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55% Ball Possession BOLOGNA and 45% Ball Possession AC MILAN
Bologna 0 – 1 AC Milan
.                                                89′ Mario Pasalic

Serie A Standing AFTER the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Bologna, 13th position with 27 points and a negative goal difference of -12

An incredible victory for AC Milan dueling with 9 players against Bologna with 11 players in this Recovered Serie A Week 18.   It’s definitely a victory to boost the morale of the team to keep up the race for a spot in Champions League next season or, at least, the Europa League.

AC Milan are -17 points below Juventus with 57 points in the 1st position and -8 points below Napoli with 48 points in the 3rd position which is the spot to duel for the Champions League Playoff.

It’s a pity for Bologna wasting the chance to grab this home victory having a +2 players advantage.   Referee Doveri gave the first red card to AC Milan defender Gabriel Paletta in the 36th minute after a foul on Bologna midfielder Blerim Dzemaili.     Paletta had received 2 yellow cards which resulted in the red card.    The second red card for Milan arriving in the 56th minute.  Referee Doveri gave a second yellow card to Juraj Kucka leaving the Rossoneri with 9 players.

AC Milan scoring the only goal of the match in the 89th minute and enough to claim the victory.   It is midfielder Mario Pasalic to defeat Bologna goalkeeper Da Costa with a left footed shot in the bottom left corner.  The assist is by forward Gerard Deulofeu.

Tough situation for Bologna because last week they were humiliated by Napoli  suffering a 7-1 defeat at the Dall’Ara Stadium.   AC Milan now gaining momentum after 3 consecutive defeats in the Serie A.

• After this match, there are 69 precedents between Bologna vs AC Milan at the Dall’Ara Stadium in Serie A.   Stats showing Bologna with 25 wins, AC Milan with 24 wins, and 20 draws.

Here is BOLOGNA official starting lineup by coach Roberto Donadoni:

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Da Costa; Krafth, Maietta, Gastaldello, M’Baye; Džemaili, Pulgar, Nagy; Verdi, Destro, Krejčí.

Here is AC MILAN official starting lineup by coach Vincenzo Montella:

AC MILAN (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Abate, Paletta, Romagnoli, Vangioni; Kucka, Locatelli, Pašalić; Suso, Bacca, Deulofeu.

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Stats AFTER the game.   Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Mattia Destro and Blerim Dzemaili with 5 goals each

Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Carlos Bacca with 8 goals

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of BOLOGNA:  1 draw, 2 lost

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN:  1 win, 2  lost

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Bologna official starting lineup against AC Milan

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AC Milan official starting lineup against Bologna

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2016 – 2017 Italian Serie A Week 37

Bologna 0 – 1 AC Milan
Saturday 7 May 2016
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Bologna, Italy

20:45

Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: CARIOLATO – PERETTI
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: GIACOMELLI

Goals:  89′ Mario Pasalic (M)

Official lineups – formations:

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Da Costa; Krafth, Maietta, Gastaldello, M’Baye; Džemaili, Pulgar, Nagy; Verdi, Destro, Krejčí.

Subs: Torosidis, Izzo, Viviani, Oikonomou, Petković, Di Francesco, Donsah, Sadiq, Taïder, Sarr, Ravaglia, Helander

Coach:  Roberto Donadoni.

AC MILAN (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Abate, Paletta, Romagnoli, Vangioni; Kucka, Locatelli, Pašalić; Suso, Bacca, Deulofeu.

Subs: Plizzari, Storari, Gómez, Zapata, Bertolacci, Honda, Mati Fernández, Poli, Cutrone, Lapadula, Ocampos.

Coach:  Vincenzo Montella.