One of the few sour notes from AC Milan’s win over Lazio on Friday night was that Rafael Leao picked up a yellow card meaning that he will serve a one-game suspension.
As Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) writes, Leao’s ban only applies to league games and thus he will be available on Thursday night for the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 tie against Slavia Praha.
However, on Sunday afternoon Milan play at home against Empoli and Pioli will have to make do without Leao who will serve his one-game suspension after he was booked on Friday against Lazio, his fifth yellow of the season.
As the paper adds, replacing the Portuguese winger is actually quite an easy choice for Pioli as he will go with Noah Okafor, who was decisive off the bench against the Biancocelesti as he scored the winner with just a couple of minutes left.
The Swiss forward has reached five goals this season and he seems to be a talisman for the Rossoneri because when he scores Milan win. He netted in the games against Cagliari, Lazio, Monza, Udinese and Lazio again, with each of those games resulting in three points.
