AC Milan vs Napoli, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ANapoli beat Milan to extend Serie A lead, run win streak to five
Napoli's Romelu Lukaku and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia struck first-half goals to earn a 2-0 win at AC Milan on Tuesday and stretch their side's lead at the top of Serie A to seven points.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
- 3': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 5': Goal! AC Milan 0, Napoli 1. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frank Anguissa with a through ball.
- 11': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 11': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 16': Offside, Napoli. Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 18': Attempt missed. Yunus Musah (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
- 18': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 18': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt saved. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
- 21': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Billy Gilmour.
- 23': Attempt missed. Emerson Royal (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
- 24': Offside, AC Milan. Filippo Terracciano is caught offside.
- 26': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Mathías Olivera (Napoli).
- 27': Attempt missed. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filippo Terracciano.
- 28': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 28': Foul by Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli).
- 30': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 30': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Attempt saved. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 34': Foul by Noah Okafor (AC Milan).
- 34': Frank Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
- 37': Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Okafor.
- 38': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
- 43': Goal! AC Milan 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Napoli 2.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Napoli 2.
- 46': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
- 47': Offside, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
- 47': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 49': VAR Decision: No Goal AC Milan 0-2 Napoli.
- 50': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
- 52': Foul by Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan).
- 52': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 53': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
- 57': Foul by Emerson Royal (AC Milan).
- 57': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 60': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 62': Foul by Filippo Terracciano (AC Milan).
- 62': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Noah Okafor.
- 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic replaces Emerson Royal.
- 64': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 65': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
- 65': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 66': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yunus Musah with a cross.
- 67': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão is caught offside.
- 67': Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
- 69': Substitution, Napoli. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Matteo Politano.
- 70': Alex Meret (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
- 70': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 70': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 76': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
- 76': Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 77': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
- 78': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 78': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Attempt missed. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Neres.
- 81': Billy Gilmour (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 82': Offside, Napoli. Scott McTominay is caught offside.
- 83': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mike Maignan.
- 83': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 85': Attempt missed. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 87': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 87': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Substitution, AC Milan. Francesco Camarda replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
- 89': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 89': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Strahinja Pavlovic.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by David Neres.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Yunus Musah (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
- 90'+4': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Mathías Olivera.
- 90'+5': Substitution, Napoli. Michael Folorunsho replaces Billy Gilmour.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 0, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 0, Napoli 2.
Statistics
 NAP |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 14 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 2 |
| 38.7 | Possession | 61.3 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 308 | Accurate Passes | 501 |
| 359 | Passes | 560 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 6 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 33 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 17 |
| 19 | Tackles | 25 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 31 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
| 31 | Clearances | 8 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 73,507
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 73,507
Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 10 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 10 | +11 | 21 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 10 | +12 | 19 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 10 | +12 | 19 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 31 | Strahinja Pavlovic |
| 28 | Malick Thiaw |
| 42 | Filippo Terracciano |
| 22 | Emerson Royal |
| 29 | Youssouf Fofana |
| 80 | Yunus Musah |
| 8 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek |
| 7 | Álvaro Morata |
| 17 | Noah Okafor |
| 21 | Samuel Chukwueze |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 4 | Alessandro Buongiorno |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 17 | Mathías Olivera |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 6 | Billy Gilmour |
| 8 | Scott McTominay |
| 99 | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 11 | Romelu Lukaku |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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