Stories on Monday night counsel that Milan may drop Rafael Leao to the bench for Tuesday’s Champions League sport away in opposition to Slovan Bratislava, although Paulo Fonseca stated that ‘he’s high quality’ throughout his pre-match press convention.
Stories Milan may drop Leao in Champions League
In line with a number of in Italy, Milan may relaxation Leao for his or her away day in Slovakia, and will change him with Noah Okafor. Christian Pulisic and Samuel Chukwueze are additionally anticipated to start out, as is Tammy Abraham who took half within the .
Fonseca was unwilling to present away too many clues about his beginning XI in opposition to Slovan Bratislava, hinting that Leao ‘may or may not play’.
“I don’t know, we’ll see tomorrow. Rafa is okay, I place confidence in all my gamers. I’ll clearly put out a staff that may win. It’s a risk that Leao gained’t play, it’s additionally potential that he’ll,” the coach stated
Milan are at the moment twentieth within the Champions League standings, and should end within the high 24 if they’re to qualify for the knock-out spherical play-off. Solely the groups within the high eight will qualify for the spherical of 16 mechanically.
The Rossoneri have two wins and two losses from the primary half of their league part matches, which included back-to-back losses in opposition to Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen, however they’ve since bounced again with consecutive wins in opposition to Membership Brugge and Actual Madrid.