UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio - Thursday 28 September 2017 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AC Milan Group D - Matchday 2 HNK Rijeka Last updated 27/09/2017 04:53CET

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1 AC Milan - HNK Rijeka Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan

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AC Milan made a flying start in their bid to complete their set of UEFA club trophies and will look to maintain the momentum as Rijeka cross the Adriatic in UEFA Europa League Group D. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Milan have won all four of their previous meetings with Croatian sides, including 3-1 victories in both home games. • Rijeka failed to score in their only previous encounter with opponents – a 2-0 aggregate loss (2-0 away, 0-0 home) to Juventus in the 1979/80 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. Form guide • Milan have won all five of their European games this season, scoring 15 goals and conceding just one. • AC Milan's 5-1 success at Austria Wien on matchday one was their best ever away result in the UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League. • Rijeka are without a win in five UEFA games (D2 L3) since a 5-1 success at TNS in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. • Sixth in last term, Milan are making their first appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage since they reached the round of 32 in the last edition of the UEFA Cup in 2008/09. • Croatian title winners for the first time last season, Rijeka are embarking on their third UEFA Europa League group stage campaign but have yet to reach the knockout phase. Links and trivia • The journey from Rijeka to Milan is around 400km. • André Silva scored the first hat-trick of the 2017/18 group stage on matchday one, and is the competition's top scorer so far with three goals. • This is the only major UEFA competition the Rossoneri have not won. Only Ajax, Bayern München, Chelsea, Juventus and – as of last May – Manchester United have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League and European Cup Winners' Cup. • Milan's Nikola Kalinić was a losing UEFA Europa League finalist with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2015, his side going down 3-2 to Sevilla in Warsaw. • Croatian Kalinić was taking his first senior steps at Hajduk Split (2005–09) while Rijeka's Mate Maleš and Filip Bradarić were playing for the youth team. • Former team-mates: Rijeka's Maxwell Acosty and Milan's Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina 2009–12) Rijeka's Josip Elez and Milan's (Lazio 2013–16) – though Elez never played a senior game for the club. The coaches • In charge since June 2016, Vincenzo Montella has led Milan back into Europe for the first time since 2013/14. A Serie A winner as a Roma striker in 2000/01, he has since coached Fiorentina and Sampdoria. • Rijeka's longest-serving coach, Slovenian Matjaž Kek was hired in 2013 and steered the team to their first league championship and fourth Croatian Cup in 2016/17. A defender and coach at Maribor, where his father and son also played, he was Slovenia boss from 2007–11.

2 AC Milan - HNK Rijeka Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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