At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on August 22, AC Milan challenged Bologna away in the first round of the 2023-24 Serie A season. In the first half, Reindes assisted Olivier Giroud's goal, and then Giroud assisted Pulisic to score his first Serie A goal; In the second half, Leo's shot hit the post. In the end, AC Milan beat Bologna 2-0 away to start the new season.
Milan released Tonali in the summer transfer window and subsequently brought in a number of new signings. In this game, three new signings, Loftus-Cheek, Reindes and Pulisic, entered the starting lineup. Ahead of the kick-off, both teams observed a moment of silence for the recently deceased Serie A coach Mazzone, who has coached the most Serie A games.
In the opening first minute, Milan encountered the home team's "killer stick", Likojanis volleyed with his left foot in front of the penalty area, and the ball hit the crossbar and popped off.
In the 11th minute, Christian Plisic picked out a cross from the right side of the box, and Reindes volleyed the ball back in front of the goal, and received a small angle push from Giroud to give Milan a 1-0 lead over Bologna.
In the 14th minute, Ndoye dangled the ball past Te'o and volleyed wide from the right side of the box. In the 15th minute, Zirkze's shot was blocked before Lewis Ferguson's left-footed volley hit the side-netting.
In the 21st minute, Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud hit the wall and the former extended the score with a right-footed volley from the penalty area line, giving Milan a 2-0 lead over Bologna, Pulisic's first Serie A goal.
In the 24th minute, Lewis Ferguson fired a low shot from the left side of the box and Meignan fell to the ground to save the ball. In the 27th minute, Milan picked out a cross from the right side of the pitch, and Giroud, who was unguarded at the back of the box, volleyed with his left foot, and the goalkeeper lifted the ball out with one hand.
In the 34th minute, Lewis Ferguson dribbled into the left side of the box and his low left-footed shot was saved. In the 39th minute, Te'o came to the top of the arc with the ball and was destroyed by the attacking goalkeeper flying tackle, and Te'o was also injured. At the end of the first half, Milan temporarily took the lead.
In the 59th minute, Ndoyer dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and pushed at a small angle in front of the baseline, and Meignan blocked the ball with his foot. In the 61st minute, Abhisher's shot from inside the box hit Meignan.
In the 84th minute, substitute Pobega fired a long-range shot that was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 89th minute, Leo dribbled the ball into the box from the left, swung past the two players' defenses and volleyed from a small angle, and the ball bounced back into the field after hitting the far post.
In the end, the match ended with AC Milan beating Bologna 2-0.