La Gazzetta dello Sport, as relayed by Milan Press after rating the players in the AC Milan-Atlético Madrid in Champions League fixture 2 of the group stage, discussed the referee's performance.
The Turkish official who directed the match, Cüneyt Çakır, was rated with a 4 in the ratings due to making really bad calls that directly affected the game.
At 9 'Atletico ask for a penalty for the touch of Tomori's hands: sudden ball, after Kessie's deviation, and arm in natural position, it was right not to intervene. For the same reason, the Hermoso-Gimenez carom in the other area at 17 'is not punishable.
Kessie takes two yellow cards between 15 'and 29', leaving the Rossoneri in ten: the first is for a withholding on Llorente (potentially dangerous stop action), the second for an intervention on Llorente, coming in from behind. An ingenuity, but too severe a decision by the Turkish referee , who in the second half will not even whistle a similar foul (stomp) by De Paul on Tonali.
Suarez was spared a warning in the 70th minute, when he came in late on the hands of Mike Maignan. .At 93 'the penalty that delivers the three points to Atletico . Referee Cakir mistakenly sees a touch of Kalulu's arm and points to the spot, more by feeling than by evaluating the dynamics. The Var check confirms, ignoring that the ball hits the AC Milan player after a touch of the hands of the Atletico Lemar player.
