Match highlights
AC Milan vs Sampdoria highlights
How the goals came
9' Rafael Leão opens the scoring for AC Milan → 20' Fabio Quagliarella equalises for Sampdoria → 23' Olivier Giroud puts AC Milan ahead (the winner) → 29' Olivier Giroud extends AC Milan's lead → 63' Brahim Díaz extends AC Milan's lead → 68' Olivier Giroud extends AC Milan's lead. Full time: 5-1, AC Milan win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
9' Rafael Leão (AC Milan) 1-0
AC Milan took the lead at San Siro in the ninth minute of their Serie A Matchday 36 meeting with Sampdoria on May 20, 2023. Rafael Leão scored to make it 1-0 early on for the home side. It was the first of five Milan goals in a match that ended 5-1.
20' Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) 1-1
Sampdoria pulled level in the 20th minute through Fabio Quagliarella, making it 1-1 at San Siro. The equalizer came 11 minutes after the visitors had fallen behind. It would prove to be Sampdoria's only goal of the afternoon.
23' Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) 2-1
Only three minutes after the equalizer, Olivier Giroud restored AC Milan's lead in the 23rd minute to make it 2-1. Milan never relinquished the advantage again, making this the winning goal. It was also the first of Giroud's three goals in the match.
29' Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) 3-1
Six minutes after putting Milan back in front, Olivier Giroud struck again in the 29th minute for his second of the match. The goal made it 3-1 and gave AC Milan a two-goal cushion. The hosts had opened that gap before half-time.
63' Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) 4-1
Brahim Díaz added AC Milan's fourth in the 63rd minute, extending the lead to 4-1 in the second half. The two-goal margin from the first half had now grown to three. Díaz became the third different Milan scorer of the day, after Leão and Giroud.
68' Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) 5-1
Olivier Giroud completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute, five minutes after Brahim Díaz's goal. His third of the match made it 5-1. No further goals followed, and AC Milan closed out a 5-1 home win over Sampdoria.
