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Italian Soccer Serie A
45% Ball Possession AC MILAN and 55% Ball Possession MONZA
AC Milan 3 – 0 Monza 
3′ Tijjani Reijnders
41′ Jan-Carlo Simic
76′ Noah Okafor
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 3rd position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +8
Monza, 10th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +2
AC Milan returned to positive reaults winning the Serie A Week 16 game against Monza on Sunday 17 December 2023 at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Milan getting back up after the knockout of Bergamo and took their third victory in the last four of the championship, thus rising to 32 points, closing on Juve and at the same time maintaining a five-point margin over fourth in the standings (Naples on 27). Monza is at its second stop in the last three days.
On matchday 17, Milan will visit Salernitana on Friday 22 December 2023. Monza will host Fiorentina also on Friday.
A super-fast start for the Rossoneri. Milan opened the score in the 3rd minute. Tijjani Reijnders defeated Monza goalkeeper Di Gregorio with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Christian Pulisic.
Things are working out for the Rossoneri. In the 41st minute, a dream debut for Jan-Carlo Simic scoring a goal with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Rafael Leão.
In the 76th minute, Noah Okafor scored with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Olivier Giroud.
✅ Stats before the game: Milan have won both matches against Monza in Serie A, only Atalanta has so far recorded three wins out of three against the Brianza team in the top flight. Monza have lost all of their last three matches against Lombard teams in Serie A (always away), conceding 10 goals and scoring just two – as many as they lost in the first seven matches against opponents from their own region in the tournament (W2, D2). Milan is the only team that has not yet drawn any home match this Serie A season (5W, 2L), more generally the Rossoneri’s last draw in home matches in the league dates back to May 3 against Cremonese, since then eight successes and two defeats. Milan have lost three of their last seven league matches (W2, D2), as many defeats as in their previous 21 Serie A matches (W13, D5, L3). Furthermore, the Rossoneri have not lost two matches in a row in the tournament since the period between January and February (three in that case, against Lazio, Sassuolo and Inter).
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-3-3): Maignan; Florenzi, Kjær, Tomori, Hernández; Loftus-Cheek, Reijnders, Pobega; Pulisic, Giroud, Leão.
👉Lineup MONZA (3-4-1-2): Di Gregorio; D’Ambrosio, Caldirola, Carboni A.; Pereira, Gagliardini, Pessina, Kyriakopoulos; Colpani; Mota, Colombo.
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🇮🇹 Referee Gianluca Aureliano from the section of Bologna will be assisted by Mattia Scarpa from the section of Reggio Emilia and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa from the section of Roma 1. The Fourth Official will be Giovanni Ayroldi from the section of Molfetta. The VAR will be Daniele Paterna from the section of Teramo. The AVAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo.
The San Siro Stadium is ready for AC Milan vs Monza
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmonza
Photo via twitter.com/acmonza
Photo via twitter.com/acmonza
2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 16
AC Milan 3 – 0 Monza
Sunday 17 December 2023
San Siro Stadium
Milan, Italy
12:30
Referee: AURELIANO
Assistants: SCARPA – YOSHIKAWA
Fourth Official: AYROLDI
VAR: PATERNA
AVAR: MAZZOLENI
⚽️ Goals:
🟨 Booked:
✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-3-3): Maignan; Florenzi, Kjær, Tomori, Hernández; Loftus-Cheek, Reijnders, Pobega; Pulisic, Giroud, Leão.
Subs.: Mirante, Nava; Bartesaghi, Jiménez, Nsiala, Simić; Adli, Bennacer, Krunić, Romero; Chukwueze, Jović, Okafor.
Coach: Stefano Pioli.
👉Lineup MONZA (3-4-1-2): Di Gregorio; D’Ambrosio, Caldirola, Carboni A.; Pereira, Gagliardini, Pessina, Kyriakopoulos; Colpani; Mota, Colombo.
Subs.: Gori, Sorrentino; Bettella, Birindelli, Carboni F., Cittadini, Donati; Akpa-Akpro, Bondo, Carboni V., Ciurria, Machin, Vignato; Marić.
Coach: Raffaele Palladino.
