Match suspended for racist chants in Udine, so Milan first loses it and then wins it
Match suspended for racist chants in Udine, so Milan first loses it and then wins it
At the Bluenergy Arena in a match full of emotions and also characterized by an episode that should no longer happen AC Milan beats Udinese after being remounted.
The first real chance you have to wait 16 minutes and he has it on his left foot who, served by Leao, takes a shot but Okoye deflects it miraculously into the corner. Three mnutes later again Giroud misses the hook on an inviting ball, Okoye blocks.
On 31’ Milan took the lead: Leao for Theo Hernandez who crosses low from the left, Loftus-Cheek arrives and right-footed Okoye. But at 34’ referee Maresca suspends the match for racist chants against Maignan who leaves the field and with him the whole Milan team, shortly after the Rossoneri return to the pitch and after four and a half minutes it resumes.
At 42’ Udinese suddenly equalized: a personal action by Samardzic, who skipped past three men and from just beyond the edge of the area exploded a left-footed shot to the edge of the post that surprised Maignan. Two minutes later again Samardzic from the center of the field, another left almost from the same position but more defiladed, this time è out. The first half recovery minutes are six but the result does not change.
Resume. At 59’ Giroud hits a header running over Perez, for Maresca there’è nothing, however Okoye blocks. At 62’ the hosts take the lead: personal action by Thauvin who è entered after the rest in place of Pereyra, Theo Hernandez stops him but then gets stuck, Thauvin recovers the ball and strikes Maignan with his left.
At 67’ Camara goes on a counterattack towards Maignan who comes out of the area and providentially stops him. One minute Camara crosses from the left, Lucca hits a header weakly, parries Maignan. At 72’ Thauvin sweeping puts in from the left and Gabbia providentially clears.
Udinese wasted too much and so Milan equalized at the 83’83’: Theo Hernandez in the middle, Lovric deflects badly on Giroud who shoots left-footed, crossbar and ball that perhaps did not è enter but è decisive Jovic who from a millimeter puts in the net with a header. At’89’ Leao from the left puts in the middle, Okoye touches badly in the dive but Perez sweeps it away.
At 92’ Giroud with his left from outside the box, Okoye lifts for a corner, on which Okafor, who started from the bench, gets the ball on his chest and blasts Okoye with his right: 3-2. Milan first lost the game, touching another knockout after the one in the first leg, then turned it around and won it, bringing them to -6 from Inter committed in Riyadh, while Udinese remains one point above the relegation zone.
