For once there was not much controversy surrounding AC Milan’s game on Sunday night against Hellas Verona, but a key incident has been spoken about.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanLive) praised Daniele Doveri’s performance as the referee got a 7 out of 10 in their ratings. Verona protested for one incident in particular and it was the goal that Sandro Tonali scored to make it 2-1.
The run by Rafael Leao down the left side and the assist for the midfielder – who scored into an empty net – did not seem to have anything suspicious about it but Verona players were unhappy with where Doveri was positioned.
He was accused of having ‘hindered’ the backward recovery of the Verona players, saying that he blocked their run, and Doveri even told Tameze: “I’m sorry, but I can’t disallow it.”
There were not many other incidents, but Tonali did have a goal disallowed that would have made it 1-0 in the first half. However, the offside position of Tonali at the moment of the deep kick by Maignan was clear to see as he was a few inches in front of Ilic.
In the first half Leao goes went down on the edge of the area after a possible push by Tameze, then inside the same area from the shoulder of Faraoni, but he correctly did not whistle either as a penalty.
