AC Milan tried everything to avoid the postponement of the game against Bologna. In the hours before the decision, in fact, Paolo Scaroni offered to donate a generous €250k to the flood victims to play the game behind closed doors.
The decision made by Lega Serie A, along with the Bologna mayor, has upset many fans as it clearly sets a very dangerous precedent. Acknowledging that public safety was a concern, Milan tried to get the game played behind closed doors or even in a neutral venue, but to no avail.
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According to Corriere dello Sport (via Mediaset), before the final vote in the Lega took place, Scaroni offered to donate €250k to the flood victims. This is half of the amount that Bologna would have collected from ticket sales from the game, with the Rossoneri clearly going above and beyond to find a solution.
Furthermore, as the newspaper adds, Scaroni abstained from voting on the matter even though he’s a member of the Lega. This is because he was obviously biased, but it still shows the respectful attitude that Milan had throughout all of this.
Bologna, meanwhile, never even moved so much as an inch and decided to protect their financials instead of finding a solution. And now a dangerous precedent has been set…
Damn it’s just a postponed game, calm down, it happens all the time for more trivial reasons. It’s understandable that Bologna doesn’t want to lose ticket office revenues from such a big game, the club has nothing to do with the floods.
As for the « dangerous precedent » don’t worry there is no hurricane machine in Italy to control the weather and postpone games on demand.
Another masterclass from Scaroni. The biggest lobbyist in Italy is once again proving that he’s completely useless to this club. Old age is a shipwreck.
You can become my official biographer man, the position is open.
Didn’t all the other events that day go as planned?
Fûck over for nothing
So nobody in Serie A has common sense. All we had to do was swap our home games.
Play in the San Siro this weekend and when we play Bologna again, play at their stadium instead….
Inter is playing at San Siro when Milan is not.
There is a lot of logistics involved in setting up a game. You can’t just swap a venue in 2 days…
They couldn’t play it today either because we have napoli on the 29th.