UEFA Europa League

Stade Rennais vs AC Milan, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs

· 2nd Leg - AC Milan advance 5-3 on aggregate
Stade Rennais
  • 11': Benjamin Bourigeaud
  • 54': Benjamin Bourigeaud (P)
  • 68': Benjamin Bourigeaud (P)
FT
3 - 2
2nd Leg - AC Milan advance 5-3 on aggregate
AC Milan
  • 22': Luka Jovic
  • 58': Rafael Leão

Milan reach Europa League last 16 despite loss at Rennes

AC Milan reached the Europa League round of 16 despite a 3-2 loss at Stade Rennais on Thursday as Benjamin Bourigeaud's hat trick was not enough for the hosts to stop the Italian side completing a 5-3 aggregate victory.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
  • 1': Martin Terrier (Rennes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ismaël Bennacer.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Adrien Truffert (Rennes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Désiré Doué with a cross.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  • 6': Foul by Désiré Doué (Rennes).
  • 6': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
  • 11': Goal! Rennes 1, AC Milan 0. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (Rennes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  • 13': Offside, Rennes. Arnaud Kalimuendo is caught offside.
  • 15': Foul by Amine Gouiri (Rennes).
  • 15': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Amine Gouiri (Rennes).
  • 18': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 22': Goal! Rennes 1, AC Milan 1. Luka Jovic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Théo Hernández with a cross.
  • 25': Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 27': Attempt saved. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guela Doué.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Terrier.
  • 27': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Désiré Doué (Rennes) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Guela Doué with a cross.
  • 28': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guela Doué.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
  • 33': Foul by Désiré Doué (Rennes).
  • 33': Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Foul by Guela Doué (Rennes).
  • 35': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Amine Gouiri (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 37': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Baptiste Santamaría.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
  • 38': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Adrien Truffert (Rennes).
  • 42': Désiré Doué (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 42': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 43': Attempt missed. Arthur Theate (Rennes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Terrier.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Rennes 1, AC Milan 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Rennes 1, AC Milan 1.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Désiré Doué.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Truffert with a cross.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left.
  • 48': 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 Luka Jovic with a through ball.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guela Doué with a cross.
  • 50': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Désiré Doué (Rennes).
  • 51': Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Foul by Luka Jovic (AC Milan).
  • 52': Penalty Rennes. Martin Terrier draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 52': Penalty conceded by Simon Kjær (AC Milan) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 53': Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 54': Goal! Rennes 2, AC Milan 1. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 55': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Guela Doué.
  • 57': Substitution, Rennes. Azor Matusiwa replaces Baptiste Santamaría.
  • 57': Substitution, Rennes. Alidu Seidu replaces Guela Doué.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
  • 58': Goal! Rennes 2, AC Milan 2. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  • 60': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 60': Offside, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Rafael Leão.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  • 62': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
  • 64': Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 64': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a cross.
  • 64': Penalty conceded by Luka Jovic (AC Milan) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 67': VAR Decision: Penalty Rennes.
  • 68': Goal! Rennes 3, AC Milan 2. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 69': Foul by Amine Gouiri (Rennes).
  • 69': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Amine Gouiri (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Théo Hernández with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 70': Delay in match because of an injury Martin Terrier (Rennes).
  • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Substitution, Rennes. Ludovic Blas replaces Désiré Doué.
  • 71': Substitution, Rennes. Ibrahim Salah replaces Martin Terrier.
  • 74': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
  • 75': Foul by Alidu Seidu (Rennes).
  • 75': Luka Jovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Truffert.
  • 78': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Rennes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a cross.
  • 78': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Yunus Musah.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Warmed Omari (Rennes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ludovic Blas with a cross following a corner.
  • 79': Mike Maignan (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 79': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Rennes).
  • 79': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Substitution, AC Milan. Malick Thiaw replaces Yunus Musah.
  • 83': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 84': Substitution, Rennes. Bertug Yildirim replaces Amine Gouiri.
  • 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Filippo Terracciano replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  • 85': Offside, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze is caught offside.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Salah (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  • 88': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Salah.
  • 89': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 89': Ludovic Blas (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Alidu Seidu (Rennes).
  • 90'+1': Noah Okafor (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Rennes).
  • 90'+3': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
  • 90'+5': Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Rennes 3, AC Milan 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Rennes 3, AC Milan 2.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 10
5 Saves 3
44.8 Possession 55.2
8 SHOTS 24
5 ON GOAL 8
0.6 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
284 Accurate Passes 367
353 Passes 415
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 9
10 Crosses 37
0.3 Cross % 0.2
50 Long Balls 30
25 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 11
6 Effective Tackles 6
10 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
5 Interceptions 8
26 Effective Clearances 10
26 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Roazhon Park
Location: Rennes, France
Attendance: 28,320

Line-Ups

REN Stade Rennais (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Steve Mandanda (GK)
5 Arthur Theate
23 Warmed Omari
3 Adrien Truffert
17 Guela Doué
8 Baptiste Santamaria
33 Désiré Doué
14 Benjamin Bourigeaud
9 Arnaud Kalimuendo
7 Martin Terrier
10 Amine Gouiri Yellow Card
Stade Rennais Substitutes:
Ibrahim Salah, Gauthier Gallon, Jeanuël Belocian, Mathis Lambourde, Djaoui Cissé, Geoffrey Lembet, Bertug Ozgur Yildirim, Ludovic Blas, Christopher Wooh, Azor Matusiwa, Alidu Seidu.

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

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK) Yellow Card
46 Matteo Gabbia
24 Simon Kjaer
19 Theo Hernández
42 Alessandro Florenzi Yellow Card
80 Yunus Musah
14 Tijjani Reijnders
4 Ismaël Bennacer
15 Luka Jovic
10 Rafael Leão
11 Christian Pulisic
AC Milan Substitutes:
Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Olivier Giroud, Clinton Nsiala-Makengo, Yacine Adli, Marco Sportiello, Samuel Chukwueze, Antonio Mirante, Malick Thiaw, Victor Eletu, Filippo Terracciano, Noah Okafor, Davide Bartesaghi.

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