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AC Milan's Massimiliano Allegri: The referee should have awarded Bologna a penalty in Sunday's 2-2 draw
The Rossoneri coach has admitted that their opponents deserved a spot-kick for a Clarence Seedorf handball, but felt that Gianluca Rocchi affected both teams with poor decisions.
Dec 11, 2011 3:35:00 PM
By Stefan Coerts
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AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has stated his belief that the referee got several key decisions wrong in the Rossoneri's 2-2 Serie A draw away against Bologna on Sunday but feels that the errors affected both sides equally.
Arbiter Gianluca Rocchi controversially denied Bologna a spot kick after Clarence Seedorf appeared to have hand balled inside his own area, while he awarded the visiting side a penalty in the 72nd minute despite what seemed to many to be a dive from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"I've seen the situation again and Seedorf indeed seemed to handle the ball. However, toward the end a similar situation didn't result in a spot kick for us either," Allegri told reporters at the post-match press conference. "As for Ibrahimovic's penalty, I think that he dived in order to win a spot kick. The referee got it wrong, but his decisions went against both teams and not just against one of the two, so it evens itself out."
Milan, which by drawing missed an opportunity to go top of Serie A, currently sits third in the table with 28 points from 14 games.
Arbiter Gianluca Rocchi controversially denied Bologna a spot kick after Clarence Seedorf appeared to have hand balled inside his own area, while he awarded the visiting side a penalty in the 72nd minute despite what seemed to many to be a dive from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"I've seen the situation again and Seedorf indeed seemed to handle the ball. However, toward the end a similar situation didn't result in a spot kick for us either," Allegri told reporters at the post-match press conference. "As for Ibrahimovic's penalty, I think that he dived in order to win a spot kick. The referee got it wrong, but his decisions went against both teams and not just against one of the two, so it evens itself out."
Milan, which by drawing missed an opportunity to go top of Serie A, currently sits third in the table with 28 points from 14 games.
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