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AC Milan beaten 2-1 at Bologna in rescheduled Serie A match

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AC Milan beaten 2-1 at Bologna in rescheduled Serie A match
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AC Milan beaten 2-1 at Bologna in rescheduled Serie A match

2025-02-28 06:06 Last Updated At:06:10

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — AC Milan squandered a first-half advantage in a 2-1 loss at Bologna in a rescheduled Serie A match Thursday and fell further into crisis.

The defeat follows elimination from the Champions League and a loss to Torino last weekend.

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Bologna's Benjamin Dominguez, right, and Milan's Alex Jimenez in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Benjamin Dominguez, right, and Milan's Alex Jimenez in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, right, and Milan's Strahinja Pavlovic in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, right, and Milan's Strahinja Pavlovic in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, left, and Milan's Tijjani Reijnders in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, left, and Milan's Tijjani Reijnders in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lorenzo De Silvestri, left, and AC Milan's Youssouf Fofana in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lorenzo De Silvestri, left, and AC Milan's Youssouf Fofana in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Santiago Castro celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Santiago Castro celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao, left, and Bologna's Santiago Castro in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao, left, and Bologna's Santiago Castro in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Milan dropped to eighth place while Bologna moved up to sixth.

After Rafael Leao’s opener for Milan, Santiago Castro equalized after the break following a free kick that bounced around inside the area. Then Dan Ndoye took advantage of poor defending to score the winner eight minutes from time by redirecting in a cross.

It was the first time that Bologna beat Milan at home in a league match since 2002.

The match was postponed from October due to flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region. Half of the proceeds from the match went to flood victims.

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Bologna's Benjamin Dominguez, right, and Milan's Alex Jimenez in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Benjamin Dominguez, right, and Milan's Alex Jimenez in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, right, and Milan's Strahinja Pavlovic in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, right, and Milan's Strahinja Pavlovic in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, left, and Milan's Tijjani Reijnders in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lewis Ferguson, left, and Milan's Tijjani Reijnders in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lorenzo De Silvestri, left, and AC Milan's Youssouf Fofana in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Lorenzo De Silvestri, left, and AC Milan's Youssouf Fofana in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Santiago Castro celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Santiago Castro celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao, left, and Bologna's Santiago Castro in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao, left, and Bologna's Santiago Castro in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna FC and A.C. Milan at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

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Spectators attend to the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally between Hail and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Driver Mattias Ekstrom and co-driver Emil Bergkvist compete during the second stage of the Dakar Rally between Yanbu and Alula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Drivers and co-drivers pack up their tents before the start of the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally between Alula and Hail, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Rider Daniel Sanders drives beside camels during the second stage of the Dakar Rally between Yanbu and Alula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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