Moscow, preferring to join another Serie A club instead. Having missed the opening game of the season, due to injury, Jankulovski made his first appearance of the season, starting the whole game, in a 3–1 loss against Panionios in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first round on 16 September 2004. Three days later on 19 September 2004, he scored his first goal of the season, in a 4–0 loss against Parma. However, a week later against Brescia on 26 September 2004, Jankulovski received a straight red card for unsportsmanlike behaviour in the 80th minute, in a 2–1 loss. Four days later on 30 September 2004, in the return leg against Panionios in the UEFA Cup first round, he received another red card for unsportsmanlike attitude, as the club won 1–0, but was eliminated from the tournament following a 3–2 loss on aggregate. After serving a one match suspension, Jankulovski returned to the starting line-up against Inter Milan on 17 October 2004, as Udinese lost 3–1. Three days later on 20 October 2004, he signed a contract with the club, keeping him until June 2008. Following his return from suspension, Jankulovski regained his first-team place, playing at both right midfield and left midfield. He then scored twice, scoring an equaliser and converting the penalty to score the winning goal of the game, in a 4–3 win against Lecce on 7 November 2004. In a match against AC Milan on 16 January 2005, Jankulovski scored an own goal, in a 3–1 loss. He was able to make amends from mistakes by scoring his fourth goal of the season, in a 3–0 win against Chievo on 2 February 2005. After serving a one-match suspension, Jankulovski returned to the starting line-up against Milan in the second leg of the Coppa Italia quarter-final, and set up one of the goals in a 4–1 win, resulting in Udinese progressing to the semi-final with a 6–4 win on aggregate. Following this, he regained his first team place, starting in the next seven matches for the club. This lasted until when Jankulovski suffered an ankle injury that saw him sidelined for the rest of the 2004–05 season. At the end of the 2004–05 season, he went on to make 37 appearances and scoring four times in all competitions. AC Milan In June 2005, Jankulovski was unveiled as an AC Milan player after signing for an undisclosed