MILAN (ITALPRESS) – A Milan betrayed by penalties did not go beyond a 2-2 home draw against an excellent Bologna. For Pioli’s men, who missed two spot kicks, Loftus-Cheek’s brace was not enough. It’s the 16th minute when the match stops for a minute, amid the applause of players and staff, to say “no” to racism after the verbal attacks suffered in Udine by Maignan last day. An initiative in which the fans participated by turning on the flashes of their smartphones in the stands. In the 29th minute, the rossoblù took the lead. The opposing defense finds itself exposed on a pass from Beukema, Fabbian misses an apparently easy opportunity but after a back and forth the ball ends up on the right of Zirkzee who flatly passes Maignan from close range, also taking advantage of a fortuitous deflection from Hernandez. In the 39th minute, Kjaer gets a penalty for a foul committed in the area by Ferguson. Thiago Motta protests vehemently from the bench and is sent off. Giroud appears from the spot, but is hypnotized by Skorupski and thus misses the penalty. Loftus-Cheek took care of the situation and scored the 1-1 in the 45th minute as a true area robber by attacking the first ball well on a precise ball from Calabria from the right. It’s the goal that sends the two teams to the break in a draw. At the start of the second half, Zirkzee has a huge chance to double the lead but shoots skyrocketing from a few steps after having freed himself well first from Kjaer and then from Gabbia. After a golden quarter from the Emilian brand, the hosts came close to making it 2-1 in the 20th minute when Reijnders hit the top corner with a nice right-footed shot from the edge. Five minutes later, Pulisic hits a nice ball from the right, Leao hits it badly and volleys it out from an excellent position. In the 26th minute, Gabbia clears finding Leao who starts from his half of the field, resisting two tackles before entering the area and being hit in the face by Beukema. It’s still rigorous. Hernandez appears from the spot and hits the post, missing his second penalty of the day. The goal seems haunted for the locals, but in the 38th minute the Rossoneri goal arrives. Leao serves Florenzi in space who serves a kissing cross in the middle on which Loftus-Cheek pounces, who heads past Skorupski and scores the 2-1. It seems over, but it’s not. In the ninetieth minute, Terracciano commits a foul on Kristiansen in the area and the referee allows the shot from 11 meters after consulting the VAR. Newly substitute Orsolini takes charge of the serve and makes no mistakes for the final 2-2. Thus Milan does not take advantage of Juve’s misstep and remains -7 behind the Bianconeri and -5 behind Inter who however have two games in hand. Bologna instead rises to 33, momentarily reaching Lazio in sixth position.
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