Apr 11, 2025, 07:58 PM ET
AC Milan trainer Sérgio Conceição praised the best way Udinese enthusiasts applauded Mike Maignan when he needed to be carried off on a stretcher following a collision with AC Milan teammate Álex Jiménez in the second one part in their 4-0 win on Friday.
Milan have been up 2-0 at Udinese in Serie A when Maignan left the field and clashed heads with Jiménez whilst seeking to block the ball within the 51st minute.
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Maignan used to be a sufferer of racial abuse the final time Milan travelled to Udinese in January 2024 and the French keeper in brief walked off the pitch after being subjected to racist chants through the native enthusiasts.
“It inspired me. The participant at the floor, the chaos round him … I’ve to go with the Udinese enthusiasts,” Conceição instructed Sky Recreation.
“The participant is something, and the person is every other. They are able to boo the participant, however no longer the person. That applause used to be an unbelievable gesture, in 40 years of soccer I’ve noticed few gestures like that. Now Mike is in health facility for checks.”
Mike Maignan needed to be stretchered off throughout the second one part of Milan’s win over Udinese. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs
Milan gamers urgently gestured the group’s clinical team of workers to wait to Maignan, who gave the look to be subconscious for a temporary second.
The Rossoneri sit down 9th on 51 issues with six video games left to play in a in large part disappointing marketing campaign.
“As of late we have been a group, however it is just 3 issues,” stated Conceição, whose facet have gained most effective 3 in their final 8 video games.
“Now we in an instant consider Atalanta. In spite of everything I noticed a forged and a balanced group, in addition to bodily to be had. There used to be time to paintings on it, it used to be necessary to have 2-3 weeks to paintings.”
Milan host third-placed Atalanta subsequent weekend prior to going through Inter Milan in 2nd leg in their Coppa Italia semifinal, which stays their perfect wager to protected Eu soccer subsequent season.
Conceição remained tight-lipped when requested if the group nonetheless believed they might protected Eu motion.
“We are interested by running the following day, we should not communicate an excessive amount of,” he stated. “Finally what issues are the result of on a daily basis [of training], the remaining comes as a result within the sport.”
