📸 Bologna in crisis, Milan close gap on Inter, Rabiot on fire 🔥 | OneFootball

Milan shows character and strength, conquering the Dall'Ara with a clear 0-3 against Italiano's men.

A match without history, at the end of which the Rossoneri return to -5 from Inter with total ease. In the first half, the lead is by two goals, scored by today's two offensive terminals: Loftus-Cheek assisted by Rabiot, Nkunku on a penalty caused by Ravaglia.

Bologna falters not a little, but a lot and continues to show its enormous defensive gaps. The peak at the start of the second half: Miranda's reckless throw-in, Rabiot races to the goal and scores the definitive third.

Almost perfect evening for Milan: the only negative note is Bartesaghi's injury, who hurts his flexor and exits for Estupinian. No positive notes, however, for Italiano, who suffers the ninth KO in Serie A and remains stuck in tenth place in the standings.

🚑 Bartesaghi forced to change: flexor problem

82' - In a perfect evening for Milan, the only bad news arrives: Bartesaghi complains of a flexor problem and is forced to change. His condition will surely be evaluated in the coming hours.

❌ Fullkrug misses the chance for Milan's fourth goal

81' - Two great opportunities for Fullkrug to find his second goal in the Rossoneri shirt.

He cuts inside the defender but is caught up by Ravaglia, who anticipates him well. Then, after a few minutes, a perfect cross from Estupinian and a header, with Ravaglia once again ready to deny him the goal.

⚽ Embarrassing Miranda, Rabiot scores the THIRD!

48' - Bologna is literally mocked by Milan, which strikes again exploiting another glaring defensive lapse by the Bolognese.

Heggem lets the ball run, Rabiot progresses, burns the opponent, and crosses the diagonal that leaves no chance for Ravaglia. It's the Rossoneri's third, made even more surreal by Miranda's madness, with a senseless throw-in towards the edge of the area, opening the way for the Frenchman, clear-headed in taking the ball and beating the goalkeeper coming out. For the Frenchman, after assisting Loftus, also the goal and the consequent +4 in fantasy football.

RANDOM STATS:  Adrien Rabiot (4G+4A) is just one of two midfielders to have scored at least four goals and provided at least four assists in this Serie A, along with Nico Paz (8G+6A). [OptaPaolo].

⚠️ Ravaglia on Nkunku: penalty, goal and 🎈

36' - Bologna's goalkeeper causes a penalty, for a clear late intervention on Nkunku. No doubts about the penalty award, even for Luca Marelli, DAZN's technical referee voice.

Allegri doesn't watch, but from the spot, number 18 is ice-cold: Ravaglia wrong-footed and balloon inflated, to punctuate his famous celebration. Fifth goal for Nkunku in this Serie A.

⚽ Loftus redeems himself: Rabiot assist!

20' - Milan takes the lead and does so with its most dangerous man: Ruben Loftus-Cheek!

Orsolini makes a mistake exiting, Athekame immediately puts the ball back in from the right for Nkunku who, all alone, finds Ravaglia in his way again. However, the rebound favors Rabiot, quick to serve Loftus-Cheek low: precise right foot and Rossoneri ahead. Second goal in Serie A for the Englishman, fourth assist for the Frenchman.

😅 Modric breaks a boot: viral on social media

The Croatian's left boot literally splits open: from the images, the clear tear in two is evident. A surreal episode already viral on social media, especially considering it's professional-grade material of the highest level.

😲 Loftus WASTES a huge chance!

7' - The first great opportunity is for Milan, and Loftus-Cheek wastes it.

A perfect central verticalization by Nkunku sends the Englishman into open field, he arrives one-on-one with Ravaglia, tries to dribble past him but the goalkeeper stays composed, reads the dribble, and closes the angle, making a huge chance vanish for the Rossoneri.

⚫🔴 Tare on failed Mateta deal and Maignan renewal

Rossoneri's DS, Igli Tare, also speaks to DAZN: "The Mateta operation was about the future. During the negotiation, we saw there was a chance to bring it forward. Then during the medicals, we found this physical issue the player had and decided not to proceed.

"Maignan's renewal? It wasn't a difficult negotiation, because Mike is now a symbol of this club. I always knew his desire was to stay at Milan. The club was also smart in giving a signal for the future. We didn't need a defender, if there was something that could have helped us we would have done it. In the end, we chose with Allegri to go all the way with this group".

🔴🔵 Di Vaio on Immobile's departure and Holm-Joao Mario

Marco Di Vaio, DS of the Bolognese, speaks to DAZN: "We are still halfway through the season, we have achieved a primary goal, reaching the Europa League, we are in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia and we want to defend it to the end. In the league, the team has shown it can compete with everyone. We hope to start scoring points at home, we need it“.

“Immobile was supposed to become an important player for us, to give Castro and Dallinga a breather, he didn't find the right continuity when he returned from injury, this opportunity came up and we decided to part ways. Joao Mario-Holm swap? The latter was finding less space, we focused on a player who can give us an important boost, we hope we made the right choice“.

✅ The official line-ups

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Zortea, Casale, Heggem, Miranda; Freuler, Ferguson; Orsolini, Odgaard, Rowe; Castro.

MILAN (3-5-1-1): Maignan; De Winter, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Athekame, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Loftus-Cheek; Nkunku.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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