Serie A: Success sent off as Ibrahimovic's late milestone goal rescues Serie A leaders


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  Isaac Success was shown a straight red card as Zlatan Ibrahimovic rescued a point with a late goal for AC Milan in their 1-1 draw at Udinese, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Success, who came on in the 70th minute, was sent off five minutes into added time after lashing out at Milan’s Alessandro Florenzi. Milan's miserable week looked set to take another turn for the worse after Beto gave Udinese a first-half lead at Dacia Arena, four days after the Rossoneri were knocked out of the Champions League by Liverpool. But Ibrahimovic rescued a point with an acrobatic volley in time added on, taking his goal tally to 300 in Europe's top five leagues. The table-toppers were given an early warning when Gerard Deulofeu was denied by Mike Maignan and the same man bent a right-footed shot just wide of the far post before Ibrahimovic blazed over the crossbar at the other end. Udinese were deservedly in front 17 minutes in, when Beto capitalised on Tiemoue Bakayoko's mistake by racing clear and finishing from close range at the second attempt after Maignan kept his initial effort out. Milan finally warmed to the task, with Brahim Diaz rifling wide of the near post and Theo Hernandez having a goal ruled out for offside late in the first half. Stefano Pioli made a triple-change at the break, and Ibrahimovic had a chance to level right at the start of the second half when he fired over the bar with his right foot, while Diaz blazed wildly wide after bursting into the box. Veteran striker Ibrahimovic headed off target as the Rossoneri's frustration mounted, before Beto wasted a chance to seal victory when he shot just wide. That proved to be costly, as Ibrahimovic levelled with a spectacular close-range finish after Udinese failed to deal with a ball in from the right, and there was still time for Success to be given his marching orders after sparking a melee by clashing with Maignan. Although Milan were poor in the first half, they were eventually rewarded for their persistence when Ibrahimovic pounced with time running out. Milan face a huge clash with Napoli at San Siro next Sunday, while Udinese come up against Crotone in the Coppa Italia on Tuesday.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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