UEFA Champions League

Bayer Leverkusen vs AC Milan, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

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Bayer Leverkusen
  • 51': Victor Boniface
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AC Milan

    Boniface earns Bayer Leverkusen win over AC Milan

    A second half goal from Victor Boniface was enough to earn Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 home win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday, giving the German side a perfect start to their campaign while the Italians are still without a point.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amine Adli.
    • 3': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
    • 3': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
    • 6': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 6': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 8': Foul by Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 8': Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 14': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
    • 18': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
    • 19': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 21': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
    • 21': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 21': VAR Decision: No Goal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-0 AC Milan.
    • 23': Foul by Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 23': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 24': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli is caught offside.
    • 26': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 26': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 28': Attempt saved. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amine Adli with a headed pass.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 30': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 30': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 33': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 36': Delay in match (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 36': Delay in match because of an injury Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
    • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 39': Foul by Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 39': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
    • 42': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
    • 42': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, AC Milan 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, AC Milan 0.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the left following a fast break.
    • 46': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli is caught offside.
    • 47': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 47': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 48': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 49': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 51': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
    • 51': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, AC Milan 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a through ball.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Emerson Royal (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 60': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Aleix García.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata replaces Tammy Abraham.
    • 64': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jonathan Tah.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
    • 69': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
    • 71': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
    • 72': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Aleix García.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a cross.
    • 74': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 74': Mike Maignan (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 75': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Victor Boniface.
    • 75': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Aleix García.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz following a fast break.
    • 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
    • 80': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
    • 81': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 81': Foul by Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Amine Adli.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 83': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
    • 83': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
    • 86': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 86': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 88': Delay in match (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeanuël Belocian replaces Álex Grimaldo.
    • 89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Florian Wirtz.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Andrich following a fast break.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
    • 90'+3': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, AC Milan 0.
    • 90'+6': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
    • 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, AC Milan 0.

    Statistics

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    4 Fouls 15
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    4 Corner Kicks 5
    8 Saves 5
    49.7 Possession 50.3
    16 SHOTS 16
    5 ON GOAL 9
    0.3 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    497 Accurate Passes 518
    551 Passes 566
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 1
    15 Crosses 9
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    38 Long Balls 36
    21 Accurate Long Balls 22
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
    5 Blocked Shots 1
    6 Effective Tackles 10
    10 Tackles 15
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    11 Interceptions 5
    12 Effective Clearances 23
    12 Clearances 23

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: BayArena
    Location: Leverkusen, Germany
    Attendance: 30,210

    UEFA Champions League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Borussia Dortmund 2 +9 6
    2 Brest 2 +5 6
    3 Benfica 2 +5 6
    4 Bayer Leverkusen 2 +5 6
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    B04 Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    4 Jonathan Tah
    3 Piero Hincapié
    12 Edmond Tapsoba
    24 Aleix García Yellow Card
    34 Granit Xhaka
    20 Alejandro Grimaldo
    30 Jeremie Frimpong Yellow Card
    22 Victor Boniface
    10 Florian Wirtz
    21 Amine Adli
    Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
    Nathan Tella, Arthur, Jeanuël Belocian, Robert Andrich, Jonas Hofmann, Matej Kovar, Nordi Mukiele, Patrik Schick, Exequiel Palacios, Martin Terrier, Niklas Lomb.

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

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    23 Fikayo Tomori Yellow Card
    46 Matteo Gabbia
    19 Theo Hernández
    22 Emerson Royal
    14 Tijjani Reijnders
    8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
    29 Youssouf Fofana
    90 Tammy Abraham
    10 Rafael Leão
    11 Christian Pulisic
    AC Milan Substitutes:
    Strahinja Pavlovic, Samuel Chukwueze, Yunus Musah, Noah Okafor, Filippo Terracciano, Álvaro Morata, Lorenzo Torriani, Davide Calabria, Lapo Nava, Malick Thiaw.

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