Italian Serie A

Fiorentina vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 15': Alfred Duncan
  • 45'+1': Riccardo Saponara
  • 60': Dusan Vlahovic
  • 85': Dusan Vlahovic
FT
4 - 3
  • 62': Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • 67': Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • 90'+6': Lorenzo Venuti (OG)

Vlahovic-inspired Fiorentina hands AC Milan suffer first league defeat

Fiorentina inflicted a first Serie A defeat of the season on AC Milan with a 4-3 victory in Florence on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 15': Goal! Fiorentina 1, AC Milan 0. Joseph Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Fiorentina 2, AC Milan 0. Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dusan Vlahovic.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Fiorentina 2, AC Milan 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Fiorentina 2, AC Milan 0.
  • 56': Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 57': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 57': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Pierre Kalulu.
  • 60': Goal! Fiorentina 3, AC Milan 0. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joseph Alfred Duncan with a through ball.
  • 62': Goal! Fiorentina 3, AC Milan 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 67': Goal! Fiorentina 3, AC Milan 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 69': Substitution, Fiorentina. Gaetano Castrovilli replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  • 69': Substitution, Fiorentina. Nicolás González replaces José Callejón.
  • 74': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Rafael Leão because of an injury.
  • 85': Goal! Fiorentina 4, AC Milan 2. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás González.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Fiorentina. Youssef Maleh replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
  • 90'+5': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Own Goal by Lorenzo Venuti, Fiorentina. Fiorentina 4, AC Milan 3.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Fiorentina 4, AC Milan 3.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Artemio Franchi
Location: Firenze, Italy
Attendance: 32,567

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+43 Internazionale 27 67 4
+23 AC Milan 27 57 2
+13 Napoli 27 53 6
+18 AS Roma 26 50 8
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
7 Offsides 3
6 Corner Kicks 5
1 Saves 5
55.3 Possession 44.7
17 SHOTS 9
7 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
438 Accurate Passes 332
501 Passes 404
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 5
24 Crosses 15
0.3 Cross % 0.3
39 Long Balls 63
21 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 1
12 Effective Tackles 7
21 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
11 Interceptions 7
10 Effective Clearances 18
10 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

FIO Fiorentina (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Pietro Terracciano (GK)
98 Igor Julio
23 Lorenzo Venuti
3 Cristiano Biraghi
29 Álvaro Odriozola
18 Lucas Torreira
32 Alfred Duncan
5 Giacomo Bonaventura
9 Dusan Vlahovic
8 Riccardo Saponara
7 José Callejón

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

No. Name
1 Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
46 Matteo Gabbia
24 Simon Kjaer
19 Theo Hernández
20 Pierre Kalulu
10 Brahim Díaz
79 Franck Kessié
8 Sandro Tonali
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers

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