AC Milan 0 - 2 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

AC Milan 0 - 2 Chelsea

21' (pen) Jorginho
34' Aubameyang, ast by Mount

1 Shots on Target 4
6 Shots off Target 11
2 Corners 5
12 Fouls 18
0 Offsides 2
2 Saves 1
6 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
30% Possession 70%






Cards
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Fikayo Tomori 18' 20' Mason Mount
Olivier Giroud 20' 29' Raheem Sterling
Matteo Gabbia 32' 86' Conor Gallagher
Rade Krunic 35'
Tommaso Pobega 66'
Sandro Tonali 89'
Fode Ballo-Toure 90'



球場: Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
觀眾: 75,051
開賽: 20:00 Tue, 11 Oct 2022
主裁: Daniel Siebert



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ac-milan-vs-chelsea-debrief-mounts-magical-45-minutes-and-tactical-swing-in

AC Milan vs Chelsea Debrief: Mount's magical 45 minutes and tactical swing
in midfield

12 OCT 2022


The statistics from Chelsea's 2-0 Champions League win away at AC Milan
show why Mason Mount only needed 45 minutes to be named Man of the Match
by UEFA and how both teams tried to take control of the midfield…


https://i.imgur.com/6MESLgX.png


It was certainly a European night to remember for the Blues, as we won at
San Siro for the first time in our history against any club. It was a
highly tactical game, with Graham Potter and Stefano Pioli going
head-to-head in their attempts to gain the upper hand.


It was also a match which can be divided into two sections, with a
dramatic shift in the way things were playing out before and after former
Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori was shown a red card 18 minutes in,
reducing Milan to 10 men.


== Midfield battle of wits ==


Before that sending off, Milan had set out looking determined to stamp
their authority on the midfield at home, after struggling in that area in
last week's 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.


https://i.imgur.com/JGCrUlq.png


A slight change of shape from Pioli saw Ismael Bennacer operating alone as
a deep midfielder, with Sandro Tonali pushed higher up the pitch alongside
Rade Krunic, apparently in an attempt to deny Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic
time and space on the ball, as well as preventing them from venturing
forward too often. The eagerness of the Milan midfield to press our own
quickly was shown by the fact Bennacer and Tonali registered the highest
number of tackles in the match with four each (level with Kalidou
Koulibaly).


The way their shape shifted in and out of possession was also telling,
with left-back Theo Hernandez, who returned to captain the Rossoneri after
missing the first game through injury, coming inside to provide an extra
body in midfield when Milan had the ball, before heading back to the left
to help Rafael Leao handle the rampaging Reece James when they lost it.


It would have been interesting to see how that plan would have played out
over 90 minutes, but once they lost Tomori any possibility of outnumbering
Chelsea in the centre evaporated and they quickly shifted their approach,
instead opting to hit longer high balls forward and use Olivier Giroud as
a target man, meaning by the end of the game 16 per cent of the home
side's passes were long balls, compared to eight per cent for the Blues.


https://i.imgur.com/HKhKhcX.png


That plan was thwarted by another assured performance from Thiago Silva,
man-marking Giroud on the Brazilian's 100th Champions League appearance.
Those two players won four aerial challenges each – the joint highest on
the pitch – but it was the Blues man who came out on top as he ensured
that neither of Giroud's two shots were on target and prevented him from
linking up with team-mates, the Frenchman's 42 per cent pass completion
being the lowest of anyone.


== Ruthless from Potter ==


Instead, once Milan were reduced to 10 men, it was Chelsea who took a
stranglehold on the midfield, especially after some telling interventions
from Potter in the second half to suffocate any space for the home side in
that area.


Knowing it would be difficult for the Rossoneri to keep applying pressure
and chase the ball, we effectively passed them into the ground. Over the
course of the game Milan played 312 passes, completing 253 of them. Both
those figures are dwarfed by Chelsea's 671 completed passes from a total
of 712, giving the team an impressive overall pass completion rate of 94
per cent.


As always, Jorginho was a prime example of how to excel in that situation,
with his 108 touches on the ball more than double anyone in a Milan shirt,
while his 91 passes were far more than the home team's best, centre-back
Matteo Gabbia with 39.


https://i.imgur.com/XcfTP8s.png


It was Potter's introduction of Ruben Loftus-Cheek from the bench in the
second half which really handed us control of that area of the pitch,
though, as he slotted in alongside Jorginho and Kovacic to give us a
three-man midfield, who were able to play the ball around almost
uncontested. That's evidenced by the fact in just under half-an-hour
Loftus-Cheek played 45 passes – more than any Milan player managed in 90
minutes – and had 49 touches in possession, compared to 43 for Tonali and
just 26 for Krunic in the whole game.


== Short and sweet from Mason ==


Mount's game may only have lasted 45 minutes, as he was withdrawn at
half-time as a precaution after picking up a booking, with Potter wary of
the large number of cards being dished out by the referee – nine yellows
and one red between the two teams in total.


However, Mount certainly made an impact during that time, enjoying a freer
role to roam and find the space between the Milan lines while dragging
Bennacer away from his position protecting the Milan back four.


https://i.imgur.com/Samr7Ad.png


It was in just such a situation that he got free in the box before the
foul by Tomori which resulted in the red card and penalty and allowed
Jorginho to open the scoring. It was another well-timed dart in among the
defenders and intelligent pass which saw him set up Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang for our second goal.


His creative influence was underlined by the three key passes he produced
during the first half, the joint highest of any player during the whole
match, alongside fellow Academy graduate Trevoh Chalobah.

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