25
21:12
The game is more balanced now, Milan are fighting their way into the game better. However, the brilliant idea is still missing on both sides. Florence only became dangerous after individual mistakes.
22
21:09
Milan can now free themselves from the pressure of the home team with a ball possession phase and let the leather circulate through their own line. In the end, however, a long ball from the keeper does not end up with Giroud, but with Igor. Giroud has not yet been involved at all.
19
21:07
González with the first really good chance. In the build-up, Rebić unhesitatingly plays the ball into the opponent’s feet. González can pull away quite easily from 20 meters, but aims a little too centrally. Maignan can save to the side. Milan seems unfocused in the early stages.
16
21:04
Several corners sail from the right into the AC Milan penalty area. This time, an attacker from the home team comes in for a header, but misses the crossbar by almost a meter.
14
21:02
The entire stadium commemorates Davide Astori. Five years ago today, Florence legend Astori died unexpectedly before a league game. The game stands still for the entire 14th minute, all the fans get up and the entire stadium commemorates the footballer.
13.
21:01
Bonaventura tries to surprise Maignan in the goalkeeper corner from the inside right position. The Milan keeper is wide awake and defends to the side.
12.
20:59
Yellow card for Malick Thiaw (AC Milan)
The German makes a stick mistake in the build-up game and then falls to Arthur Cabral on the edge of the penalty area. Yellow for the German and top free-kick position for the Viola.
10
20:58
Kalulu moves up, but completely misjudges the duel, so that Ikoné is up and away after the pass from Dodô. In the penalty area, Thiaw got into a duel with the winger at the last second and separated him from the ball with a robust physical effort.
7.
20:55
The first conclusion also belongs to the viola. Ikoné flies the ball to the right, where González chests a Mandragora. But his shot clearly hops past the right goalpost.
5.
20:53
Fiorentina gets a corner kick from the right, which Biraghi brings to the back post with a train. Martínez Quarta does not get control of the flank and skulls the leather like a candle in the air. Then Milan can clarify.
3.
20:50
Both teams feel their way into the game, both try to gain possession of the ball and so the two teams neutralize each other for the time being.
1.
20:48
The ball rolls! Referee Marco di Bello has approved the match, in which Florence will play in purple jerseys and Milan in white jerseys.
1.
20:47
game start
20:31
Viola coach Vincenzo Italiano made two changes to his starting XI compared to last week: Biraghi Terzić replaced at left back and Bonaventura replaced Barák in attacking midfield. Milan coach Stefano Pioli even made a three-way swap because Krunić, Brahim Díaz and Rafael Leão are either suspended or injured. The recovered six-man Bennacer and the offensive players De Ketelaere and Rebić move into the starting eleven. For the Milan coach it is a return to the old place of work, where he worked between 2017 and 2019.
20:19
Il Diavolo from Milan started 2023 with three clear defeats, then changed the system to three central defenders and since then have won four games in a row. The German central defender Malick Thiaw, who was rotated into the starting XI as a result and was recently voted the club’s player of the month in February, played a part in the turnaround. Most recently, Milan won convincingly against their direct competitor from Bergamo, where Zlatan Ibrahimović celebrated his comeback after a long injury break.
20:07
Most recently, AC Florenz was able to confidently prevail in the play-offs of the Conference League against SC Braga with a total of 7:2. In the league, too, Fiorentina clearly and efficiently won 3-0 at Kellerkind Hellas Verona on the last matchday and seems to be in good shape at the moment. But the European Cup ambitions that Florence had before the season are clearly behind. It will be a special game today for midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura, who played for AC Milan for six years.
19:54
The home team from Florence is stuck in the gray mid-table of Serie A. The Viola is currently in twelfth place and is therefore far from the relegation places and from the European ranks. The Rossoneri from Milan, on the other hand, are in the running for the Champions League places and are currently fourth. The Milan team won the first leg 2-1 and are the favorites to go into the game today.
19:42
Welcome to the Saturday night game of matchday 25 in Serie A! At 8.45 p.m., AC Fiorentina meets AC Milan at their home Stadio Artemio Franchi.