Milan’s penalty and red card appeals against Lazio analysed

Milan had two complaints about the referee during the first half of their game with Lazio, so former official Luca Marelli gave his verdict on the decisions.

The Rossoneri went into the break a goal down at the Stadio Olimpico thanks to an early Ciro Immobile strike.

Thomas Strakosha risked a red card moments later when his clearance hit Junior Messias and bounced back onto his hands outside the penalty area.

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The referee opted for a yellow because it was a ricochet, and therefore unintentional, his hands were in front of his body and did not make his silhouette any larger, but also Messias was going wide and not directly at the goal.

DAZN refereeing expert Marelli agreed with the decision to only apply a booking rather than a dismissal in this case.

However, Marelli was less convinced by the second debate, which was an appeal for a Luis Alberto handball in the penalty area.

Brahim Diaz and Luis Alberto were close together when the ball ricocheted off the Lazio man’s knee and onto his arm.

While the ricochet arguably would make it unintentional, there were some concerns that Luis Alberto’s arm was quite wide apart from the torso.

Marelli did not say it was or wasn’t a penalty, but that there were “many doubts” over the verdict.