AC Milan 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Milan scorers: Theo Hernández (45+2')
Venue: San Siro, Milan, Italy
Referee: Marco Di Bello
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Maignan | Lapo Nava | ||
| Malick Thiaw | Antonio Mirante | ||
| Fikayo Tomori | 56' | Davide Bartesaghi | |
| Davide Calabria | 90+2' | Alessandro Florenzi | 90+2' |
| Theo Hernández | 45+2' | Jan-Carlo Simic | |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Rade Krunić | 83' | |
| Yunus Musah | 83' | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 60' |
| Tommaso Pobega | Yacine Adli | ||
| Samuel Chukwueze | Luka Romero | ||
| Christian Pulisic | 60' | Francesco Camarda | 83' |
| Luka Jović | 83' | Chaka Traorè |
Manager: Stefano Pioli (Italy) | 77'
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pietro Terracciano | Oliver Christensen | ||
| Nikola Milenković | Tommaso Martinelli | ||
| Lucas Martínez Quarta | Yerry Mina | ||
| Fabiano Parisi | 45+1' | Niccollò Pierozzi | |
| Cristiano Biraghi | Pietro Comuzzo | ||
| Arthur | 12' 46' | Josip Brekalo | |
| Alfred Duncan | 81' | Maxime Lopez | 46' |
| Nicolás González | Antonin Barák | ||
| Giacomo Bonaventura | 88' | Gino Infantino | |
| Riccardo Sottil | 81' | Rolando Mandragora | 81' |
| Lucas Beltrán | 70' | Jonathan Ikoné | 81' |
| Lorenzo Amatucci | |||
| M'Bala Nzola | 70' | ||
| Christian Kouamé | 88' |
Manager: Vincenzo Italiano (Italy)
1': We're off!
12': Arthur pulls down Pulisic in midfield
19': Duncan gets to a cross and just horribly mishits it wide.
23': SAVE!! Pulisic snaps a shot from nothing but Terracciano gets a hand on it to tip it over!
30': Horrible decision by Calabria to shoot instead of passing to a wide-open Jović, easiest of saves for Terracciano.
32': Sottil fires from distance, right at the keeper for an easy save
40': The back opens up for Fiorentina, but González chips it right over the crossbar.
43': Terracciano punches away a cross into his own player, it bounces wide for a corner.
44': SAVE!! Terracciano palms away Pobega's header! Milan tries to keep the chance alive but it ends with Pulisic miscontrolling the ball for a goal kick.
45+1': PENALTY FOR MILAN!! Fabiano Parisi shoves down Hernández in the box! Stonewall pen!
45+2': GOAL MILAN!! Theo Hernández takes the penalty he won himself, sending Terracciano the wrong way and scoring!
HT AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina Milan gets a fortunate penalty right before halftime to take the lead!
46': Fiorentina substitution: Maxime Lopez on for Arthur
46': We're back!
49': SAVE! Chukwueze's glancing header stopped by Terracciano.
49': Maignan makes a big challenge to get the ball away! Had to get that just right or Beltrán would have head a penalty.
54': Maignan gives the ball away with a bad pass! González fires! But he puts it wide!
56': Fikayo Tomori carded for tugging back Bonaventura on the edge of the box, Fiorentina wants a red
59': Beltrán's header loops wide while Maignan is off his line
60': Milan substitution: Ruben Loftus-Cheek on for Christian Pulisic
62': González fires from wide and it deflects into the far post!
67': Parisi goes down in the box, he says Calabria fouled him, he's still down
70': Fiorentina substitution: M'Bala Nzola on for Lucas Beltrán
74': Handball on Loftus-Cheek? VAR checks and clears him, it bounced off his hip first.
75': SAVE! The ball is slipped through to Jović who fires but can't beat Terracciano who made himself big!
77': Stefano Pioli carded on the sidelines.
81': Fiorentina double sub: Rolando Mandragora and Jonathan Ikoné on for Alfred Duncan and Riccardo Sottil
83': Milan double sub: Rade Krunić and Francesco Camarda on for Luka Jović and Yunus Musah
86': González tries a volley! But it's blunted by a block and easily saved.
88': Fiorentina substitution: Christian Kouamé on for Giacomo Bonaventura
90': Milan get away with it! They make two blocks on Fiorentina's shots and then Lopez's shot drifts wide!
90+2': Milan substitution: Alessandro Florenzi on for Davide Calabria
90+6': HUMONGOUS SAVE! Maignan comes up big to deny Mandragora from close range!! He got plunked right in the head, brave goalkeeping there.
FT AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina Milan somehow keep their grip on their one penalty-goal lead in a nervy second half.