Italian Serie A

AC Milan vs Lecce, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
  • 38': Álvaro Morata
  • 41': Theo Hernández
  • 43': Christian Pulisic
  • Red Card 80': Davide Bartesaghi
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3 - 0

Milan ease 3-0 past Lecce with quick-fire goals

AC Milan beat Lecce 3-0 in Serie A on Friday as Alvaro Morata, Theo Hernandez and Christian Pulisic sealed the win just before the break, scoring all goals inside five minutes.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 1': Foul by Ante Rebic (Lecce).
  • 4': Attempt missed. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
  • 8': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a cross.
  • 9': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Álvaro Morata.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
  • 11': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a cross following a corner.
  • 13': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 18': Foul by Balthazar Pierret (Lecce).
  • 18': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Hand ball by Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
  • 20': Offside, Lecce. Ante Rebic is caught offside.
  • 21': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Balthazar Pierret.
  • 22': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 22': Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Antonino Gallo (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 25': Delay in match because of an injury Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a cross.
  • 34': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
  • 34': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Foul by Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce).
  • 36': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Foul by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
  • 37': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 38': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lecce 0. Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 41': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lecce 0. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a through ball.
  • 43': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emerson Royal.
  • 43': Goal! AC Milan 3, Lecce 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Ante Rebic (Lecce).
  • 45'+1': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, AC Milan 3, Lecce 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 3, Lecce 0.
  • 49': Foul by Emerson Royal (AC Milan).
  • 49': Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 50': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Emerson Royal.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Delay in match because of an injury Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
  • 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 56': Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Álvaro Morata because of an injury.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 59': Substitution, Lecce. Lameck Banda replaces Tete Morente.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Ante Rebic (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
  • 63': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Youssouf Fofana.
  • 63': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  • 65': Offside, Lecce. Antonino Gallo is caught offside.
  • 67': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a cross following a corner.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lameck Banda.
  • 67': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 69': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 70': Antonino Gallo (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Foul by Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
  • 72': Offside, Lecce. Lameck Banda is caught offside.
  • 73': Substitution, Lecce. Hamza Rafia replaces Balthazar Pierret.
  • 73': Substitution, Lecce. Santiago Pierotti replaces Ante Rebic.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kialonda Gaspar.
  • 74': Foul by Lameck Banda (Lecce).
  • 74': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi replaces Theo Hernández.
  • 76': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Tammy Abraham.
  • 77': 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 with a cross.
  • 80': Foul by Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan).
  • 80': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hamza Rafia following a set piece situation.
  • 83': Substitution, Lecce. Rémi Oudin replaces Lassana Coulibaly.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 86': Offside, Lecce. Santiago Pierotti is caught offside.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Hamza Rafia (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antonino Gallo.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ylber Ramadani.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kialonda Gaspar.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Lecce 0.
  • 0': Match ends, AC Milan 3, Lecce 0.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
4 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 7
43.1 Possession 56.9
16 SHOTS 15
7 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
331 Accurate Passes 457
372 Passes 498
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
7 Accurate Crosses 3
18 Crosses 17
0.4 Cross % 0.2
41 Long Balls 33
25 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
3 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 8
14 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
2 Interceptions 3
11 Effective Clearances 10
11 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,103

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 12 +10 26
2 Atalanta 12 +16 25
3 Fiorentina 12 +15 25
4 Internazionale 12 +12 25
Full Standings

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori
46 Matteo Gabbia
19 Theo Hernández
22 Emerson Royal Yellow Card
7 Álvaro Morata
14 Tijjani Reijnders
29 Youssouf Fofana
90 Tammy Abraham
10 Rafael Leão
11 Christian Pulisic

LEC Lecce (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
6 Federico Baschirotto Yellow Card
4 Kialonda Gaspar
25 Antonino Gallo
13 Patrick Dorgu
75 Balthazar Pierret
29 Lassana Coulibaly
20 Ylber Ramadani
9 Nikola Krstovic
3 Ante Rebic
7 José Antonio Morente

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