AC Milan vs Red Star Belgrade, 2020-21 UEFA Europa League, Round of 32

· 2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - MIL win on away goals

AC Milan

9': Franck Kessié (P)

FT
1 - 1
2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - MIL win on away goals

Red Star Belgrade

24': El Fardou Ben Nabouhane
70': Marko Gobeljic

Milan limp through on away goals after draw with Red Star

AC Milan's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic [1296x729]

AC Milan progressed to the last 16 of the Europa League on away goals after struggling to a 1-1 draw at home to Red Star Belgrade on Thursday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Milan Gajic (Crvena Zvezda).
1': Rade Krunic (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Foul by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda).
4': Samu Castillejo (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Offside, Crvena Zvezda. Guélor Kanga Kaku tries a through ball, but Diego Falcinelli is caught offside.
5': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Radovan Pankov.
6': Attempt blocked. Rade Krunic (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
6': Penalty conceded by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
7': VAR Decision: Penalty Milan.
8': Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
9': Goal! Milan 1, Crvena Zvezda 0. Franck Kessié (Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
9': Diego Falcinelli (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the right wing.
9': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Milan).
10': Offside, Milan. Davide Calabria tries a through ball, but Rafael Leão is caught offside.
11': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samu Castillejo.
11': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Milos Degenek.
12': Attempt missed. Samu Castillejo (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
12': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
12': Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Sekou Sanogo (Crvena Zvezda).
13': Franck Kessié (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Attempt blocked. Diego Falcinelli (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Slavoljub Srnic with a headed pass.
14': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
15': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Milan).
15': Milos Degenek (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the right wing.
16': Attempt missed. El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mirko Ivanic.
17': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Davide Calabria.
17': El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
18': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Franck Kessié.
19': Hand ball by Radovan Pankov (Crvena Zvezda).
21': Diego Falcinelli (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
21': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
22': El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
23': Hand ball by Rafael Leão (Milan).
24': Goal! Milan 1, Crvena Zvezda 1. El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mirko Ivanic.
25': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan).
25': Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Foul by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda).
26': Samu Castillejo (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda).
27': Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
28': Attempt blocked. Diogo Dalot (Milan) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
29': Attempt blocked. Franck Kessié (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
29': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Sekou Sanogo.
30': Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samu Castillejo with a cross.
30': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
30': El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (Milan).
34': Attempt missed. Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Slavoljub Srnic.
35': Foul by Sekou Sanogo (Crvena Zvezda).
35': Rade Krunic (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Diogo Dalot (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
36': Foul by El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda).
36': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Milos Degenek.
37': Attempt saved. Diogo Dalot (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Davide Calabria with a cross.
39': Attempt missed. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
39': Offside, Milan. Soualiho Meité tries a through ball, but Rafael Leão is caught offside.
41': Fikayo Tomori (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Slavoljub Srnic (Crvena Zvezda).
42': Foul by Davide Calabria (Milan).
42': Mirko Ivanic (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the left wing.
43': Attempt missed. Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane following a set piece situation.
43': El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Milan).
45': Foul by Slavoljub Srnic (Crvena Zvezda).
45': Rade Krunic (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Slavoljub Srnic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
45'+2': First Half ends, Milan 1, Crvena Zvezda 1.
45': Second Half begins Milan 1, Crvena Zvezda 1.
45': Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Njegos Petrovic replaces Slavoljub Srnic.
45': Substitution, Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rade Krunic.
45': Substitution, Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Rafael Leão.
46': Foul by Mirko Ivanic (Crvena Zvezda).
46': Samu Castillejo (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Attempt missed. Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Milan Gajic.
49': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Milan Gajic.
50': Foul by Franck Kessié (Milan).
50': Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Attempt missed. Njegos Petrovic (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marko Gobeljic.
53': Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
53': Attempt missed. Ante Rebic (Milan) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a headed pass.
56': Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samu Castillejo.
57': Attempt missed. Milan Gajic (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mirko Ivanic.
59': Foul by El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane (Crvena Zvezda).
59': Franck Kessié (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Diego Falcinelli (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
61': Attempt blocked. Mirko Ivanic (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
61': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
62': Foul by Sekou Sanogo (Crvena Zvezda).
62': Soualiho Meité (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
63': Milan Borjan (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
63': Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Attempt missed. Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
65': Foul by Njegos Petrovic (Crvena Zvezda).
65': Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
66': Substitution, Milan. Theo Hernández replaces Davide Calabria.
66': Substitution, Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Samu Castillejo.
67': Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
67': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan).
67': Guélor Kanga Kaku (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Milan).
68': Mirko Ivanic (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Attempt saved. Sekou Sanogo (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milos Degenek.
68': Attempt missed. Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
69': Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Aleksandar Katai replaces Guélor Kanga Kaku.
69': Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Filippo Falco replaces El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane.
70': Foul by Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda).
70': Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Second yellow card to Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) for a bad foul.
71': Aleksandar Katai (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Milan).
72': Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Milan Pavkov replaces Diego Falcinelli.
73': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Franck Kessié.
74': Offside, Milan. Ante Rebic tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
75': Aleksandar Katai (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
78': Attempt blocked. Milan Pavkov (Crvena Zvezda) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Njegos Petrovic with a cross.
79': Filippo Falco (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Foul by Ante Rebic (Milan).
80': Filippo Falco (Crvena Zvezda) wins a free kick on the right wing.
80': Foul by Soualiho Meité (Milan).
81': Offside, Milan. Diogo Dalot tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
82': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Katai (Crvena Zvezda) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Milan Pavkov with a headed pass.
83': Offside, Milan. Ante Rebic tries a through ball, but Theo Hernández is caught offside.
83': Foul by Milan Pavkov (Crvena Zvezda).
83': Franck Kessié (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Veljko Nikolic replaces Mirko Ivanic.
85': Foul by Milan Pavkov (Crvena Zvezda).
85': Franck Kessié (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
86': Offside, Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic tries a through ball, but Ante Rebic is caught offside.
88': Foul by Njegos Petrovic (Crvena Zvezda).
88': Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Diogo Dalot.
90': Attempt blocked. Radovan Pankov (Crvena Zvezda) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Katai with a cross.
90': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Alexis Saelemaekers.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Ante Rebic (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Soualiho Meité.
90'+1': Corner, Milan. Conceded by Radovan Pankov.
90'+4': Corner, Crvena Zvezda. Conceded by Soualiho Meité.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Milan 1, Crvena Zvezda 1.
0': Match ends, Milan 1, Crvena Zvezda 1.

