Luka Modric scored his first AC Milan objective simply days after his fortieth birthday for a passionate victory over Bologna, which noticed Max Allegri despatched off in a rage after a penalty revocation.
The Rossoneri beat Lecce to recuperate from the opening defeat to Cremonese, however have been nonetheless lacking Rafael Leao and Ardon Jashari. Rabiot was thrown straight into , resting Christian Pulisic after worldwide responsibility with the USMNT. Curiously, Adrien Rabiot was excluded from Olympique Marseille after , and so they met once more with the Englishman on the Bologna bench. The Rossoblu have been additionally on three factors after two rounds, with Ciro Motionless, Tommaso Pobega, Emil Holm, Nicolò Casale and Ibrahim Sulemana injured. This was a repeat of final season’s Coppa Italia Ultimate, gained by Bologna.
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MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 14: Adrien Rabiot of AC Milan reacts through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Rabiot was concerned after simply 4 minutes, working onto the Youssouf Fofana by way of ball and forcing Nadir Zortea to scramble throughout to cease him going clear on objective.
Santiago Gimenez turned between three to pressure a Lukasz Skorupski save, whereas Nicolò Cambiaghi had the ball within the internet on 14 minutes solely after wandering offside on the deflected Riccardo Orsolini shot.
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Pervis Estupinan was additionally unfortunate to not rating when he reduce inside Zortea, and the suitable foot roller bounced off the bottom of the far submit.
After an aggressive begin, Milan more and more handed the initiative to Bologna for lengthy durations of possession in that first half, making the gang stressed.
Nonetheless, the hosts did virtually rating on the stroke of half-time, Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s header flicking on a Modric nook for Gimenez sliding in to clip the far submit.
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 14: Pervis Estupiñan of AC Milan is challenged by Lewis Ferguson of Bologna through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Koni De Winter made his Milan debut for the restart, and there was controversy when Gimenez went down below a hand on the shoulder from Charalampos Lykogiannis when a good distance off the ball, so the referee waved away penalty appeals.
An even bigger downside for the Rossoneri was that Mike Maignan limped off moments later with a suspected calf pressure, so Pietro Terracciano made his debut.
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 14: Mike Maignan of AC Milan leaves the pitch after struggling an damage through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Gimenez scuffed an angled drive vast after Jhon Lucumi gave it away in midfield, however Milan lastly discovered a breakthrough with Modric simply days after his fortieth birthday.
The previous Actual Madrid star had begun the transfer from midfield, as Ruben Loftus-Cheek unfold it to the suitable for Saelemaekers, who rolled it again throughout for Modric to complete with the within of the suitable boot from simply inside the world.
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 14: Luka Modric of AC Milan celebrates scoring his crew’s first objective with teammates through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Samuele Ricci got here off the bench and made a right away affect, inside minutes his scorcher from distance smacking in opposition to the bottom of the upright.
Ricci additionally sparked the transfer sending Gimenez by way of, however the first contact was poor on a Fikayo Tomori cross, permitting Skorupski to shut him down.
Christian Pulisic got here off the bench and had extra penalty appeals, however appeared to lose his stability after chopping inside Heggem.
Extremely, Gimenez sprung the offside entice on the Pulisic by way of ball, went too vast once more and hit the surface of the upright from a decent angle.
Substitute Christopher Nkunku chested down the ball and was nudged from behind by Jhon Lucumi, then tried to get on the rebound and was tripped by Remo Freuler for a penalty. Nonetheless, following the VAR evaluation of solely the second problem, the referee modified his thoughts and determined there was no spot-kick, whereas the primary Lucumi push had appeared worse. This infuriated Max Allegri, who was despatched off and raged on the fourth official together with his jacket off earlier than storming down the tunnel.
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