UEFA Europa League

AC Milan vs Slavia Prague, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16

· 1st Leg
AC Milan
  • 34': Olivier Giroud
  • 44': Tijjani Reijnders
  • 45'+1': Ruben Loftus-Cheek
  • 85': Christian Pulisic
FT
4 - 2
1st Leg
Slavia Prague
  • Red Card 26': El Hadji Malick Diouf
  • 36': David Doudera
  • 65': Ivan Schranz

AC Milan double up Slavia Prague in Europa League first leg

AC Milan battled to a 4-2 win over Slavia Prague in an entertaining first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie at San Siro Stadium on Thursday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Tomás Vlcek (Slavia Prague).
  • 1': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 2': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan).
  • 2': Ondrej Zmrzly (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2': Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Foul by David Doudera (Slavia Prague).
  • 6': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 7': Foul by Ondrej Zmrzly (Slavia Prague).
  • 7': Yacine Adli (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Tomás Holes (Slavia Prague).
  • 9': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 15': Attempt missed. David Doudera (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lukás Provod.
  • 26': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Foul by El Hadji Diouf (Slavia Prague).
  • 26': El Hadji Diouf (Slavia Prague) is shown the red card.
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
  • 28': Oscar Dorley (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Delay in match because of an injury Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
  • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Gabbia.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yacine Adli.
  • 34': Goal! AC Milan 1, Slavia Prague 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Mojmír Chytil (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 35': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Simon Kjær.
  • 36': Goal! AC Milan 1, Slavia Prague 1. David Doudera (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Yacine Adli with a cross.
  • 38': Foul by Simon Kjær (AC Milan).
  • 38': Oscar Dorley (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Yacine Adli.
  • 40': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jindrich Stanek.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yacine Adli.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 41': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Mojmír Chytil.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross.
  • 42': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jindrich Stanek.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Théo Hernández with a cross.
  • 42': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Mojmír Chytil.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 44': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Lukás Masopust.
  • 44': Goal! AC Milan 2, Slavia Prague 1. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi following a corner.
  • 45': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by David Zima.
  • 45'+1': Goal! AC Milan 3, Slavia Prague 1. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, AC Milan 3, Slavia Prague 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 3, Slavia Prague 1.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Calabria replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori replaces Matteo Gabbia.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
  • 55': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ondrej Zmrzly.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 57': Foul by Ondrej Zmrzly (Slavia Prague).
  • 57': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
  • 60': Lukás Provod (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Ivan Schranz replaces Mojmír Chytil.
  • 62': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 62': Ivan Schranz (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 63': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
  • 63': Lukás Masopust (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Simon Kjær (AC Milan).
  • 64': Ondrej Zmrzly (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 65': Goal! AC Milan 3, Slavia Prague 2. Ivan Schranz (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner following a set piece situation.
  • 66': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  • 67': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Oscar Dorley.
  • 69': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 69': Foul by Ondrej Zmrzly (Slavia Prague).
  • 69': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 72': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
  • 72': Lukás Provod (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Davide Calabria.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Lukás Masopust (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Schranz.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. David Doudera (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Vlcek.
  • 79': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Yacine Adli.
  • 80': Attempt missed. David Doudera (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 83': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Václav Jurecka replaces Lukás Provod because of an injury.
  • 83': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Jan Boril replaces Ondrej Zmrzly.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
  • 85': Goal! AC Milan 4, Slavia Prague 2. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão following a fast break.
  • 86': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Michal Tomic replaces David Doudera.
  • 87': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Conrad Wallem replaces Lukás Masopust.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Tomás Holes (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 90': Foul by Oscar Dorley (Slavia Prague).
  • 90': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Jan Boril (Slavia Prague).
  • 90'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Jan Boril (Slavia Prague).
  • 90'+4': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 4, Slavia Prague 2.
  • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 4, Slavia Prague 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 8
4 Saves 0
35.4 Possession 64.6
8 SHOTS 20
2 ON GOAL 9
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
237 Accurate Passes 503
304 Passes 563
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 6
15 Crosses 22
0.1 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 29
23 Accurate Long Balls 13
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 6
5 Effective Tackles 7
9 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 6
18 Effective Clearances 13
18 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 59,325

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
46 Matteo Gabbia
24 Simon Kjaer
19 Theo Hernández
42 Alessandro Florenzi Yellow Card
8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
14 Tijjani Reijnders
7 Yacine Adli
9 Olivier Giroud
10 Rafael Leão
11 Christian Pulisic
AC Milan Substitutes:
Filippo Terracciano, Fikayo Tomori, Pierre Kalulu, Ismaël Bennacer, Marco Sportiello, Malick Thiaw, Noah Okafor, Samuel Chukwueze, Davide Calabria, Yunus Musah, Antonio Mirante, Luka Jovic.

SLP Slavia Prague (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
36 Jindrich Stanek (GK)
4 David Zima
3 Tomás Holes
12 El Hadji Malick Diouf Red Card
27 Tomás Vlcek
17 Lukás Provod
19 Oscar Dorley
8 Lukás Masopust
13 Mojmír Chytil
33 Ondrej Zmrzly
21 David Doudera
Slavia Prague Substitutes:
Ales Mandous, Muhamed Tijani, Jan Sirotník, Mikulás Konecny, Conrad Wallem, Michal Tomic, Mick Van Buren, Ivan Schranz, Jan Boril, Vaclav Jurecka, Igoh Ogbu, Matej Jurásek.

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