AC Milan vs Lazio, 2023-24 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie APulisic scores as AC Milan beat Lazio to keep pace with Inter
United States standout Christian Pulisic scored the opening goal as AC Milan beat Lazio 2-0 at home Saturday to stay level on points with Inter Milan at the top of Serie A.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
- 1': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Christian Pulisic.
- 9': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Nicolò Rovella.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Yacine Adli (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 11': Felipe Anderson (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
- 13': Attempt missed. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni following a fast break.
- 15': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
- 15': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 16': Attempt saved. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valentín Castellanos.
- 17': Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
- 17': Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
- 19': Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Marusic.
- 23': Foul by Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio).
- 23': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24': Foul by Simon Kjær (AC Milan).
- 24': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Delay in match because of an injury Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
- 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 26': Attempt missed. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 29': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek because of an injury.
- 33': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 33': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
- 34': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão tries a through ball, but Fikayo Tomori is caught offside.
- 35': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe Anderson.
- 38': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 43': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (Lazio).
- 43': Yacine Adli (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 45': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe Anderson.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, AC Milan 0, Lazio 0.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 0, Lazio 0.
- 48': Foul by Simon Kjær (AC Milan).
- 48': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Yacine Adli (AC Milan).
- 49': Nicolò Rovella (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Adam Marusic (Lazio).
- 51': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 51': Adam Marusic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
- 52': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
- 52': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 54': Hand ball by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
- 55': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Nicolò Rovella.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Simon Kjær (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yacine Adli with a cross.
- 58': Foul by Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
- 58': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Goal! AC Milan 1, Lazio 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 63': Attempt missed. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 64': Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio).
- 64': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 64': Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
- 65': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 66': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
- 66': Nicolò Rovella (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Substitution, Lazio. Matías Vecino replaces Nicolò Rovella.
- 67': Substitution, Lazio. Daichi Kamada replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
- 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
- 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Yacine Adli.
- 70': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
- 73': Attempt saved. Yunus Musah (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 73': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
- 74': Attempt saved. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
- 74': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan).
- 74': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Felipe Anderson.
- 75': Substitution, Lazio. Ciro Immobile replaces Valentín Castellanos.
- 76': Attempt saved. Pedro (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daichi Kamada.
- 76': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
- 78': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 79': Offside, Lazio. Elseid Hysaj tries a through ball, but Luis Alberto is caught offside.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 82': Attempt missed. Luis Alberto (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
- 82': Substitution, Lazio. Gustav Isaksen replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
- 82': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
- 83': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
- 83': Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 83': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
- 86': Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 87': Attempt missed. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 88': Goal! AC Milan 2, Lazio 0. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 90': Offside, AC Milan. Mike Maignan tries a through ball, but Noah Okafor is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Foul by Matías Vecino (Lazio).
- 90'+2': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Offside, Lazio. Luis Alberto tries a through ball, but Ciro Immobile is caught offside.
- 90'+6': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
- 90'+6': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Lazio 0.
Statistics
 LAZ |
MIL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 5 | Saves | 4 |
| 49.6 | Possession | 50.4 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 411 | Accurate Passes | 410 |
| 484 | Passes | 477 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 6 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 30 | Long Balls | 43 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 20 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 17 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,035
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 72,035
Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Juventus | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Cremonese | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 2 | +2 | 6 |
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK)  |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori |
| 24 | Simon Kjaer |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 2 | Davide Calabria |
| 7 | Yacine Adli |
| 14 | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 8 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud |
| 10 | Rafael Leão |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
Lazio (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 94 | Ivan Provedel (GK) |
| 13 | Alessio Romagnoli |
| 15 | Nicolo Casale |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 77 | Adam Marusic |
| 65 | Nicolò Rovella |
| 10 | Luis Alberto |
| 8 | Matteo Guendouzi |
| 19 | Valentín Castellanos |
| 20 | Mattia Zaccagni |
| 7 | Felipe Anderson |
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