MILAN, MISSING IN BOLOGNA!
GAME RUINED BY THE DISASTROUS REFEREE ROCCHI.
ALLEGRI'S DISAPPOINTMENT: “WE PAID FOR OUR ERRORS”.
VOTE: 5,5
A maxim of football states that the good referee is the one who does not get noticed. In short, quite the opposite of Gianluca Rocchi, someone who takes the limelight every time, despite him. Waiting to understand why Nicchi and Braschi keep bringing it up again Sunday after Sunday (or rather error after error), once again we have to talk about this Florentine referee and his misfortunes. After Inter – Napoli (the mother of all referee horrors) and Lazio – Juventus (penalty not given to the biancocelesti due to a hand ball by Barzagli), Rocchi also ruined Bologna – Milan. The match at the "Dall'Ara" started well, with two teams battling it out with no holds barred. And so, after Di Vaio's initial advantage, Seedorf's equalizer arrived almost immediately, making the match uncertain and spectacular. Milan played the game, relying on Ibrahimovic's ideas and on the insertions of the midfielders, Bologna closed the spaces well without disdaining dangerous counterattacks. How to ruin a game like this? Rocchi succeeded perfectly, not conceding a sensational penalty to the hosts for a hand ball by Seedorf. The Dutchman touched the ball clearly with his left arm, and what's worse under the eyes of the referee (who, however, was watching the scrum in the center of the area). At that moment, the beautiful and vibrant match became tense and nervous, and Rocchi lost it completely in the second half. The referee whistled a penalty against Milan for a contact between Raggi and Ibrahimovic, sparking protests from Bologna who asked for Pato to be offside. The Brazilian, actually in an irregular position, was however disinterested in the ball, leaving room for different interpretations: is it really a passive offside, or does this not exist in the area? We lean towards the first hypothesis, it being understood that the offside rule should be clarified (and simplified) once and for all. The penalty (coldly converted by Ibrahimovic) however unleashed protests from Bologna, appeased only by the immediate (and definitive) goal of 2 to 2 from Diamanti, with the kind collaboration of Amelia. That's all? Not exactly. Because Rocchi, after making a mistake against Bologna, decided to do the same against Milan too. Morleo's handball on Ibrahimovic's cross was obvious to everyone, but not to him, who was stalling for time by whistling something in favor of Bologna, something not yet well identified (offside? Offside foul?).
Closing the very broad parenthesis on an absolutely inadequate refereeing, let's talk about Milan and the limits it showed in Bologna. The Rossoneri moved well from the waist up throughout the first half, but defended poorly, conceding once again absolutely avoidable goals. Mistakes paid dearly, as Allegri admitted immediately after the match: “We made mistakes and we paid for them. After the lead we defended badly and we weren't able to keep it for even a minute. You can't concede goals like that. After a good first half we didn't play a good second. Having said that, Bologna played well and deserved this point."
The feeling is that this Milan likes himself a little too much and is not prepared to suffer his opponents. Now all that remains is to hope for a misstep by Juventus, aware that more malice and determination are needed to win the Scudetto.
