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11 months ago
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For the 21st day of Serie A this Saturday, Udinese hosted AC Milan who had the opportunity to further consolidate their third place if successful. But while a great meeting awaited us, especially after Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s opening score for the visitors (31st), the latter was swallowed up by a sad event. Victim of racist cries in the 35th minute of play, Mike Maignan decided to return to the locker room with his teammates. Imperial until then, the French goalkeeper finally conceded the equalizer a few seconds after the game was interrupted for ten minutes (1-1, 38th).
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After Lazar Samardzic, it was Florian Thauvin who deceived the French team’s goalkeeper to give the locals the advantage after a great individual action (2-1, 62nd). Heading towards a precious success in the quest to maintain, Gabriele Cioffi’s men were finally taken back at the very end of the match by the Lombards. Opportunistic after a missile sent over the bar by Olivier Giroud, Luka Jovic tied the two teams to allow his team to enjoy a crazy end to the match (2-2, 83rd). Hope then seemed dashed when Noah Okafor gave his team the winning goal. Alone at six meters after a poorly pushed corner, the Swiss striker sent a clear half-volley under the bar (2-3, 90+3rd). With this success snatched away by forceps, Milan returns to four units of Juventus Turin. Udinese may have regrets and remains sixteenth.
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