Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Monday, 09 March 2026, 11:33 / Updated on Monday, 09 March 2026 11:34
The daily Corriere dello Sport analyzed the controversial phases of the Derby della Madonnina, AC Milan – Inter 1-0after which the lead of Cristi Chivu's team was reduced to 7 points. Two late decisions, both in Milan's favour, kept him in the headlines.
In the Peninsula it was discussed and is being discussed in particular about the phase in the 90+5th minute, the last of extra time, when the ball sent by Denzel Dumfries with his chest hit Samuele Ricci, who was running, in the elbow.
Another contentious situation had happened moments earlier: referee Daniele Doveri was quick to blow his whistle when the ball was about to enter Milan's goal.
The daily Corriere dello Sport analyzed these situations and gave him a “central” 5 for the way he handled them.
The 48-year-old referee was not treated at all, especially for the procedural error in the phase when the ball reached the Milan goal.
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Corriere dello Sport analyzed the controversial phases in Milan – Inter
“Fifth career derby for 48-year-old Daniele Doveri; disciplined management which, if it had been in his first year, it would have been understandablebut here it is simply blind talk.
The confused whistle at the corner (clearly whistled before the ball entered the goal, but came after the corner, so with the game restarted) is an error. Anyone can referee like that
Dimarco executes the corner, and when the ball is already in the box, Doveri whistles something. In which there are no fouls; if he wanted to warn someone, he should have done it before the execution. The ball goes into the goal, but the game restarts with the corner kick. Why?
For statistics: Carlos Augusto scores with his left hand, so the goal would have been disallowed anyway. But the problem is the confusion whistle from before”, the Italian journalists wrote.
As for Ricci's possible henchmanthe conclusion was that the Milan footballer “touches the ball with his right arm, which makes a retreating movement”.
But there was no need to award the penalty because “without this touch, the ball would have hit the rossonero player's hip, inside the projection of the body, given that Ricci does not increase the surface of his body”.
Instead, the “central” is also blamed for missing the award of “4 clear yellow cards”:
“Estupinan clearly fouls Barella, without touching the ball; Rabiot's clear step on Dimarco near the end line (there was also a foul: in which there would have been VAR intervention and a penalty); Tomori, who blocks Zielinski on the counterattack; Bonny on Estupinan's left foot.”
