“Christian Pulisic opens the scoring with a left-footed finish from the centre of the box after Milan won a free kick in their defensive half moments earlier.”
Pivotal“Adrien Rabiot doubles Milan's lead with a left-footed finish from the centre of the box, arriving soon after Danilo Veiga's yellow card for a rough challenge on Pavlovic's blocked effort.”
Pivotal“Substitute Diego Moreira caps a dominant display by scoring Milan's third just minutes after coming on, finishing from the centre of the box.”
AC Milan
Lecce
Outstanding performance
AC Milan•DefenderMilan dictated the game from the first whistle, racking up 69% possession and doubling Lecce's shot count while creating five big chances to their opponents' none. Pulisic's early strike settled any nerves, but the real damage came in a ruthless second-half spell between the 61st and 73rd minutes when Rabiot and substitute Diego Moreira turned a comfortable lead into a rout. Lecce, without a single big chance of their own and forced into 29 tackles just to stay in the game, offered little going forward and leaned entirely on containment that eventually broke down. For Milan this result reinforces genuine title credentials with a statement performance built on control and efficiency, while Lecce's toothless attacking display will raise fresh concerns about their survival prospects.
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Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Francesco Camarda (AC Milan).
Substitution, AC Milan. Francesco Camarda replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
Foul by Oumar Ngom (Lecce).
Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danilo Veiga with a cross.
Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Gonçalo Ramos.
Attempt saved. Amar Fatah (Lecce) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Assisted by Oumar Ngom.
Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
Paco Esteban (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Koni De Winter (AC Milan).
Substitution, Lecce. Konan N’Dri replaces Santiago Pierotti.
Attempt saved. Oumar Ngom (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Assisted by Antonino Gallo.
Offside, AC Milan. Gonçalo Ramos is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan).
Substitution, AC Milan. Davide Bartesaghi replaces Pervis Estupiñán.
Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Luka Modric.
Offside, Lecce. Santiago Pierotti is caught offside.
Goal! AC Milan 3, Lecce 0. Diego Moreira (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt missed. Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luka Modric.
Handball by Oumar Ngom (Lecce).
Substitution, Lecce. Mohamed Kaba replaces Ivan Ilic.
Substitution, Lecce. Oumar Ngom replaces Youssef Maleh.
Substitution, Lecce. Amar Fatah replaces Joël Monteiro.
Mike Maignan (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Christian Pulisic.
Substitution, AC Milan. Diego Moreira replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
Foul by Paco Esteban (Lecce).
Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Samuel Chukwueze.
assist: Gonçalo Ramos
Goal! AC Milan 2, Lecce 0. Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Offside, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze is caught offside.
Danilo VeigaYellow CardDanilo Veiga (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt blocked. Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, AC Milan. Strahinja Pavlovic is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
Foul by Santiago Pierotti (Lecce).
Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Youssef Maleh (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luka Modric (AC Milan).
Offside, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
Foul by Paco Esteban (Lecce).
Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
Substitution, Lecce. Paco Esteban replaces Nikola Stulic.
Foul by Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Lecce 0.
Ivan Ilic (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved.
Attempt missed. Koni De Winter (AC Milan) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross following a corner.
Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pervis Estupiñán (AC Milan).
Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
Foul by Jamil Siebert (Lecce).
Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
Foul by Joël Monteiro (Lecce).
Mario Gila (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Mario Gila (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joël Monteiro (Lecce).
Foul by Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
assist: Strahinja Pavlović
Goal! AC Milan 1, Lecce 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Foul by Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match (AC Milan).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt missed. Ivan Ilic (Lecce) left footed shot from the right side of the box.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Joël Monteiro (Lecce) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Nikola Stulic with a headed pass.
Foul by Danilo Veiga (Lecce).
Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Santiago Pierotti (Lecce).
Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jamil Siebert (Lecce).
Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
First Half begins.
AC Milan look to snap a winless run and get back to their attacking best when Lecce visit San Siro, with Luka Modrić poised to return to the starting XI and Christian Pulisic set for his first start of the campaign. History overwhelmingly favors the Rossoneri, who haven't lost to Lecce in Serie A since 2006.
