Lecce 0-2 AC Milan Player Ratings: Luka Modric 8/10 As AC Milan Grind Through To Get First Away Win Of 2025/26 Serie A Campaign

AC Milan dominated the majority of the first half and almost took the lead in the fourth minute itself, as a Luka Modric corner was converted by Matteo Gabbia. However, the goal was ruled out by VAR because of a possible foul before the goal was scored. After that, the Rossonneri dominated the majority of the first half, halting a few efforts thwarted by the hosts heading into the half-time break.

AC Milan started the second half on the front foot, dominating the majority of the first half. Santiago Gimenez seemingly gave them the lead with a close-range header in the 60th minute, when Santiago Gimenez converted a set-piece effort, but that goal also ended up being ruled out because of VAR finding an offside. However, the Rossonei was finally able to take a lead in the 66th minute when a Modric set-piece attempt was converted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek's cheeky header to give the side a 1-0 lead in the 66th minute.

After that, substitute Christian Pulisic scored the second with a clever bit of play in the 86th minute to help AC Milan get the job done and get all three points from the game. Here are our Lecce vs AC Milan Player Ratings.

Lecce Player Ratings

Here are our Lecce Player Ratings vs AC Milan.

Goalkeeper

Wladmiro Falcone - 5.5/10

Falcone was quite sharp in his goal to frustrate the Rossoneri. He made quite a few important saves to frustrate the hosts, but was not really able to do much for the Loftus-Cheek goal.

Defenders

Danilo Veiga - 4/10

Veiga had a tough time on the right side, not really able to neutralize most of AC Milan's attacks. He lost several key duels and, despite a few recoveries, he allowed the visitors to dominate on his side. Totally lost the mark of Pulisic for his goal.

Kialonda Gaspar - 5/10

Gaspar was able to come up with quite a few key clearances and won quite a few nice duels on his side. However, he was also outwitted on a few occasions and was nowhere near the striker for the goal.

Tiago Gabriel - 6.5/10

Gabriel was quite solid in the backline, able to win the majority of his duels with his dominant defending. He made several key clearances, coming up with a few key possession recoveries to frustrate the visitors.

Antonio Gallo - 5/10

Gallo was able to come up with quite a few key clearances and possession recoveries to frustrate the opposition. He also moved the ball pretty well going forward, but was outwitted a few times by the Rosoneri frontline.

Midfielders

Vlber Ramadani - 5/10

Ramadani did a pretty decent job defensively, winning a lot of duels and making many key possession recoveries. However, he was unable to really create a chance or really move chances forward.

Mohamed Kaba - 6/10

Kaba was pretty wasteful with passing, giving the ball away quite a few times. He was ineffective with his passing and had a troublesome time with his defensive work, losing several key duels.

Lassana Coulibaly - 6.5/10

Coulibaly did a pretty solid job on the defensive side, as he won some key duels. However, he made many key possession recoveries and was able to help out defensively, but failed to really impact attacking moves.

Forwards

Santiago Pierotti - 5/10

Pieroti was able to create a few decent chances, but he did misplace quite a few nice passes. Unable to really help out defensively or create any major chances.

Tete Morente - 4.5/10

Morente was able to cause some trouble to the opposition backline, creating a few nice chances in the opposition frontline. He created a few nice chances, but was unable to really test the opposition backline with any shots

Francesco Camarda - 4/10

Camarda was really inefficient in the second half, being unable to create any chances. He was unable to test any goalkeepers and was taken off at half-time.

Substitutes

Nilola Stulic - 5.5/10

Stulic was unable to really test the opposition backline, being unable to create much in the frontline.

Meron Berisha - 5/10

Berisha was unable to really create much in the second half, failing to really make an impact.

Roccardo Sottil - 6/10

Sottil failed to really make an attacking impact, being unable to test the goalkeeper.

Thorir Helgason - N/R

Failed to cause trouble in the final third.

Konan N'Dri - N/R

Manager

Eusebio Di Francesco - 5/10

Di Francesco was unable to really make his side cause any trouble to the AC Milan backline. His side lacked efficiency in the final third and couldn't really test the opposition backline, while they switched off a few times to help them get the goals.

AC Milan Player Ratings

Here are our AC Milan Player Ratings vs Lecce.

Goalkeeper

Mike Maignan - 7.5/10

Maignan was quite sharp in his goal. He came up with some key saves to frustrate the hosts and worked hard to preserve his clean sheet.

Defenders

Fikayo Tomori - 7/10

Tomori worked hard in his backline. He came up with some key clearances and possession recoveries to help his side get the job done.

Matteo Gabbia - 7/10

Gabbia was a bit unfortunate to see his goal ruled out early on. However, he recovered pretty well to hold together a sturdy defensive line and was able to make a number of key clearances as well.

Staranhinja Pavlovic - 7.5/10

Pavlovic was quite proactive at the backline to save his side from trouble. He made some key possession recoveries and also made some key challenges to keep his side from trouble on the left side.

Yunus Munsah - 7/10

Musah was an energetic figure on the right side. He moved the ball forward well and was also able to create chances well, while also working hard to win some key duels.

Pervis Estupinan - 7.5/10

Estupinian impressed in his outing for AC Milan. He did a great job in moving the ball forward nicely, worked hard to recover possession and won duels to help his side get the job over the line.

Midfielders

Luka Modric - 8/10

Modric was a pretty influential figure in the midfield for his side. He moved the ball forward really well and was able to create four prominent chances, as well as being able to create four major chances to get a key assist for the performance.

Youssouf Fofana - 7/10

Fofana was an efficient and energetic figure in the midfield, creating quite a few key chances for his side. He was quite proactive, winning the majority of his duels and also making a few key recoveries.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek - 8.5/10

Loftus-Cheek worked really hard to help his side get his side over the line. He excelled in the attacking midfield role, helping move his side forward really well and testing the opposition side nicely. He created a few nice chances and took his chance nicely for his goal.

Forwards

Alexis Saelemaekers - 6/10

Saelaemaekers was a proactive figure for his side, helping out really defensively. He won a number of key tackles and duels to help out his side, but couldn't really help out defensively.

Santiago Gimenez - 5.5/10

Gimenez had a pretty frustrating game for the majority of the game. He tried to test the goal with a number of attacks, but ended up seeing of his efforts thwarted and saw his goal also disallowed by VAR.

Substitutions

Samuele Ricci - 7/10

Ricci was able to add more energy to his side's midfield line. He made a few key challenges and helped his side dominate the game to get the job done.

Christian Pulisic - 8/10

Pulisic was quite clinical for the last bits of the game. He took his chance really well to score his goal to help his side get the job done.

Cheveyo Mul - N/R

Manager

Massimiliano Allegri - 7/10

Allegri was able to shape his side to keep a pretty sturdy defensive line to frustrate the hosts. Even though his side wasn't the most prolific on the attack, they got the job done on set-pieces and counter-attacks to get the three points.

Sporstdunia's Man of the Match goes to Ruben Loftus-Cheek.