AC Milan 1 - 0 Fiorentina

Milan scorers: Theo Hernández (45+2’)

Venue: San Siro, Milan, Italy

Referee: Marco Di Bello

AC Milan:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Mike Maignan Lapo Nava
Malick Thiaw Antonio Mirante
Fikayo Tomori 56’ Davide Bartesaghi
Davide Calabria 90+2’ Alessandro Florenzi 90+2’
Theo Hernández 45+2’ Jan-Carlo Simic
Tijjani Reijnders Rade Krunić 83’
Yunus Musah 83’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek 60’
Tommaso Pobega Yacine Adli
Samuel Chukwueze Luka Romero
Christian Pulisic 60’ Francesco Camarda 83’
Luka Jović 83’ Chaka Traorè

Manager: Stefano Pioli (Italy) | 77’

Fiorentina:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Pietro Terracciano Oliver Christensen
Nikola Milenković Tommaso Martinelli
Lucas Martínez Quarta Yerry Mina
Fabiano Parisi 45+1’ Niccollò Pierozzi
Cristiano Biraghi Pietro Comuzzo
Arthur 12’ 46’ Josip Brekalo
Alfred Duncan 81’ Maxime Lopez 46’
Nicolás González Antonin Barák
Giacomo Bonaventura 88’ Gino Infantino
Riccardo Sottil 81’ Rolando Mandragora 81’
Lucas Beltrán 70’ Jonathan Ikoné 81’
Lorenzo Amatucci
M’Bala Nzola 70’
Christian Kouamé 88’

Manager: Vincenzo Italiano (Italy)

MATCH EVENTS

1’: We’re off!

12’: Arthur pulls down Pulisic in midfield

19’: Duncan gets to a cross and just horribly mishits it wide.

23’: SAVE!! Pulisic snaps a shot from nothing but Terracciano gets a hand on it to tip it over!

30’: Horrible decision by Calabria to shoot instead of passing to a wide-open Jović, easiest of saves for Terracciano.

32’: Sottil fires from distance, right at the keeper for an easy save

40’: The back opens up for Fiorentina, but González chips it right over the crossbar.

43’: Terracciano punches away a cross into his own player, it bounces wide for a corner.

44’: SAVE!! Terracciano palms away Pobega’s header! Milan tries to keep the chance alive but it ends with Pulisic miscontrolling the ball for a goal kick.

45+1’: PENALTY FOR MILAN!! Fabiano Parisi shoves down Hernández in the box! Stonewall pen!

45+2’: GOAL MILAN!! Theo Hernández takes the penalty he won himself, sending Terracciano the wrong way and scoring!

HT AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina Milan gets a fortunate penalty right before halftime to take the lead!

46’: Fiorentina substitution: Maxime Lopez on for Arthur

46’: We’re back!

49’: SAVE! Chukwueze’s glancing header stopped by Terracciano.

49’: Maignan makes a big challenge to get the ball away! Had to get that just right or Beltrán would have head a penalty.

54’: Maignan gives the ball away with a bad pass! González fires! But he puts it wide!

56’: Fikayo Tomori carded for tugging back Bonaventura on the edge of the box, Fiorentina wants a red

59’: Beltrán’s header loops wide while Maignan is off his line

60’: Milan substitution: Ruben Loftus-Cheek on for Christian Pulisic

62’: González fires from wide and it deflects into the far post!

67’: Parisi goes down in the box, he says Calabria fouled him, he’s still down

70’: Fiorentina substitution: M’Bala Nzola on for Lucas Beltrán

74’: Handball on Loftus-Cheek? VAR checks and clears him, it bounced off his hip first.

75’: SAVE! The ball is slipped through to Jović who fires but can’t beat Terracciano who made himself big!

77’: Stefano Pioli carded on the sidelines.

81’: Fiorentina double sub: Rolando Mandragora and Jonathan Ikoné on for Alfred Duncan and Riccardo Sottil

83’: Milan double sub: Rade Krunić and Francesco Camarda on for Luka Jović and Yunus Musah

86’: González tries a volley! But it’s blunted by a block and easily saved.

88’: Fiorentina substitution: Christian Kouamé on for Giacomo Bonaventura

90’: Milan get away with it! They make two blocks on Fiorentina’s shots and then Lopez’s shot drifts wide!

90+2’: Milan substitution: Alessandro Florenzi on for Davide Calabria

90+6’: HUMONGOUS SAVE! Maignan comes up big to deny Mandragora from close range!! He got plunked right in the head, brave goalkeeping there.

FT AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina Milan somehow keep their grip on their one penalty-goal lead in a nervy second half.