AC Milan vs Udinese, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie APulisic assist helps 10-man Milan edge Udinese
Ten-man AC Milan held on to secure a 1-0 home win over Udinese on Saturday with an early goal from Samuel Chukwueze after midfielder Tijjani Reijnders was sent off in the rainy Serie A clash.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Sandi Lovric (Udinese) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 2': Offside, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
- 3': Foul by Lorenzo Lucca (Udinese).
- 3': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Isaak Touré.
- 9': Attempt saved. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Strahinja Pavlovic.
- 10': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jaka Bijol.
- 11': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Lorenzo Lucca.
- 13': Goal! AC Milan 1, Udinese 0. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 15': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Iker Bravo (Udinese).
- 18': Attempt saved. Kingsley Ehizibue (Udinese) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jaka Bijol.
- 18': Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Okafor with a cross.
- 19': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Isaak Touré.
- 20': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze with a headed pass following a corner.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Strahinja Pavlovic with a headed pass.
- 25': Corner, Udinese. Conceded by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 25': Attempt missed. Jesper Karlström (Udinese) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sandi Lovric with a cross following a corner.
- 25': Corner, Udinese. Conceded by Emerson Royal.
- 26': Offside, Udinese. Isaak Touré is caught offside.
- 28': Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Jesper Karlström (Udinese).
- 28': Offside, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze is caught offside.
- 29': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
- 29': Sandi Lovric (Udinese) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
- 32': Attempt missed. Jordan Zemura (Udinese) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 33': Foul by Sandi Lovric (Udinese).
- 33': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Jaka Bijol (Udinese).
- 34': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Kingsley Ehizibue (Udinese).
- 35': Noah Okafor (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 36': Offside, AC Milan. Noah Okafor is caught offside.
- 38': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Jordan Zemura (Udinese).
- 40': Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Sandi Lovric (Udinese).
- 41': Delay in match because of an injury Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
- 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 43': Foul by Jaka Bijol (Udinese).
- 43': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Jaka Bijol (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44': Offside, Udinese. Kingsley Ehizibue is caught offside.
- 45': Delay in match because of an injury Lorenzo Lucca (Udinese).
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Okafor.
- 45'+3': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Isaak Touré.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Udinese 0.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Udinese 0.
- 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Noah Okafor.
- 47': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Kingsley Ehizibue (Udinese).
- 48': Foul by Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan).
- 48': Kingsley Ehizibue (Udinese) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Jaka Bijol (Udinese) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Isaak Touré.
- 51': Foul by Isaak Touré (Udinese).
- 51': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Delay in match because of an injury Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
- 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 55': Attempt missed. Kingsley Ehizibue (Udinese) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oier Zarraga with a cross.
- 57': Corner, Udinese. Conceded by Christian Pulisic.
- 57': Attempt missed. Oier Zarraga (Udinese) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 57': Attempt missed. Christian Kabasele (Udinese) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jaka Bijol following a corner.
- 59': Delay in match because of an injury Christian Kabasele (Udinese).
- 60': Substitution, Udinese. Hassane Kamara replaces Kingsley Ehizibue.
- 60': Substitution, Udinese. Keinan Davis replaces Iker Bravo.
- 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 62': Foul by Isaak Touré (Udinese).
- 62': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Sandi Lovric (Udinese).
- 67': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Substitution, Udinese. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp replaces Oier Zarraga.
- 70': Substitution, Udinese. Martín Payero replaces Sandi Lovric.
- 71': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Isaak Touré.
- 72': Attempt missed. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (Udinese) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Keinan Davis.
- 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Tammy Abraham replaces Álvaro Morata.
- 73': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
- 73': Keinan Davis (Udinese) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham with a headed pass.
- 75': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 75': Delay in match because of an injury Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
- 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 78': Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.
- 79': Attempt missed. Martín Payero (Udinese) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Hassane Kamara with a cross.
- 81': Attempt missed. Jaka Bijol (Udinese) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Hassane Kamara.
- 81': Substitution, Udinese. Brenner replaces Jesper Karlström.
- 82': Lorenzo Lucca (Udinese) is shown the yellow card.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 83': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Christian Kabasele.
- 85': Corner, Udinese. Conceded by Christian Pulisic.
- 86': Attempt missed. Christian Kabasele (Udinese) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Brenner with a cross following a corner.
- 87': Attempt missed. Christian Kabasele (Udinese) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jaka Bijol with a cross.
- 88': Substitution, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
- 89': Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Hassane Kamara (Udinese) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Isaak Touré.
- 90'+5': Offside, Udinese. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp is caught offside.
- 90'+5': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Christian Kabasele (Udinese) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 90'+8': VAR Decision: No Goal AC Milan 1-0 Udinese.
- 90'+11': Foul by Martín Payero (Udinese).
- 90'+11': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+12': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Udinese 0.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 1, Udinese 0.
Statistics
 UDI |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 3 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 56 | Possession | 44 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 362 | Accurate Passes | 278 |
| 406 | Passes | 335 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 11 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 35 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 39 | Long Balls | 48 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 12 | Tackles | 8 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 3 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 30 |
| 18 | Clearances | 30 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,018
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,018
Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 10 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 10 | +11 | 21 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 10 | +12 | 19 |
| 4 | Juventus | 10 | +10 | 18 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK)  |
| 31 | Strahinja Pavlovic |
| 28 | Malick Thiaw |
| 42 | Filippo Terracciano |
| 22 | Emerson Royal |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
| 14 | Tijjani Reijnders  |
| 29 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 7 | Álvaro Morata |
| 17 | Noah Okafor |
| 21 | Samuel Chukwueze |
Udinese (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 40 | Maduka Okoye (GK) |
| 29 | Jaka Bijol |
| 95 | Isaak Touré |
| 27 | Christian Kabasele |
| 6 | Oier Zarraga |
| 8 | Sandi Lovric |
| 25 | Jesper Karlström |
| 33 | Jordan Zemura |
| 19 | Kingsley Ehizibue |
| 21 | Iker Bravo |
| 17 | Lorenzo Lucca |
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