Italian Serie A

Sampdoria vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

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  • 9': Brahim Díaz

Early Diaz strike gets AC Milan off to winning start over Sampdoria

Brahim Diaz's early goal was enough to earn AC Milan a 1-0 victory at Sampdoria in their opening match of the Serie A season on Monday.

Match Commentary

  • 9': Goal! Sampdoria 0, AC Milan 1. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
  • 33': Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sampdoria 0, AC Milan 1.
  • 69': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 69': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 71': Substitution, Sampdoria. Nicola Murru replaces Tommaso Augello.
  • 71': Substitution, Sampdoria. Valerio Verre replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 86': Substitution, Sampdoria. Adrien Silva replaces Albin Ekdal.
  • 86': Simon Kjaer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessio Romagnoli replaces Davide Calabria.
  • 89': Nicola Murru (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 4,966

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+3 Napoli 2 6 0
+2 Cremonese 2 6 0
+2 AS Roma 2 6 0
+5 Internazionale 1 3 0
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 17
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
4 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 3
50.1 Possession 49.9
11 SHOTS 16
4 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
327 Accurate Passes 309
409 Passes 395
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
14 Crosses 21
0.1 Cross % 0.3
56 Long Balls 55
24 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 6
12 Effective Tackles 13
16 Tackles 18
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 7
14 Effective Clearances 13
14 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

SAM Sampdoria (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Emil Audero (GK)
15 Omar Colley
22 Maya Yoshida
3 Tommaso Augello
24 Bartosz Bereszynski Yellow Card
6 Albin Ekdal
2 Morten Thorsby
38 Mikkel Damsgaard
87 Antonio Candreva
27 Fabio Quagliarella
23 Manolo Gabbiadini Yellow Card

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori
24 Simon Kjaer Yellow Card
19 Theo Hernández
2 Davide Calabria
10 Brahim Díaz
33 Rade Krunic
8 Sandro Tonali
9 Olivier Giroud
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

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