AC Milan were awarded two penalties in the game against Bologna last night and sensationally managed to miss both of them. However, as highlighted by a report, one of them shouldn’t have been awarded in the first place.
It was a frustrating game for Stefano Pioli at San Siro, coming back from 0-1 behind to lead 2-1 despite missing two penalties. And even after overcoming that, the Rossoneri only came away with one point after an injury-time penalty (what else) equaliser by Bologna.
As highlighted by today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport, the first penalty shouldn’t have been awarded to Milan. Or at the very least, it was ‘extremely doubtful’. Simon Kjaer lowered his head below hip height and thus put himself in danger, as per the regulations.
There was contact with Lewis Ferguson’s leg, there is no doubt about that, but the Bologna man couldn’t do much because of the Dane’s movement. As said, the regulations state that it cannot be judged as dangerous play if the head is at such a low height.
It didn’t matter that much in the end, as Olivier Giroud missed the penalty, but Bologna manager Thiago Motta did get himself sent off for protesting the decision.
