Modric Scores His First Goal in Serie A and Milan Beats Bologna
Luka Modric scored his first goal in Serie A, leading AC Milan to a 1-0 victory over Bologna at the San Siro stadium.
The home team generated the majority of the opportunities in the first half, with Pervis Estupiñán and Ruben Loftus-Cheek hitting the crossbar.
The 40-year-old Croatian player opened the scoring for Milan, taking advantage of a pass from Alexis Saelemaekers to beat Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski in the 60th minute.
Christopher Nkunku debuted with Milan and, instantly, seemed to win a penalty, but VAR overturned the decision.
This generated outrage among the local fans and the bench, which led to coach Massimiliano Allegri being sent to the stands for his reaction.Luka Modric celebró su primer gol con el AC Milan.The match was marked by debuts following the summer transfer window closing. Former Marseille teammates, Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe, reunited after their altercation on the training ground, which led the Ligue 1 club to decide to let both players go.
Rabiot played the full 90 minutes for Milan, in an advanced midfield position alongside Loftus-Cheek.
Rowe came on from the bench for the away team.
USMNT star Christian Pulisic was also a substitute for Milan and looked very dangerous when he came on for his former Chelsea teammate, Loftus-Cheek, after 65 minutes.
Another former Chelsea player, Nkunku, replaced Santiago Jimenez with five minutes to go and thought he had made an immediate impact.
However, referee Matteo Marcenaro consulted VAR and concluded that there was not enough force in Remo Freuler’s tackle, so the decision was overturned.
Allegri’s anger cost him the expulsion and now he will not be able to be on the bench for the Milan match against Udinese next week.
