Italian Serie A

Sassuolo vs AC Milan, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Sassuolo
    FT
    0 - 3
    AC Milan
    • 17': Olivier Giroud
    • 32': Olivier Giroud
    • 36': Franck Kessié

    AC Milan win first Serie A title in 11 years after final-day victory at Sassuolo

    AC Milan clinched their first Italian Serie A title in 11 years after earning a 3-0 final day victory at Sassuolo on Sunday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Davide Frattesi.
    • 4': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
    • 4': Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaan Ayhan.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos.
    • 6': Foul by Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
    • 6': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
    • 8': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a through ball.
    • 9': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
    • 12': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
    • 12': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
    • 15': Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Davide Frattesi.
    • 17': Goal! Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
    • 19': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo).
    • 19': Franck Kessié (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
    • 22': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Hernández following a corner.
    • 23': Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan).
    • 29': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 29': Foul by Franck Kessié (AC Milan).
    • 30': Attempt missed. Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 32': Goal! Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 2. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 34': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
    • 34': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
    • 36': Goal! Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 3. Franck Kessié (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 37': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
    • 37': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers with a cross.
    • 39': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
    • 39': Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 40': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
    • 42': Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
    • 43': Attempt saved. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) header from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross.
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 43': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
    • 45'+1': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 3.
    • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
    • 45': Substitution, Sassuolo. Francesco Magnanelli replaces Maxime Lopez.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Franck Kessié (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 51': Offside, AC Milan. Pierre Kalulu tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos with a cross.
    • 53': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo).
    • 53': Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo).
    • 57': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
    • 57': Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Traorè replaces Davide Frattesi.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
    • 64': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
    • 66': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
    • 66': Hamed Traorè (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Francesco Magnanelli.
    • 67': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Domenico Berardi because of an injury.
    • 72': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
    • 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Rade Krunic.
    • 75': Offside, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
    • 76': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Ismaël Bennacer.
    • 76': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Rafael Leão.
    • 78': Offside, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer tries a through ball, but Rafael Leão is caught offside.
    • 79': Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
    • 79': Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
    • 80': Franck Kessié (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
    • 81': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessio Romagnoli replaces Fikayo Tomori.
    • 82': Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Peluso replaces Gian Marco Ferrari.
    • 82': Substitution, Sassuolo. Giacomo Satalino replaces Andrea Consigli.
    • 83': Foul by Franck Kessié (AC Milan).
    • 83': Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 85': Foul by Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo).
    • 86': Attempt saved. Mert Müldür (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matheus Henrique.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Hamed Traorè (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Hamed Traorè (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gregoire Defrel.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matheus Henrique.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gregoire Defrel.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos.
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 0, AC Milan 3.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 0
    7 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 8
    46.5 Possession 53.5
    18 SHOTS 15
    12 ON GOAL 3
    0.7 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    296 Accurate Passes 359
    356 Passes 416
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 3
    14 Crosses 12
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    49 Long Balls 47
    28 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    12 Effective Tackles 6
    21 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.5
    3 Interceptions 8
    7 Effective Clearances 15
    7 Clearances 15

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
    Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Attendance: 21,525

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Atalanta 13 +18 28
    2 Internazionale 13 +17 28
    3 Napoli 12 +10 26
    4 Fiorentina 12 +15 25
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SAS Sassuolo (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    47 Andrea Consigli (GK)
    31 Gian Marco Ferrari
    5 Kaan Ayhan
    77 Georgios Kyriakopoulos Yellow Card
    17 Mert Müldür
    8 Maxime López Yellow Card
    97 Matheus Henrique
    16 Davide Frattesi
    91 Gianluca Scamacca
    18 Giacomo Raspadori
    25 Domenico Berardi
    Sassuolo Substitutes:
    Francesco Magnanelli, Riccardo Ciervo, Rogério, Federico Peluso, Hamed Traoré, Grégoire Defrel, Giacomo Satalino, Gianluca Pegolo, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Ruan, Vlad Chiriches, Filip Djuricic.

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

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    23 Fikayo Tomori
    20 Pierre Kalulu
    19 Theo Hernández
    2 Davide Calabria
    33 Rade Krunic
    79 Franck Kessié
    8 Sandro Tonali Yellow Card
    9 Olivier Giroud
    17 Rafael Leão
    56 Alexis Saelemaekers
    AC Milan Substitutes:
    Brahim Díaz, Alessio Romagnoli, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Matteo Gabbia, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Ante Rebic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ismaël Bennacer, Alessandro Florenzi, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Antonio Mirante, Junior Messias.

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