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Benfica

1-0-0

YES!

Benfica beat AC Milan

1-0-0 2 – 0

0-0-1

FT · Wed, Sep 16

Match Details

San Siro (Milano) · 68,393 fans · CBS Sports Network, Paramount+ View tournament bracket →

Recap

Pulisic subs on as Milan humbled by Benfica in Europa League

AC Milan kicked off their Europa League campaign with a disappointing 2-0 home loss to Portuguese side Benfica.

Recap via ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, AC Milan 0, Benfica 2.
90'+5'Second Half ends, AC Milan 0, Benfica 2.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross following a corner.
90'+4'Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gianluca Prestianni.
90'+4'Attempt blocked. Mario Gila (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
90'+2'Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2'Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).
90'+1'Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
90'+1'Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).

Line Score

	1	2	T
SLB	1	1	2
MIL	0	0	0

Match Leaders

Benfica

DL Dodi Lukébakio · 1Goals
DL Dodi Lukébakio · 3Total Shots
AT Anatoliy Trubin · 4Saves
JP João Palhinha · 13Defensive Interventions
Souffian El Karouani · 41Accurate Passes

AC Milan

GR Gonçalo Ramos · 3Total Shots
MM Mike Maignan · 2Saves
KD Koni De Winter · 9Defensive Interventions
SP Strahinja Pavlovic · 71Accurate Passes

Key Events

90'+2'Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

88'Substitution, Benfica. Samuel Dahl replaces Souffian El Karouani.

84'Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

80'Substitution, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Jhon Durán.

80'Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup replaces Jakub Kaminski.

77'Daniel Banjaqui (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

73'Substitution, AC Milan. Adrien Rabiot replaces Ardon Jashari.

70'Substitution, Benfica. Gianluca Prestianni replaces Heorhiy Sudakov.

70'Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Fredrik Aursnes.

57'Substitution, AC Milan. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Davide Bartesaghi.

57'Substitution, AC Milan. Diego Moreira replaces Alphadjo Cisse.

53'Goal! AC Milan 0, Benfica 2. Jakub Kaminski (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross.

45'Substitution, AC Milan. Mario Gila replaces Filippo Terracciano.

45'Substitution, AC Milan. Christian Pulisic replaces Omari Hutchinson.

37'Jhon Durán (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

26'Souffian El Karouani (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

16'Goal! AC Milan 0, Benfica 1. Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jakub Kaminski.

11'Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.