Milan had been humiliated 3-0 at house by a scientific Udinese, because the change to the 4-3-3 formation did not repay and now even third place is at severe threat.
The Rossoneri had been dominated out of the , so wanted to look anxiously over their shoulders as an alternative. Max Allegri revamped his ways from 3-5-2 to 4-3-3 with Rafael Leao returning as a centre-forward, Samuele Ricci and Zachary Athekame . Kienan Davis returned from suspension for Udinese, however Adam Buksa, Jordan Zemura and Alessandro Zanoli had been all carrying accidents.
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MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 11: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, seems on from the sidelines in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Udinese Calcio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on April 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Nicolò Zaniolo examined Mike Maignan on the counter-attack within the third minute, whereas Christian Pulisic went on a slalom by means of defenders till his end was charged down, then Rafael Leao fired simply over when despatched by means of by Alexis Saelemaekers.
Leao was booked for sarcastically applauding the referee after he went down in a tussle along with his marker and the foul went towards him for flailing an arm.
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It was Udinese who opened the scoring when Zaniolo went on a fast counter-attack, shrugging off tried Saelemaekers and Strahinja Pavlovic tackles, spreading it down the fitting for Arthur Atta, whose cross took an enormous deflection off Davide Bartesaghi to wrong-foot Maignan.
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 11: Arthur Atta of Udinese Calcio scores his group’s first aim in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Udinese Calcio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on April 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
There was an absence of communication when Pulisic floated a ball to the again submit for Saelemaekers, however Leao went for the acrobatic volley as an alternative and ruined the prospect for his teammate.
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Moments later, Pulisic dribbled into the field solely to drill inches vast, however Udinese almost had a second when Davis shrugged off Pavlovic just for Maignan to palm the strike onto the crossbar from a tough angle down the left.
The Friulani did double their lead when Zaniolo whipped in an exquisite cross from the fitting that discovered Jurgen Ekkelenkamp to nod in on the again submit between two Milan defenders.
It actually ought to’ve been 3-0 in first half stoppages when Leao misplaced it cheaply to spark the counter-attack, Kamara rolled throughout from the left for Davis, denied by a determined Pavlovic sort out, then Davis by accident deflected the Thomas Kristensen follow-up from seven yards, so Bartesaghi might clear off the road.
Milan had been jeered off the pitch by their followers and Allegri made a radical change, introducing Niclas Fullkrug for Athekame, transferring Saelemaekers to right-back.
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They poured ahead, as first Maduka Okoye bought all the way down to push a Luka Modric daisy-cutter around the submit, then on the ensuing nook he flew to palm the Saelemaekers half-volley onto the underside of the crossbar.
Fullkrug’s header was astray and Pavlovic’s diving header solely hit the side-netting from a Ricci cross, whereas Adrien Rabiot wanted an important sliding sort out to stop Zaniolo ending off an Atta help.
Youssouf Fofana got here on and fired straight at Okoye, nevertheless it was Udinese who proved way more scientific on one other counter, as Atta drilled low into the close to backside nook for 3-0, stunning Koni De Winter.
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 11: Rafael Leao of AC Milan is put underneath strain by Thomas Thiesson Kristensen of Udinese Calcio in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Udinese Calcio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on April 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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Maignan needed to make a save moments later to disclaim the Davis left-foot strike, however the Udinese striker sustained a muscular damage and regarded distraught as he limped off.
Leao was jeered loudly off the pitch as he was substituted late on, as the group was more and more irritated along with his efficiency, however Udinese love enjoying at San Siro, having already overwhelmed Inter right here this season.
Milan 0-3 Udinese
Bartesaghi og 27 (U), Ekkelenkamp 37 (U), Atta 71 (U)