MADRID. Milan snatched a late win Atlético Madrid 1-0 after J. Messias scored just 1 goal (87′). Milan took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Slavko Vinčić assisted by Tomaž Klančnik and Andraž Kovačič. The 4th official was Nejc Kajtazović. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.3 degrees Celsius or 39.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Milan had a superior ball possession 57% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Milan was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the contest.​

Atlético Madrid shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (M. Llorente). On the opposite side, Milan received 3 yellow cards (O. Giroud, T. Hernandez and T. Bakayoko).

Standings

After playing this match, Atlético Madrid will stay with 4 points like Milan to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Milan will have 4 points like Atlético Madrid to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Champions League, Atlético Madrid will play away with Porto on the 7th of December with a 2-2 head to head.

Milan will host Liverpool on the 7th of December with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone decided to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (6.6), Stefan Savić (7.1), José María Giménez (6.6), Mario Hermoso (6.8), Koke (6.8), Marcos Llorente (7.0), Rodrigo de Paul (7.0), Thomas Lemar (6.9), Yannick Carrasco (5.8), Antoine Griezmann (7.1) and Luis Suárez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Lecomte, Héctor Herrera, Šime Vrsaljko (6.3), Ángel Correa (6.7), Matheus Cunha (6.3), Geoffrey Kondogbia (6.8), Renan Lodi (6.6) and Fran Gonzalez.

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: T. Lemar for A. Correa (64′), M. Hermoso for Renan Lodi (64′), L. Suarez for M. Cunha (77′), R. De Paul for S. Vrsaljko (77′) and A. Griezmann for G. Kondogbia (81′).

Best player: Stefan Savić​

The most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Stefan Savić.

His rating is (7.1) with 34 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Milan – Formation

Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Stefano Pioli played with: Ciprian Tătărușanu (6.9), Pierre Kalulu (7.2), Simon Kjær (6.8), Alessio Romagnoli (7.1), Theo Hernández (7.3), Sandro Tonali (7.2), Franck Kessié (7.7), Alexis Saelemaekers (7.1), Brahim Díaz (6.9), Rade Krunić (6.8) and Olivier Giroud (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Zlatan Ibrahimović (6.8), Daniel Maldini, Rafael Leão, Tiemoué Bakayoko (7.1), Ismaël Bennacer (6.8), Sebastiano Desplanches, Junior Messias (7.1), Antonio Mirante, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Matteo Gabbia and Alessandro Florenzi (6.8).

Milan could not rely on the presence of Z. Ibrahimovic (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: S. Tonali for T. Bakayoko (65′), R. Krunic for J. Messias (65′), P. Kalulu for A. Florenzi (65′), O. Giroud for Z. Ibrahimovic (66′) and B. Diaz for I. Bennacer (78′).

Best player: Franck Kessié​

The player that probably impressed the most for Milan was Franck Kessié even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 63 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• Sheriff – Real Madrid – 0-3
• Sporting CP – Borussia Dortmund – 3-1
• Inter – Shakhtar Donetsk – 2-0
• Beşiktaş – Ajax – 1-2
• Liverpool – Porto – 2-0
• Atlético Madrid – Milan – 0-1
• Club Brugge – RB Leipzig – 0-5
• Manchester City – Paris Saint Germain – 2-1