{"id":872965,"date":"2025-09-14T23:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/ac-milan-1-0-bologna-history-making-modric-seals-back-to-back-wins\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:11:50","slug":"ac-milan-1-0-bologna-history-making-modric-seals-back-to-back-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/ac-milan-1-0-bologna-history-making-modric-seals-back-to-back-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan 1-0 Bologna: History-making Modric seals back-to-back wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Luka Modric scored the only goal as AC Milan edged out Bologna 1-0 at San Siro.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ballon d\u2019Or winner, who turned 40 earlier this week, made history by becoming the oldest midfielder to find the net in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Bologna thought they had taken the lead in the 15th minute through Santiago Castro\u2019s neat finish, but his joy was cut short by the offside flag.<\/p>\n<p>Milan were then denied twice by the woodwork before the first half was through, with Pervis Estupinan and Santiago Gimenez both clipping the outside of the post.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Rossoneri did break the deadlock just after the hour mark, with Modric brilliantly sweeping home a first-time shot from Alexis Saelemaekers\u2019 centre.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts struck the post twice more through Samuele Ricci and Jimenez, while they also had a late penalty award overturned following a VAR review.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Massimiliano Allegri\u2019s side held out for their second win of the campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">40 \u2013 Luka Modric (40 years and 5 days) is the oldest midfielder to score a goal in the history of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SerieA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SerieA<\/a>, beating the record set by Nils Liedholm, also with the Rossoneri (38 years and 169 days on March 26, 1961 against Inter). Mature. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C76631WUuV\">pic.twitter.com\/C76631WUuV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaPaolo\/status\/1967322205764899027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Data Debrief: Golden oldie Modric wins it for Milan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five days on from his 40th birthday, Modric surpassed Nils Liedholm\u2019s 64-year record to become the oldest scoring midfielder in Serie A history.<\/p>\n<p>It was enough to seal Milan\u2019s second win from their opening three matches of the season; the Rossoneri achieving the feat for the first time in five campaigns under Allegri, across his two spells at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Milan are also unbeaten in each of their last 10 home league meetings with Bologna, who have now lost each of their last four away games in Serie A; their longest streak since a run of six straight defeats in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/ac-milan-1-0-bologna-history-making-modric-seals-back-to-back-wins\/390002\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Luka Modric scored the only goal as AC Milan edged out Bologna 1-0 at San Siro. The former Ballon d\u2019Or winner, who turned 40 earlier this week, made history by becoming the oldest midfielder to find the net in Serie A. Bologna thought they had taken the lead in the 15th minute through Santiago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":872966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45220,2170,2005],"tags":[127806,15544],"class_list":{"0":"post-872965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bologna","8":"category-milan","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-bologna","11":"tag-milan"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}