hello everyone well our venue today is a true football monument i'm talking of course
about the san siro i'm your match commentator derek ray and ready to provide expert analysis
alongside me is stuart robson and very much looking forward to bringing you action from serial
it's milan and they take on hellas verona well derek when looking forward to this
game you can't help but notice there are some great matchups all over the pitch
particularly in those central areas whichever team wins more of those battles will win the game
really looking forward to this contest and it's milan who get things started
here's the milan team mike mignon begins in goal teo hernandez starts with davide calabria
in the fullback positions and leading the attack today this is a big moment here and a goal
to open the scoring a very bright start to this one
well i won't get tired of watching this it's an outstanding bit of play
just look how far he runs with the ball that's a great goal
and the ball moving again what sort of response will we see from them now
not the best challenge free kick
and he did well to cut it out
davide calabria
now with ibrahimovic
i must say this looks promising
kessie a happy to take on the shot tremendous block a foul it most certainly was free kick given
a chance to extend the lead and confidently convert it
well let's look at that once again because penalties don't get much better than this
struck high into the corner it was never in doubt that he was scored
so toenail now
and there's
attacking possibilities
and players waiting in the center
can he finish and it's come off the keeper good work to win it back high up the pitch
well you won't see too many better saves than that it was just brilliant
salamakers
how about the cross not away completely
well let's see what they have in store for them on the break
now can they make something happen great challenge he got nothing but ball
well the keeper should grab hold of it
against targets
giving the ball away
oh big chance
well here's the replay and just look at that power that's almost unstoppable that's a great strike
well they get the ball rolling again and milan are quite frankly handicaps a very harsh lesson here
looking confident with the ball at his face velozo simeone
possession changing hands
cassie
teo hernandez cassier has it tonali with it calabria sandro tonali
calabria
but it fizzles out thanks to that piece of defending now
counter-attacking possibilities here and out for a throw-in just misfiring with the pass
and the fourth official confirming that we'll have one additional minute
and the whistle is sounded for half time in this game
well we're highlighting him for a reason he's bossing the game stewart
and giving the defenders headaches well he scored good goals but his all-round
player's been excellent he looks like scoring every time he gets on the ball
underway in the second half and after such a lopsided first 45 minutes
is it possible to think they could turn this around
couldn't quite hang on able to clear the danger at least for now
well i still can't believe that didn't go in derek what an incredible save
fed over towards the back post well they haven't overcome all the difficulties
here's faraoni
tremendous intuition to win it back
calabria tomori
what is he want to cut out really
salamakers almost weighing up the opposition with a string of neat passes and space for the cross
and that's the hatrick tearing apart this defense time and again they simply can't handle him
well here's the replay and it all starts off with that cross into the box just begging for
a teammate to get on the end of it and it ends up with a fairly simple finish
certainly not much the goalkeeper can do about that
this game very much over as a contest so a throw in here
tomorrow
hernandez now
hernandez
kessier has it brahim ray beach
and possession given away and the referee has awarded the free kick he tried to play advantage
but it wasn't forthcoming well they've decided to make a change
and he whips it in taking care of business defensively here
but it did look dangerous for a moment but the keeper has it now
kalinich
and given away
and milan could get in behind the defence deep delivery now that still could be dangerous
nicely blocked
sandra tonali
it needs an accurate cross it comes to absolutely nothing
barack has it
and winning it back and this might not be the ideal situation for them oh that is a superb save
and no-nonsense defensive clearance
antonin barak defensive efficiency personified
in behind for him to chase can he put it away
not quite the clearance they were hoping for oh brilliant goalkeeping and so the
referee blows the whistle that is the end of the game and milan victorious
what did you think of their performance all told well derek they were the better team all over
the pitch we saw good individual performances we saw an attack which was always threatening
and they played really well what a performance that was today