AC Milan

Three goals, three different goalscorers and three points for the Rossoneri.

At the end of the half, the breakthrough came: Šutalo brought down Leão in the box for a clear penalty, and Giroud made no mistake [from the spot](https://www.acmilan.com/en/match-center/2022-23-uefa-champions-league-ac-milan-dinamo-zagreb-g2326757/statistics) to make it 1-0 to AC Milan. The key figures of the evening were Giroud, who opened the scoring from the spot, [Saelemaekers](https://www.acmilan.com/it/squadre/prima-squadra-maschile/giocatori/alexis-saelemaekers/statistiche) with the Rossoneri's second and [Pobega](https://www.acmilan.com/it/squadre/prima-squadra-maschile/giocatori/tommaso-pobega/statistiche), who came on in the 67th minute and, ten minutes later, scored his first goal for AC Milan. [Leão](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/players/rafael-leao/statistics) after 20 minutes who ran down on goal from his own half but was well-stopped at the moment of shooting, from just a few yards out. [three points on the board](https://www.acmilan.com/en/season/2022/standings/uefa-champions-league). But Dinamo reduced the deficit immediately through Oršić, who after 56 minutes took advantage of Petković’s nice feed through to beat Maignan. After the break, AC Milan came out like a house on fire and doubled their lead through Saelemaekers, after not even two minutes of play. [Champions League](https://www.acmilan.com/en/season/2022/schedule/uefa-champions-league) now too. The squad managed the game from there on in and without any further incident secured the win. However, we must shift focus straight back to domestic football as we take on [Napoli at San Siro at 20:45 CEST](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/ticketing/2022-09-04/september-at-san-siro-ac-milan-v-napoli) on Sunday - our last game before the break. Dinamo lined up at San Siro in a tight 4-5-1 to try and nullify the Rossoneri’s attack. On nine minutes, Giroud created an opening for himself but his left-foot shot from 18 yards went just over the bar. Dinamo, who beat Chelsea on matchday 1, were full of confidence and played with their usual defensive style, which worked for almost an entire half of football.

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The latter plays in Pobega with a superb through pass into the centre of the area first-time from an acute angle on the left, and the midfielder finishes brilliantly into the net, with the ball taking a touch off the crossbar on its way in. The latter continues his run into the box and latches onto the give-and-go with his strike partner, before placing a nice strike into the corner from inside the area. He then delivers a floated cross into the box and Saelemaekers is there to send a powerful header past Livakovic from close range. After some great passing and moving in the final third, the ball is played to Leao on the inside left channel, and the winger uses his pace to get past Moharrami with ease. The 23-year-old Belgian, who was deployed out on the right wing for the Rossoneri this evening, had a great game from the flank. It was also the Rossoneri's first win at San Siro in the Champions League since they defeated Celtic 2-0 at home back in 2013.

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He won the penalty and also assisted the second goal thanks to a great dribble and cross. Diaz (6): He lost too many duels in attack and also had quite a few misplaced passes. He was allowed to roam free quite a lot in the attacking phase and he didn’t always get paid for it. Kalulu (7): He did well throughout the game and really battled with the Dinamo forwards. Calabria (6.5): Solid display from the captain with many interceptions and good passing for most of the game. Maignan (6): He didn’t really have to do that much this evening as the away side only had three shots on target.

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It was a first ever goal in the Champions League for Pobega, who came through Milan's youth system and is now back with his boyhood club after four years on loan at a series of Italian clubs. Giroud stepped up to the penalty spot and netted his fourth goal of the season, giving Milan the lead and opening up what had been a tight match. Milan were not rattled though and sealed the points with a nicely-worked goal with 13 minutes remaining.

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It was also Milan’s first home win in the Champions League in almost nine years, since a win over Celtic was followed by three losses and three draws at San Siro. Leão also had a hand in Milan’s third. It was Milan’s first win in the competition this season after it opened with a 1-1 draw at Salzburg. Milan is already in talks to extend Leão’s contract, which expires in 2024. We didn’t receive an official written offer from Chelsea, but there was an informal one and naturally it was rejected.” Tommaso Pobega all but sealed the result 13 minutes from time.