Massimiliano Allegri will call upon several young players to help flesh out the squad for the Supercoppa Italiana in Saudi Arabia.
According to the latest from Sky, the flight carrying AC Milan will take off from Malpensa at 16:00 CET in the direction of Riyadh for the Italian Super Cup. As a reminder, the semi-final against Napoli will take place at 20:00 Italian time against the Scudetto holders Napoli on Thursday.
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The broadcaster confirm that injured Matteo Gabbia and Santiago Gimenez will not be on the flight to the Middle East, while both Youssouf Fofana and Rafael Leao will be present. The French midfielder has fully recovered, while the Portuguese is not yet 100% fit.
Therefore it will be impossible to see Leao start on Thursday in the semi-final against Napoli. At most he could come off the bench, with an eye on the final on the 22nd if Milan were to prevail against Antonio Conte’s men.
Several young players – including Maximilian Ibrahimovic – will be added to the Rossoneri squad given the lack of attacking options. Ibrahimovic is having a good season with Milan Futuro, and might get a chance to follow in his father’s footsteps with an iconic moment in the Super Cup.
In addition to Max, Antonio Vitiello reports that Dutu, Sala, Borsani, Pittarella and Vladimirov will be making the trip.
Throw all the youngsters in. Who cares. Senior players need rest and this isn’t a cup worth risking them over.
Agreed.
Don’t you want to see Max light up a cigar and celebrate like he just won the Champions League?
hahahahaha , man that was a bad year. say what you will about Max, but compared to last year, we are night and day.
Maybe we’ll find the next Barthesaghi.
Why Borsani and Ibra? I hardly think they’re the most talented Futuro players.
I can’t understand why there were not some Futuro forwards on the bench as options for the Sassuolo game. We literally had zero forward reserves in the last game. Not even RLC out of position as he started in midfield.
Very puzzling.