AC Milan's Serie A Top-four Hoop was given an important blow because they lost 2-1 at Bologna.
Milan is eighth in the rankings with 41 points, eight behind Juventus in fourth place with 12 games.
Bologna had to do it in the hard way on Thursday, from behind after the goal of Rafael Leao two minutes before the break in a match that was moved after it was canceled in October due to flooding.
Milan was fed back for three minutes in the second half when a free kick in the box was continued by Giovanni Fabbian, went home through Santiago Castro.
The Rossoneri protested, attractive for handball, but the VAR confirmed the goal.
Yunus Musah almost recovered after the hour of Milan, but Lukasz Skorupski made a crucial rescue.
Nicolo Casale went against the post and Nicolo Cambiaghi sent the rebound over the bar, but the last reconciling for his miss eight minutes of time.
Cambiaghi sent a cross of the name rule, with Dan Ndoye to the hand to go home with full rack, so that Bologna's first Serie A victory in Milan has been sealed since 2016, and their first home since 2002.
1 – #Bologna has won a home match for the first time since 10 March 2002 against #acmilan in #serie (2-0, scored by Salvatore Fresi and Julio Cruz). Wait.#Bolognamilan
– OPTAPAOLO (@OPTAPAOLO) 27 February 2025
Data Debrief: Golden Boy Castro strikes again
Castro is a striking executor for Bologna, such as the team of European football of Vincenzo Italiano.
The Argentinian only became the second non-Italian player who yielded at least seven Series A goals for Bologna in one season before he turned 21, after Harald Nielsen in 1962-63 (seven) and 1961-62 (eight).
Of players in Europe's top five competitions that have been involved in at least 10 goals, only Barcelona and Spain star Lamine Yamal is younger than Castro, who also offered four assists.
In the meantime, Leao took the chance when it came for Milan and scored with his one shot, because the visitors only created opportunities worth 0.62 expected goals compared to Bologna's 1.98 XG.
After recently criticized by coach Sergio Conukicao, Leao scored his sixth competition goal of the season, where all those strikes have gone away from home.
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