Without Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek, the coach is ready to launch “little Foden” in the attacking midfield. Musah out, Verona will probably miss out too. Okafor and Morata are available again: called up, but are expected on the bench
Paulo Fonseca plans to play Alex Jimenez and Mattia Liberali tomorrow against Genoa. The last training session before Milan-Genoa says this and the choice is that of a man of courage. As said after the Red Star, inside the boys: consistency. In short, Milan for the 125th anniversary celebration might not be trivial at all because in Fonseca’s head there is the desire to continue with his ideas. Theo Hernandez is certainly expected on the bench: no captain’s armband for him, publicly contested by his coach.
musah out, morata available
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There will also be a surprise among those called up: Okafor and Morata will be there (until yesterday there was pessimism about Alvaro) but not Yunus Musah, who has a muscle problem. He will miss this match and probably also Verona-Milan next week. Morata and Okafor are therefore recovered, but not 100%: they should go to the bench. The attacking midfielders behind Abraham will therefore be Chukwueze, Liberali and Leao.
liberal story
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Liberals have the most particular story in all of this. In the summer he played in Rapid Vienna-Milan, Milan-Real Madrid and Manchester City-Milan. Against Real Madrid, a match won 1-0, he sent Chukwueze through on goal. The Milan fans fell in love with him, who dribbled boldly, played with his head held high, and had touches of style. However, Mattia initially established himself with Milan Futuro, then slipped to the Primavera. “We think it would be good for him to play again with the Primavera in the Youth League,” Daniele Bonera said at the end of November. And in fact he has played in the Primavera and nothing else until now. The crisis of the attacking midfielders – Pulisic and Loftus-Cheek, all injured – opened a path for him into the starting lineup.
jimenez story
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Alex Jimenez has a less unpredictable history but is among the most unpredictable on the field. He’s talented, he’s very fast, he always attacks no matter what. Defend? Well, less important. He would be a right back but last season, with Abate, he played on the left and Fonseca should play him again there. Jimenez is well ahead of Terracciano and Bartesaghi for that full-back spot. There is one certainty: if he plays, he will also attack in Serie A, whatever happens.
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