AC Milan dropped more points in the battle for the top four as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Bologna, but the main element of the game seemed to be yet more anger at officials.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) writes how Milan were forced to settle for a point at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara but they were let off the hook by Inter, who lost at home to Monza and therefore went two points behind their city rivals.
Pioli decided to rest a lot of his key starters such as Rafael Leao, Olivier Giroud and Theo Hernandez and gave starts to players like Aster Vranckx, Tommaso Pobega, Charles De Ketelaere, Fode Ballo-Toure and Alessandro Florenzi.
However, even the big names that came on during the second half could not drag Milan towards three points that would have been huge in the top four battle and for morale ahead of Tuesday’s second leg against Napoli.
There was a lot of anger aimed at the referee Massa and the VAR chief Di Bello after they ignored a stamp from Soumaoro on Rebic in the area in the first half. In the second half, the ball hit Soumaoro’s hand in the area, causing the officiating performance to be branded a ‘disaster’.
