The slow motion of Milan-Napoli it’s all in the episode that happened almost at the end of the game. Theo Hernandez, in an attempt to collect the ball inside the blue penalty area, he comes lightly touched by Bakayoko who loses his balance and falls into the penalty area. Easter initially keeps the action going while waiting for the game to stop to see him again with the Var. In the meantime the Milan left-back has seen fit to mow Osimhen in front of Gattuso’s bench, risking a general confusion.
After the consultation with the Var, the race director has decided not to assign in penalty for the Rossoneri because he considered the blow suffered by Theo Hernandez too live to be considered as a penalty. A decision that triggered the reaction of the Rossoneri’s bench and also of Rebic who protested a lot in injury time against Easter forcing the referee to pull out the Red card and send him in the shower early.
It was almost 90 ′ and Milan were trying to press in the Napoli penalty area to find the right opening to score. The extra man of the Rossoneri, in the absence of Ibrahimovic, is certainly Theo Hernandez who tried to pick up a ball in the Napoli penalty area, with his back to Ospina’s goal.
At that moment Bakayoko, who had just entered, in an attempt to anticipate the French full-back and steal the ball from him, he touched Theo Hernandez on the calf. Easter went to see him again but the referee did not consider the intervention to be considered a penalty. Easter has definitely seen Bakayoko’s touch but he considered the midfielder’s blow on the French full-back to be mild that as soon as he heard the contact with the Napoli player, he ended up on the ground. There could have been the extremes for the penalty but the referee did not consider it sufficient to assign a penalty kick.
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