Statistics

RSB		MIL
19	Fouls	19
1	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	6
8	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	1
48.4	Possession	51.6
16	SHOTS	16
2	ON GOAL	4
0.1	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
271	Accurate Passes	301
361	Passes	395
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	3
24	Crosses	15
0.3	Cross %	0.2
69	Long Balls	59
33	Accurate Long Balls	30
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	7
2	Effective Tackles	7
6	Tackles	12
0.3	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	8
12	Effective Clearances	16
12	Clearances	16

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
99	Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
13	Alessio Romagnoli
23	Fikayo Tomori
5	Diogo Dalot
2	Davide Calabria
33	Rade Krunic
79	Franck Kessié
18	Souahilo Meïté
17	Rafael Leão
10	Hakan Çalhanoglu
7	Samu Castillejo

AC Milan Substitutes:

Pierre Kalulu, Alexis Saelemaekers, Brahim Díaz, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ante Rebic, Antonio Donnarumma, Sandro Tonali, Matteo Gabbia, Simon Kjaer, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Theo Hernández.

Red Star Belgrade (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
82	Milan Borjan (GK)
5	Milos Degenek
6	Radovan Pankov
77	Marko Gobeljic
2	Milan Gajic
8	Guélor Kanga
55	Slavoljub Srnic
35	Sekou Sanogo
16	Diego Falcinelli
4	Mirko Ivanic
31	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane

Red Star Belgrade Substitutes:

Filippo Falco, Zeljko Gavric, Milan Pavkov, Njegos Petrovic, Zoran Popovic, Nikola Krstovic, Aleksandar Katai, Veljko Nikolić, Marko Copic, Aleksa Vukanovic.

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