As the fallout from last night’s game continues, the news has emerged that Codacons have asked for the match between AC Milan and Spezia to be replayed.
Monday night’s game against Spezia at San Siro has been overshadowed by the refereeing controversy that cost Milan all three points, as Marco Serra blew early for a foul on Rebic in injury time with the score at 1-1 a fraction of a second before Messias scored the goal that would have made it 2-1, thus negating an advantage which should have been played.
Codacons (via MilanLive) have now inserted themselves into the controversy and they have officially requested a replay of the match. The well-known association looks after users and consumers and they published a note in which they formally request the Lega Serie A to repeat Milan-Spezia, due to an error that damages all the parties involved.
“Milan-Spezia was conditioned by a very serious technical error of the referee. It is undoubtedly an incident that damages the fans, the bettors and the regular running of the football championship,” it said.
Codacons president Marco Donzelli stated: “We will formally ask the FIGC to replay the match, to protect the regular running of the sporting competition and the fans, who have the right to attend a sporting show free from technical errors.”
Could the game actually be replayed? The regulation speaks of an open eventuality, in the event that the referee admits to a technical error, but what constitutes such an error is vague and replaying the match would set a bold and dangerous precedent.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews), the answer is that the game cannot be played again as it cannot even be referred to as a disallowed goal, given Messias technically scored after the referee’s whistle to blow play dead.
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Its useless…just move on. Hope Pioli and the lads learned the lesson.
yes, hope we get some “make up calls” the rest of the season.
Embarassing. This would make the club look like whiners and open a can of worms. We had enough chances to win. It was one of those days and highlights the need for cover at CB. Kulalu can be carried but he’s not capable of carrying another rookie.
Milan has NOTHING to do with this appeal. What can Milan do if someone else does this?
Ludi moji u obrani nema Tomorija, Kjera , Romagniolija i Baloturea , a u sredini Tonalija ; Kessijea i Benasera !! Njihove zamjene su u rangu seije B ! Prema tome ne treba očekivat nikakve pobjede sve dok ne budu kompleti. Pogotovo ne protiv JUVEA I iNTERA ! Kupnja jednog igrača u obrani ne znači apsolutno ništa u ovoj situaciji !!
Only one party to blame here: Milan. Should have been up at least 3-0 at the half. Can’t rely on “incidents” to provide the win (or prevent the loss). Against a team like Spezia no doubt must be left on the pitch. Good game to the Spezia GK who made at least three toe-point saves to deny Milan goals. I’ve said it since the beginning of the season and I’ll say it again now on the eve of the next two season defining matches: Milan should be aiming for a top 4 finish. The club is not ready to challenge for the title. We still need a better RW, someone to compete (or even replace) Diaz, and a young striker who can give more in the defensive pressing phase (and score). Many of the players also lack experience (as shown in this first campaign back in the CL). So another top 4 finish or two, with the CL funds being used to strengthen accordingly plus the experience gained should result in a real title challenge in 2022-23 or 23-24.
yes, well said, from now on out I have a feeling that the refs are going to keep the yellow cards for us in their pockets a little longer. We will know soon enough, Juve, Inter 5 of next 6 games at San Siro
Grow up… if you can’t lose with grace then don’t bother playing. It was hardly fixed, refereeing has human error and the referee didn’t contribute to some calamitous defending (from justifiably tired players) at the end anyway.
Congratulations to Spezia, sometimes it’s good to have a competitive league.
Grow up? Can you even read?
“Codacons (via MilanLive) have now inserted themselves into the controversy and they have officially requested a replay of the match. The well-known association looks after users and consumers and they published a note in which they formally request the Lega Serie A to repeat Milan-Spezia, due to an error that damages all the parties involved.”
AC Milan has NOTHING to do with this. It’s a 3rd party that has made the appeal.
And that’s who should ‘grow up’. I’m not blaming the club. Codacons and anyone agreeing with it.
I hope this wont be like the sulley muntari ghost goal and a ripple effect happens where we lose the title race by 3 points
Oh you bet it will! In 2032 we’ll still be talking about “the Messias goal”…
lol, and of all people, lowly “Messias”
Different situation. In 2012 the club was in 1st at the time of the game and defending champs. Clearly fighting for the title. This season it’s not so clear what we’re fighting for, and I were to take a wild guess after Feb 6 we’re going to realize it’s top 4 and not the title. If anything we’ll be talking about how we missed out on a top 4 finish by 1-3 pts at the end of this season.