Italian Serie A

Venezia vs AC Milan, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Venezia
  • Red Card 58': Michael Svoboda
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0 - 3
AC Milan
  • 2': Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • 48': Theo Hernández
  • 59': Theo Hernández (P)

Milan go top of Serie A as Zlatan, Hernandez score in Venezia win

AC Milan went top of Serie A with a 3-0 win over Venezia on Sunday, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic among the goals.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Pasquale Mazzocchi (Venezia).
  • 1': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Goal! Venezia 0, AC Milan 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 5': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
  • 5': Gianluca Busio (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  • 7': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
  • 7': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by David Okereke.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi following a corner.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Mattia Aramu (Venezia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Okereke.
  • 11': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gianluca Busio.
  • 13': Offside, Venezia. Gianluca Busio tries a through ball, but Mattia Aramu is caught offside.
  • 17': Ethan Ampadu (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan).
  • 23': Foul by Gianluca Busio (Venezia).
  • 23': Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Foul by Michaël Cuisance (Venezia).
  • 28': Attempt saved. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
  • 28': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 28': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
  • 29': Foul by Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan).
  • 29': Mattia Aramu (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
  • 31': Thomas Henry (Venezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Foul by Gianluca Busio (Venezia).
  • 35': Foul by David Okereke (Venezia).
  • 35': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 37': David Okereke (Venezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).
  • 37': Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Thomas Henry (Venezia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gianluca Busio with a cross.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Ethan Ampadu (Venezia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Thomas Henry with a cross.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Thomas Henry (Venezia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pasquale Mazzocchi with a cross.
  • 41': Hand ball by Gianluca Busio (Venezia).
  • 41': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 42': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ethan Ampadu.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Venezia 0, AC Milan 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Venezia 0, AC Milan 1.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
  • 46': Foul by Pasquale Mazzocchi (Venezia).
  • 46': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by David Okereke (Venezia).
  • 48': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Goal! Venezia 0, AC Milan 2. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
  • 51': Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
  • 51': Mattia Aramu (Venezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Mattia Aramu (Venezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Okereke.
  • 54': Offside, Venezia. Thomas Henry tries a through ball, but Mattia Aramu is caught offside.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Junior Messias (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  • 56': Foul by Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia).
  • 56': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  • 57': Penalty conceded by Michael Svoboda (Venezia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 58': Michael Svoboda (Venezia) is shown the red card.
  • 59': Goal! Venezia 0, AC Milan 3. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 60': Substitution, Venezia. Dennis Johnsen replaces Mattia Aramu.
  • 60': Substitution, Venezia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Thomas Henry.
  • 60': Substitution, Venezia. Sofian Kiyine replaces Michaël Cuisance.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 64': Foul by David Okereke (Venezia).
  • 64': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 64': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ethan Ampadu.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 66': Foul by Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan).
  • 66': Sofian Kiyine (Venezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Domen Crnigoj (Venezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sofian Kiyine.
  • 67': Corner, Venezia. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Junior Messias.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Domen Crnigoj (Venezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dennis Johnsen.
  • 73': Dennis Johnsen (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
  • 73': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
  • 73': Substitution, AC Milan. Olivier Giroud replaces Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 79': Substitution, Venezia. Luca Fiordilino replaces Gianluca Busio.
  • 79': Dennis Johnsen (Venezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 82': Attempt blocked. David Okereke (Venezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Johnsen.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Daniel Maldini (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  • 86': Hand ball by Daniel Maldini (AC Milan).
  • 88': Substitution, AC Milan. Luca Stanga replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 88': Substitution, Venezia. Bjarki Bjarkason replaces David Okereke.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90': Bjarki Bjarkason (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Luca Stanga (AC Milan).
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Sofian Kiyine (Venezia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luca Fiordilino.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Venezia 0, AC Milan 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Venezia 0, AC Milan 3.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0 Offsides 2
7 Corner Kicks 1
3 Saves 4
61.6 Possession 38.4
18 SHOTS 9
8 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
559 Accurate Passes 313
634 Passes 387
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
12 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 41
32 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 9
16 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 5
11 Effective Clearances 17
11 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Pier Luigi Penzo
Location: Venezia, Italy
Attendance: 5,582

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 33 +40 71
2 Napoli 33 +27 71
3 Atalanta 33 +36 64
4 Bologna 33 +15 60
Full Table

Line-Ups

VEN Venezia (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
88 Sergio Romero (GK)
32 Pietro Ceccaroni Yellow Card
30 Michael Svoboda Red Card
55 Ridgeciano Haps
7 Pasquale Mazzocchi
44 Ethan Ampadu
27 Gianluca Busio
21 Michaël Cuisance
14 Thomas Henry
10 Mattia Aramu
77 David Okereke
Venezia Substitutes:
Luca Lezzerini, Francesco Forte, Marco Modolo, Domen Crnigoj, Cristian Molinaro, David Schnegg, Sofian Kiyine, Dennis Johnsen, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason, Arnór Sigurdsson, Luca Fiordilino, Dor Peretz.

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
46 Matteo Gabbia Yellow Card
20 Pierre Kalulu
19 Theo Hernández
25 Alessandro Florenzi
10 Brahim Díaz
41 Tiemoué Bakayoko
8 Sandro Tonali Yellow Card
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
17 Rafael Leão
56 Alexis Saelemaekers Yellow Card
AC Milan Substitutes:
Rade Krunic, Ante Rebic, Junior Messias, Daniel Maldini, Olivier Giroud, Antonio Mirante, Lapo Nava, Andrea Conti, Luca Stanga.

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