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Bologna 1-1 AC Milan – Points shared at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara

Bologna 1-1 AC Milan – Points shared at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara as Rossoneri were upset with two penalties appeals rejected during Serie A 2022-23 Matchday 30.

Tommaso Pobega produced an first-half thunderbolt to cancel out Nicola Sansone’s 1st minute goal as two teams ended in a eventful draw.

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Bologna 1-1 AC Milan – Highlights

Stefano Pioli made up to ten changes to the side that had put one step to the Champions League semif-final after beating Napoli in midweek.

However, the thought-to-be-easy game turned out to be more troublesome for the reigning league champions.

Sansone got in front of Kalulu and slotted home from close range as he scored to put Milan behind after just a few seconds, with neither Ballo-Touré nor Rebić could stop Stefan Posch to assist from right flank.

Rossoneri went all out attack and started to carve out some good chances. Rebic, Florenzi and Alexis Saelemaekers took turns to test the home’s defense but all failed to find the equalizer.

An on the 40th-minute mark, Pobega picked up the ball and fired home from a left-foot rocket from 20 yards to make it 1-1 at the break.

Milan deserved to have more in an quiet second-half with more possession, however, the likes of Ballo-Toure, Rebic and Rafael Leao could not push for a winner. It ended 1-1 at the final whistle.

Pioli’s side got the second consecutive draw and failed to make up any ground in the table after MD 30 with 53 points.

Two penalties ruled out

There were in all three incidents that frustrated Rossoneri players and the traveling fans during the contentious draw at Bologna.

It’s hard to say the visitors fans were happy with referring during the game.

Milan had some complaints to make during the opening goal as it looked like Ballo-Toure had been pulled down.

Fode Ballo-Toure was pulled back in the build-up to the opening Nicola Sansone goal but it was still accepted as a legit one for the home.

More drama was added as Ante Rebic was clearly stamped on inside the Bologna box by Adama Soumaoro, yet neither a spot kick nor a VAR check were executed.

📰 #Serafini to #MilanTV: "We missed a penalty on #Rebic on a beautiful assist from #Vranckx, but here we've learned to keep quiet. There's also an obvious foul on Ballo-Toure on the #Bologna goal". pic.twitter.com/Y2CxpOAqcr

— Milan Posts (@MilanPosts) April 15, 2023

In the final minutes, the ball struck Jhon Lucumi on an, safe to say, unnaturally out-stretched arm, but the referee and VAR judged it to be involuntary because it hit another part of his body first.