AC Milan Defeat Empoli 2-0 in Eventful Serie A Match
Second-half goals from Rafael Leao and Santiago Gimenez secured the win after both teams were reduced to 10 players.
- AC Milan claimed a 2-0 victory over Empoli in a Serie A match, with both teams finishing the game with 10 players after second-half red cards.
- Manager Sergio Conceicao's attacking substitutions of Rafael Leao, Santiago Gimenez, and Christian Pulisic proved decisive in breaking the deadlock.
- Fikayo Tomori was sent off for Milan in the 55th minute, but Empoli's Luca Marianucci received a straight red card 10 minutes later following a VAR review.
- Leao opened the scoring with a header from a Pulisic cross, and Gimenez doubled the lead with a curling strike, marking his first goal for the club.
- The win moves Milan to seventh in the Serie A standings with 38 points, four away from European qualification spots, ahead of their upcoming Champions League playoff at Feyenoord.