The National Sports Court of Appeals have partially accepted Udinese’s appeal against the punishment received following the racist abuse suffered by Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
The 28-year-old Frenchman and his Rossoneri teammates walked off the pitch in the first half of their Serie A clash away to Udinese on January 20, after the goalkeeper suffered racist abuse from some fans behind his goal.
The match was eventually resumed, and Milan ran off 3-2 winners. Maignan later called on the ‘entire system to take responsibility’ in the fight against racism in football and Udinese were forced to play their next home league match behind closed doors as punishment.
As reported via Calciomercato.com, The First Section of the National Sports Court of Appeal, chaired by Carmine Volpe, has decided to partially accept Udinese’s appeal against their punishment.
The club will no longer be forced to play their next home game behind closed doors, and instead will have the Curva Nord closed for their league matches against Monza on February 3 and Cagliari on February 18.
Caso #Maignan, ricorso parzialmente accolto per l’#Udinese: riapre lo stadio, Curva Nord chiusa per 2 gare https://t.co/Vv9bvMX1Te
— calciomercato.com (@cmdotcom) January 31, 2024