Italian giants AC Milan overpowered Glory in Thursday’s international friendly at HBF Park, eventually running out 9-0 winners in front of a bumper crowd of over 19,000.
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Many of those fans were still finding their seats when Filippo Terracciano opened the scoring with a close-range finish and that was followed by a quickfire brace from Noah Okafor which took the Rossoneri out to a 3-0 lead inside the opening 25 minutes.
Christian Commotto added number four from the penalty spot, stepping up to take responsibility himself having been bundled over in the box by Brian Kaltak and a crisp finish from Samuel Chukwueze ensured that Milan took a five-goal lead into the break.
If Glory were hoping for some respite at the start of the second half, they did not find it as substitute Rafael Leao raced clear on goal just 15 seconds after the restart and calmly slotted past Oli Sail.
Mattia Liberali and Alexis Saelemaekers combined neatly to create a sixth goal for Ricci just short of the hour-mark, but Glory kept battling away and proceeded to create their two best chances of the night.
The first fell to Joel Anasmo who was played in on goal after Josh Risdon and Adam Bugarija linked up cleverly, but the winger spooned his shot over and wide of the target.
Nathanael Blair then went even closer to pulling one back for Glory as he too found himself in a one-on-one situation, but substitute goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano made a fine, sprawling save.
Having survived those scares, Milan responded with two late goals, Yunus Musah firing into the roof of the net from a tight angle and the imperious Portuguese international Leao heading home to round out the scoring four minutes from time.
Match Details
International Friendly
AC Milan 9 (Terracciano 3′, Okafor 22′, 25′, Comotto (pen) 30′, Chukwueze 32′, Leao 46′, 86′ Ricci 58′, Musah 80′) Perth Glory 0
Half-time: 5-0
HBF Park
Thursday 31 July 2025
Attendance: 19,226
Referee: Daniel Elder
Perth Glory: 23.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk) (1.Oli SAIL (gk) 46′), 3.Sam SUTTON (33.Max ARGENT 81′), 4.Scott WOOTTON (28.Kaelan MAJEKODUNMI 70′), 8.Callum TIMMINS (27.Will FRENEY 65′) 12.Taras GOMULKA (6.Brandon O’NEILL 65′), 17.Arion SULEMANI (14.Nathanael BLAIR 46′)(25.Seb DESPOTOVSKI 86′), 19.Josh RISDON (30.Tadi KUZAMBA 81′), 20.Trent OSTLER (11.Lachie WALES 70′), 22.Adam TAGGART (c) (16.Adam BUGARIJA 65′), 26.Khoa NGO (31.Joel ANASMO 65′) 45.Brian KALTAK (24.Andriano LEBIB 70′)
Substitutes not used: 32.Alfie KNIGHT
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None
AC Milan First Half: 16.Mike MAIGNAN (gk), 2.Pervis ESTUPINAN, 8,.Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK, 17.Noah OKAFOR, 20.Alex JIMENEZ, 21.Samuel CHUKWUEZA, 24.Filippo TERRACCIANO, 31.Stahinja AVLOVIC, 34.Christian COMOTTO, 38.Warren BONDO, 46.Matteo GABBIA
AC Milan Second Half: 1.Pietro TERRACCIANO (gk), 4.Samuele RICCI, 10.Rafael LEAO, 19.Youssouf FOFANA, 23.Fikayo TOMORI, 33.Davide BARTESAGHI, 35.Matteo DUTU, 56.Alexis SAELEMAEKERS, 80.Yunus MUSAH, 89.Vittorio MAGNI, 91.Mattia LIBERALI
Substitutes not used: 37.Matteo PITTARELLA (gk)
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None
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Match Report: Classy Milan overpower Glory in high-profile friendly
