He completely fell for it! Mike Maignan came out of his hinges as rarely on Thursday evening, at the very end of the match of the 19th day of Serie A, the Italian football championship, between his team AC Milan and Genoa.
While the Milanese had managed to equalize in added time (90th + 2) thanks to Rafael Leão, they thought they saw the precious point of the draw escape them when Maurizio Mariani, the referee of the match, designated the penalty point in the Milanese area after a foul.
A decision which angered the Blues goalkeeper who felt that the referee had not whistled on the same contentious action a few moments before in the opposing area.
The violent reaction of the Rossonero captain was captured by the camera placed on Maurizio Mariani. We see him approach very close to the referee to vehemently reproach him for the decision while the latter asks him to step back.
In the process, he received a yellow card like his partners Strahinja Pavlovic and Fikayo Tomori.
Finally, Genoa’s Romanian striker Nicolae Stanciu completely missed his shot on goal by sending it over the bar (90th + 9). Despite this failure and the draw, Maignan was still furious after the match.
In the images from DAZN, we see him returning to the locker room, accompanied by his partner and compatriot Adrien Rabiot who tries to calm him down. In the video we can also clearly hear him letting out an insult – “son of a bitch” without knowing exactly who it is aimed at.
AC Milan, which remains on eleven wins and six draws, is in 2nd place in the standings, three lengths behind neighbor Inter.
