
Serie A Competition
Oct 28, 2015 - Catania vs Milan | |||
TEAM | 1 | 2 | SCORE |
Catania (2-1-6) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Milan (5-3-1) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Team Stats Comparison | |||||||
Catania | Milan | ||||||
3 | Goals | 2 | |||||
8 | Shots | 9 | |||||
8 | Shots on Target | 7 | |||||
5 | Tackles | 9 | |||||
0 | Fouls | 3 | |||||
0 | Yellow Cards | 2 | |||||
0 | Red Cards | 0 | |||||
0 | Injuries | 0 | |||||
100% | Shot Accuracy | 77% | |||||
90% | Passing Percentage | 85% |
Summary:
The headlines surrounding this game will be one of panic for Milan fans who watched their team go down at home to an awful Catania club. However, the underlying truth is that Milan played a great game, but Catania played a perfect game. Milan would start off hot, as El Shaarawy would put in an early rebound goal off an errant Allen shot in the 3'. Catania would not let that affect them, pushing the attack right back at Milan. Acerbi would take down Llama on a late tackle inside the penalty area, drawing the foul and the yellow card and giving up a penalty kick. Maxi Lopez would put the penalty home, evening up the game early. Catania continued to keep Milan on their heels, largely on the play of Maxi in the middle, disrupting the Milan midfield and slicing through the backline with excellent skill and passing. Maxi would once again find room drawing defenders in his direction before lobbing a ball over the top that Biaganti would find, striking a perfect ball into the top left corner for the 2-1 lead. Milan would find some magic late, finally getting some chances of their own. Boateng would find himself on a 2v1 with Emanuelson. e would give to Emanuelson, and the winger would miss a wide open shot on net, just wide of the post. Just as he has done so many times before, Allen played the hero in the 90'. He would dribble around the Catania penalty area, looking for space. The two defenders that were on him stumbled into each other, and that was all the space Allen needed to fire off a right footed bomb into the far corner past the outreached hand of Andujar. San Siro went crazy as Milan tied up the game. But the game was not over. On the restart, the referee did not blow the whistle, giving Catania one last chance. Maxi once again played the decoy, giving the ball to a cutting Gomez just inside the penalty area. Acrebi charged, but that left just enough room for Gomez to send a great through ball to Barrientos for a wide open look at the net. He wouldn't miss from there, poking a ball just underneath a diving Brkic for the game winner. Milan loses a heartbreaker to Catania, 3-2.

Notable Allen statistics:
7.6 Rating
Goals: 90'

3 shots on/1 shot off target
1 1v1 victory
Season statistics:
Serie A- 11 goals, 3 assists
All Competitions- 23 goals, 5 assists
Career statistics: 151 goals, 36 assists
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