AC Milan defeated Empoli 1-0 at home in the 28th round of the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A season.
AC Milan started the match quickly, launching a number of threatening attacks. In the 3rd minute, Calabria crossed the ball into the box, but the ball was headed away by Empoli's defenders. Pulisic then attempted a shot inside the box, but the ball was unfortunately parried away by Empoli goalkeeper Capriles. Although AC Milan failed to break through in the first half of the match, their attacking momentum did not weaken. In the 16th minute, AC Milan got a corner kick from the left side, Ben Nasser sent the ball into the penalty area, Tomori grabbed the ball, Okafor shot from a small angle at the far post, but unfortunately the ball was confiscated by Capriles.AC Milan's persistence finally paid off in the 40th minute. Okafor received a direct feed from a teammate, took the ball along the left road into the penalty area and inverted triangular knockback, Pulisic forward to the penalty area arc to meet the ball from the left foot shot, the ball hit Empoli player Luperto leg refraction, bounced into the goal. After VAR confirmation, the referee ruled that the goal was valid and AC Milan took a 1-0 lead.
In the second half of the match, AC Milan continued to intensify their offense and tried to expand the score. In the 47th minute, AC Milan attacked from the right side and Calabria shot inside the penalty area, but the ball went over the crossbar. Empoli also tried to launch a counterattack, but AC Milan's defense was very solid and didn't give the opponent too many chances. In the 55th minute, Cambiaggi received the ball from the left side of the field and shot into the penalty area, but the ball went wide. In the 65th and 76th minutes, AC Milan also got a good chance to attack, but they couldn't capitalize on it.
In the final stage, Empoli launched a fierce attack to try to equalize the score. In the 86th minute, Empoli received a corner kick from the left side, Destro header, but the ball nearly broke through the goal, and was finally held firmly by AC Milan goalkeeper. As the referee blew the final whistle, AC Milan beat Empoli 1-0 and successfully took three points.
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