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AC Milan Ladies suffered a troublesome defeat in opposition to Como on Saturday night, conceding a penalty in harm time after a prolonged VAR verify.
After the win in opposition to the reigning champions final weekend, issues have been wanting up for Suzanne Bakker and her gamers. Nonetheless, as an alternative of constructing on that momentum in opposition to Como, the Rossonere have been left with plenty of disappointment.
The sport may have gone in another way, although, as Milan have been awarded a penalty on the finish of the primary half. Como had created fairly just a few possibilities earlier than that, and whereas it wasn’t fully in opposition to the run of play, it was undoubtedly a change for the Rossonere to alter the face of the sport.
Evelyn Ijeh stepped up for the away aspect however as an alternative of placing the ball into the again of the online, she fired it means over the crossbar. An enormous alternative squandered, as such, and the scores remained stage because the referee blew for half-time.
About 13 minutes into the second half, it was Como’s time to get a penalty. Thea Kyvåg misplaced the ball on the sting of the field and was pressured to carry the opponent down, ensuing within the penalty. Nonetheless, similar to Ijeh, Nadine Nischler missed as she hit the woodwork.
Milan thus remained within the recreation, and each groups had their possibilities to take the lead. The defining second got here within the 84th minute, when the Rossonere’s Milicia Keijzer was despatched off for denial of a transparent goal-scoring alternative.
Initially, the referee deemed it to be a free-kick however after a lenghty VAR verify, the choice was modified to a penalty. This time, Nischler made no errors and despatched the goalkeeper the mistaken means, securing the three factors for Como.
Milan failed to search out an equaliser from there, and as a result of defeat, Como leapfrogged them within the standings. The latter’s sturdy begin to the season thus continued.
