Series A 2025-26: Luka Modric Bags winner like AC Milan Randen Bologna in Tense Meeting

Luka Modric scored his first goal for AC Milan to obtain a 1-0 home victory on Bologna on Sunday, a heavily fought Serie A-result tempered by an injury to goalkeeper Mike Maignan and a red card for coach Massimiliano Allegri.

A minute past the hour Mark, the 40-year-old Modric marked his first goal for Milan, who arrived perfectly to meet the cross of Alexis Saelemaekers and end up with a composed first strike.

The first half was played in high intensity, with both parties that create opportunities, but neither of them able to break the impasse. Bologna had the ball early in the net via Nicolo Cambiaghi, only for the goal to be excluded for offside.

Milan’s best chance in the first half came in the 24th minute when pervis Estupinan drove from the left and bowed a powerful right -wing effort that hit the distant pole and clearly bounced.

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In stop time, Santiago Gimenez had another chance for the host, but his low attempt ended on the wrong side of the upright. Only a few minutes in the second half, Milan got a disturbing blow when Maignan picked himself up with what looked like a leg problem.

The game was paused for a few minutes while he received medical help before he limp and was replaced by Pietro Terracciano.

The San Siro was convinced that Milan had found a second seven minutes when Santiago Gimenez Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski completed, but from a tight corner his shot hit the outside of the pole and stayed away.

Moments later, controversy followed as a Milan -Penalty was destroyed after a VAR assessment, with Allegri a red card shown and sent to the dressing room, apparently for a different opinion about the decision.

Published on September 15, 2025