Italian Serie A

Atalanta vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 86': Duván Zapata (P)
  • 90'+4': Mario Pasalic
FT
2 - 3
  • 1': Davide Calabria
  • 42': Sandro Tonali
  • 78': Rafael Leão

Milan hang on to beat Atalanta and close gap with leaders Napoli

AC Milan continued their impressive start to the Serie A season on Sunday, surviving a late Atalanta comeback to earn a 3-2 victory in Bergamo.

Match Commentary

  • 1': Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 1. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 24': Substitution, Atalanta. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Matteo Pessina because of an injury.
  • 40': Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Atalanta. Teun Koopmeiners replaces Merih Demiral.
  • 45': Second Half begins Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2.
  • 52': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Joakim Maehle.
  • 56': Substitution, Atalanta. Josip Ilicic replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  • 74': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 78': Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 3. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández following a fast break.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
  • 85': Junior Messias (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 86': Goal! Atalanta 1, AC Milan 3. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 87': Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Remo Freuler.
  • 88': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90': Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 90'+4': Goal! Atalanta 2, AC Milan 3. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata with a cross.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Gewiss Stadium
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Attendance: 9,363

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+23 Atalanta 17 40 3
+14 Napoli 17 38 3
+27 Internazionale 16 37 1
+8 Lazio 17 34 5
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 13
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 9
3 Saves 4
43.9 Possession 56.1
13 SHOTS 17
7 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
275 Accurate Passes 379
366 Passes 459
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 5
10 Crosses 20
0.2 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 44
19 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
4 Blocked Shots 8
8 Effective Tackles 15
16 Tackles 22
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 8
20 Effective Clearances 9
20 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

ATA Atalanta (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Juan Musso (GK)
28 Merih Demiral
6 José Palomino
19 Berat Djimsiti
11 Remo Freuler
15 Marten de Roon Yellow Card
32 Matteo Pessina
3 Joakim Maehle
77 Davide Zappacosta
91 Duván Zapata
18 Ruslan Malinovskyi

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori Yellow Card
24 Simon Kjaer
19 Theo Hernández
2 Davide Calabria
10 Brahim Díaz Yellow Card
79 Franck Kessié
8 Sandro Tonali
12 Ante Rebic
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

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