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AC Milan kept its European football hopes alive on Friday while sweeping the Udinese 4-0, while goalkeeper Mike Maignan was stretched out of the field following a disgusting of heads with his teammate Alex Jimenez. Rafael Leao, Strahinja Pavlovic, Theo Hernandez and Tijjani Reijnders were on the brand for Milan which remain ninth but who are four points behind Lazio which is sixth in the league of the conference, and will face the local Roma rivals on Sunday. Milan already had two before Leao and the Pavlovic strikes just before half-time when Maignan came out of his goal to clean the ball but ended up with Jimenez head.
Milan said Maignan was “aware” and on the way to the hospital for tests after the accident six minutes after half.
Jimenez was able to continue playing, but Maignan held his head in his hands when he was swept away to applaud fans of the house at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine.
A few minutes before a large part of Udinese supporters had Hue Maignan when he was approaching the goal in front of fans of the Hardcore house, who had also chanted coarse mouth insults to the 29 -year -old man.
Maignan was abused racly by a small number of Udinese supporters in a match in Udine in January of last year, and the club subsequently identified and prohibited for life five people responsible for offensive remarks.
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