Monza defeats Milan 4-2. HIGHLIGHTS

MONZA. Monza prevails over Milan 4-2.

February 19, 2024

MONZA. Monza defeats Milan 4-2.

The match was played at the U-Power Stadium stadium in Monza on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the support of Filippo Valeriani and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.73 degrees Celsius or 56.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.

Match Statistics

Monza

4 - 2

Milan

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

12 Total 16
6 On Target 6
2 Off Target 5
4 Shots blocked 6

88 Attack 128
27 Dangerous attack 40
81 Ball safe 57

1 Penalties 0
7 Corners 3

Fouls

11 Total 9
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Monza was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Milan that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Monza managed to find the solution to win this match.

Monza shot 12 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Milan shot 16 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Monza received 5 yellow cards (Warren Bondo, Dany Mota, Raffaele Palladino, Milan Đurić and Matteo Pessina). On the opposite side, Milan received 1 yellow card (Matteo Gabbia).

Also, Milan didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Luka Jović (Milan) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (52′).

Match Timeline

Milan Djuric- Yellow

33'

Alessandro Sorrentino- sub ->Michele Di Gregorio

43'

Matteo Pessina (penalty)

45'

Dany Mota(goal)Andrea Colpani

45'

Matteo Pessina - Yellow

45'

46'

Tijjani Reijnders- sub ->Yacine Adli

46'

Rafael Leão- sub ->Noah Okafor

46'

Christian Pulisic - sub ->Samuel Chukwueze

52'

Luka Jović- Red

51'

Luka Jović(VAR_CARD)

54'

Olivier Giroud- sub ->Ismael Bennacer

Matteo Pessina (VAR)

90'

64'

Olivier Giroud(goal)Christian Pulišić

Warren Bondo- sub ->Valentín Carboni

66'

Lorenzo Colombo- sub ->Milan Đurić

66'

Warren Bondo- Yellow

76'

Dany Mota- Yellow

76'

Daniel Maldini- sub ->Dany Mota

81'

Pedro Pereira- sub ->Andrea Colpani

81'

83'

Matteo Gabbia- Yellow

83'

Yunus Musah- sub ->Alessandro Florenzi

88'

Christian Pulisic (goal)Malick Thiaw

Warren Bondo(goal)Daniel Maldini

90'

Lorenzo Colombo(goal)Matteo Pessina

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Monza has 33 points to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Milan will stays with 52 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Monza will play away with Salernitana on the 25th of February with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Monza (0 draws).

Milan will host Atalanta on the 25th of February with a 14-12 head to head in favor of Milan (8 draws).

Monza – Formation

Monza

Michele Di Gregorio 16.Italy

7.0

43'

Andrea Carboni 44.Italy

6.4

Armando Izzo 4.Italy

7.5

Pablo Marí 22.Spain

6.7

Roberto Gagliardini 6.Italy

7.0

Samuele Birindelli 19.Italy

7.0

Valentin Carboni 21.Argentina

6.8

66'

Andrea Colpani 28.Italy

7.1

81'

Matteo Pessina 32.Italy

7.8

45'

45'

Dany Mota 47.Portugal

7.9

81'

76'

45'

Milan Djuric 11.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.7

66'

33'

Substitutes

Alessandro Sorrentino 23.Italy

6.3

43'

Stefano Gori 66.Italy

Giulio Donati 2.Italy

Pedro Pereira 13.Portugal

6.6

81'

Davide Bettella 18.Italy

Danilo D'Ambrosio 33.Italy

Georgios Kyriakopoulos 77.Greece

Luca Caldirola 5.Italy

José Machín 7.Equatorial Guinea

Warren Bondo 38.France

7.3

66'

76'

90'

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 8.Ivory Coast

Lorenzo Colombo 9.Italy

7.3

66'

90'

Daniel Maldini 27.Italy

6.8

81'

Alessio Zerbin 20.Italy

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

The manager Raffaele Palladino decided to play with the following team: Michele Di Gregorio (7.0), Armando Izzo (7.5), Pablo Marí (6.7), Andrea Carboni (6.4), Samuele Birindelli (7.0), Matteo Pessina (7.8), Roberto Gagliardini (7.0), Dany Mota (7.9), Andrea Colpani (7.1), Valentín Carboni (6.8) and Milan Đurić (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Giulio Donati, José Machín , Lorenzo Colombo (7.3), Pedro Pereira (6.6), Davide Bettella, Alessandro Sorrentino (6.3), Daniel Maldini (6.8), Danilo D’Ambrosio, Warren Bondo (7.3), Stefano Gori, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Luca Caldirola, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro and Alessio Zerbin.

Monza could not rely on the presence of Alessandro Sorrentino (injured).

Substitutions

Monza made 5 changes: Michele Di Gregorio for Alessandro Sorrentino (43′), Valentín Carboni for Warren Bondo (66′), Milan Đurić for Lorenzo Colombo (66′), Dany Mota for Daniel Maldini (81′) and Andrea Colpani for Pedro Pereira (81′).

Player of the match: Dany Mota

The most impressive player for Monza was Dany Mota.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Milan – Formation

Milan

Mike Maignan 16.France

6.0

Theo Hernández 19.France

7.0

Malick Thiaw 28.Germany

6.4

Alessandro Florenzi 42.Italy

7.3

83'

Matteo Gabbia 46.Italy

6.4

83'

Ismaël Bennacer 4.Algeria

6.8

54'

Samuel Chukwueze 21.Nigeria

7.0

46'

Yacine Adli 7.France

6.4

46'

Ruben Loftus-Cheek 8.England

7.0

Noah Okafor 17.Switzerland

6.3

46'

Luka Jović 15.Serbia

6.1

52'

Substitutes

Marco Sportiello 57.Italy

Antonio Mirante 83.Italy

Simon Kjaer 24.Denmark

Alejandro Jiménez 74.Spain

J. Šimić 82.Serbia

Filippo Terracciano 38.Italy

Yunus Musah 80.England

6.8

83'

Christian Pulisic 11.United States

8.4

46'

88'

Tijjani Reijnders 14.Netherlands

7.0

46'

Rafael Leão 10.Portugal

6.8

46'

Olivier Giroud 9.France

7.1

54'

64'

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

Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan (6.0), Alessandro Florenzi (7.3), Malick Thiaw (6.4), Matteo Gabbia (6.4), Theo Hernández (7.0), Ismael Bennacer (6.8), Yacine Adli (6.4), Samuel Chukwueze (7.0), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (7.0), Noah Okafor (6.3) and Luka Jović (6.1).

They had on the bench: Rafael Leão (6.8), Simon Kjær, Filippo Terracciano, Marco Sportiello, Álex Jiménez, Yunus Musah (6.8), J. Šimić, Antonio Mirante, D. Bartesaghi, Tijjani Reijnders (7.0), Christian Pulišić (8.4) and Olivier Giroud (7.1).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Noah Okafor for Rafael Leão (46′), Samuel Chukwueze for Christian Pulišić (46′), Yacine Adli for Tijjani Reijnders (46′), Ismael Bennacer for Olivier Giroud (54′) and Alessandro Florenzi for Yunus Musah (83′).