Italian Serie A

Lecce vs AC Milan, 2023-24 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Lecce
  • 66': Nicola Sansone
  • 70': Lameck Banda
FT
2 - 2
AC Milan
  • 28': Olivier Giroud
  • 35': Tijjani Reijnders
  • Red Card 90'+3': Olivier Giroud

Milan throw away two-goal lead in 2-2 draw at Lecce

AC Milan squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Lecce as Stefano Pioli's side extended their winless run to four league games.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
  • 1': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
  • 1': Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 4': Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
  • 4': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 5': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Foul by Lameck Banda (Lecce).
  • 6': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Hamza Rafia (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 8': Delay in match because of an injury Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
  • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 10': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Rafael Leão because of an injury.
  • 12': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan).
  • 12': Marin Pongracic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Okafor.
  • 14': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Foul by Lameck Banda (Lecce).
  • 16': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
  • 16': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 28': Goal! Lecce 0, AC Milan 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 30': Foul by Hamza Rafia (Lecce).
  • 30': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 35': Goal! Lecce 0, AC Milan 2. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 38': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce).
  • 38': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a headed pass.
  • 39': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 39': Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Gendrey.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu with a cross.
  • 42': Foul by Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
  • 42': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Foul by Mohamed Kaba (Lecce).
  • 43': Noah Okafor (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 44': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
  • 44': Noah Okafor (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Lecce 0, AC Milan 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lecce 0, AC Milan 2.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Davide Calabria.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 51': Foul by Hamza Rafia (Lecce).
  • 51': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Foul by Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
  • 52': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Malick Thiaw.
  • 57': Substitution, Lecce. Joan González replaces Hamza Rafia.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  • 62': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce).
  • 62': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Substitution, Lecce. Alexis Blin replaces Mohamed Kaba.
  • 63': Substitution, Lecce. Roberto Piccoli replaces Nikola Krstovic.
  • 63': Substitution, Lecce. Nicola Sansone replaces Gabriel Strefezza.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  • 65': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan).
  • 65': Nicola Sansone (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Alexis Blin (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lameck Banda with a cross following a corner.
  • 66': Goal! Lecce 1, AC Milan 2. Nicola Sansone (Lecce) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Alexis Blin following a corner.
  • 70': Goal! Lecce 2, AC Milan 2. Lameck Banda (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicola Sansone.
  • 71': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Tommaso Pobega.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 75': Alexis Blin (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
  • 76': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 76': Joan González (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Nicola Sansone (Lecce) right footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 79': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marin Pongracic following a fast break.
  • 80': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 80': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 80': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 84': Nicola Sansone (Lecce) hits the left post with a header from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Joan González with a cross.
  • 85': Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Substitution, Lecce. Lorenzo Venuti replaces Lameck Banda.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Nicola Sansone (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Patrick Dorgu.
  • 90': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan).
  • 90': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 90'+1': Joan González (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Joan González (Lecce).
  • 90'+2': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Joan González (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
  • 90'+3': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) is shown the red card.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Lecce).
  • 90'+4': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 90'+5': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': VAR Decision: No Goal Lecce 2-2 AC Milan.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Lecce 2, AC Milan 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Lecce 2, AC Milan 2.

Statistics

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0 Fouls 0
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 0
0 Possession 0
0 SHOTS 0
0 ON GOAL 0
0.0 On Target % 0.0
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
0 Blocked Shots 0
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare
Location: Lecce, Italy
Attendance: 26,484

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 27 +35 58
2 Napoli 27 +21 57
3 Atalanta 27 +33 55
4 Juventus 27 +24 52
Full Table

Line-Ups

LEC Lecce (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
6 Federico Baschirotto
5 Marin Pongracic
13 Patrick Dorgu
17 Valentin Gendrey
20 Ylber Ramadani Yellow Card
8 Hamza Rafia
77 Mohamed Kaba
9 Nikola Krstovic
22 Lameck Banda
27 Gabriel Strefezza Yellow Card
Lecce Substitutes:
Jasper Samooja, Joan Gonzàlez, Lorenzo Venuti, Nicola Sansone, Rares Burnete, Marcin Listkowski, Antonino Gallo, Kastriot Dermaku, Alexis Blin, Zinedin Smajlovic, Medon Berisha, Roberto Piccoli, Federico Brancolini, Ahmed Touba, Rémi Oudin.

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
23 Fikayo Tomori
28 Malick Thiaw
19 Theo Hernández
2 Davide Calabria
14 Tijjani Reijnders
32 Tommaso Pobega
33 Rade Krunic Yellow Card
9 Olivier Giroud
10 Rafael Leão
21 Samuel Chukwueze
AC Milan Substitutes:
Alessandro Florenzi, Yacine Adli, Luka Jovic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Antonio Mirante, Lapo Nava, Davide Bartesaghi, Luka Romero, Noah Okafor, Yunus Musah.

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