AC Milan traveled to face Venezia today in a match with high stakes for both teams. The Rossoneri, fighting for a European spot, faced a Venezia side battling relegation. This was Milan’s first game since their Coppa Italia semi-final victory over Inter.

Starting Lineups

Venezia: Radu, Schnegg, Idzes, Candela, Zerbino, Busio, Nicolussi Caviglia, Candé, Haps, Filla, Yeboah.

Milan: Maignan, Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlović, Hernández, Fofana, Reijnders, Pulisic, Abraham, Leão.

Milan started strongly, with Leão creating an early chance. Christian Pulisic opened the scoring in the 5th minute, giving the Rossoneri an early lead.

Venezia struggled to create clear chances, with Yeboah missing a half-chance in the 24th minute. The first half ended 1-0 to Milan.

Venezia nearly equalized early in the second half, but Nicolussi’s shot went just wide. Milan dominated possession and Pulisic came close to scoring again in the 55th minute.

The game seemed headed for a narrow Milan win until Santiago Giménez sealed the victory in the 95th minute with a composed finish.

Goals:

5′ Pulisic (0-1): Capitalizing on a Venezia mistake, Giménez found Fofana who set up Pulisic for a calm finish.

95′ Giménez (0-2): A through ball from Reijnders found Giménez who chipped the keeper beautifully.