AC Milan wins 1-0 against Verona but still struggled: in yesterday's match at San Siro, however, there were also some incidents worth reviewing. Here is the commentary on referee Maresca's performance in La Gazzetta dello Sport's today's edition.
"The dynamics of football have their own rules: if you strike a stationary player with a shoulder, he doesn't fall; if you hit him while running, not even in a parallel manner, impacting the supporting leg, then it's destabilizing. All this to describe the doubts left by the Hien-Loftus Cheek contact at 25' second half: just as he entered the penalty area, the Milan player is bumped on the high left leg by the Verona defender, Maresca decides that it is (because it is) a field evaluation, the contact is rough and stops the Milan player's run. A penalty could have been given."
On Milan's goal:
"Leao's 1-0 goal is legitimate (Dawidowicz keeps him onside)."
On the yellow cards:
"Correct yellows for Faraoni, Bonazzoli, Musah, and Pulisic. Perhaps a missing one for Duda on Leao. Milan appealed for a handball in the area by Faraoni on Giroud's deep ball: the replays are not conclusive."
