Costacurta baffled over Cacace-Walker incident: “Real possibility of breaking his ankle” | OneFootball

Alessandro Costacurta is the latest pundit to express his anger at the lack of a red card being awarded on Saturday for a foul on Kyle Walker.

One of the main talking points from the 2-0 win over Empoli came in the first half though when Cacace went with his studs into Walker and was not even given a yellow card for it. The replays showed what looked to be blatant endangering of an opponents, with a high point of contact.

Costacurta spoke on Sky about Cacace’s nasty foul on Walker, for which not even a yellow card was awarded by Luca Pairetto nor did VAR tell him to have a look.

“This is really bad… there’s a real possibility of breaking his ankle. We defenders of older times gave out even worse challenges, so it’s ok. But if Cacace catches him better he’ll break it [his ankle]… let’s not joke, this thing deserves a clear red card,” he said (via MilanNews).

During the press conference to present Joao Felix which took place this afternoon, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made it clear that the club plan to write to the AIA (Italian Referee Association) about the incident, and Fikayo Tomori’s red card.

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“I always ask the players to be polite with the referee. At half time I asked the referee to respect the Milan players. I was surprised that the players said nothing because if things go worse for him [Walker] he will be out for a year,” he said.

“Tomori? It is the consequence of when you let the game continue. For us it is not acceptable, we will send a letter to the AIA, it is not an acceptable situation.

“We found ourselves with one man less, while they should have been with 10 for the foul on Walker. Then he comes from the Premier League and does not make a scene. I ask for respect for Milan and for its players.”