL	4
0.5	On Target %	0.2
1	Penalty Goals	1
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
243	Accurate Passes	323
347	Passes	413
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	8
10	Crosses	22
0.3	Cross %	0.4
49	Long Balls	51
17	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	7
8	Effective Tackles	14
17	Tackles	27
0.5	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	9
24	Effective Clearances	11
24	Clearances	11

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
13	Alessio Romagnoli
23	Fikayo Tomori
5	Fodé Ballo-Touré
2	Davide Calabria
27	Daniel Maldini
79	Franck Kessié
4	Ismaël Bennacer
9	Olivier Giroud
12	Ante Rebic
56	Alexis Saelemaekers

Substitutes:

Samu Castillejo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Matteo Gabbia, Rade Krunic, Simon Kjaer, Pietro Pellegri, Sandro Tonali, Andrea Conti, Andreas Jungdal, Rafael Leão, Pierre Kalulu.

Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
96	Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
21	Koray Günter
16	Nicolo Casale
17	Federico Ceccherini
4	Miguel Veloso
14	Ivan Ilic
8	Darko Lazovic
5	Davide Faraoni
9	Nikola Kalinic
10	Gianluca Caprari
7	Antonín Barák

Substitutes:

Kevin Lasagna, Ivor Pandur, Matteo Cancellieri, Kevin Ruegg, Martin Hongla, Giangiacomo Magnani, Giovanni Simeone, Mert Çetin, Daniel Bessa, Alessandro Berardi, Adrien Tamèze, Bosko Sutalo.