AC Milan take on Real Madrid in their second game of the 2024 Soccer Champions Tour in the United States, and Paulo Fonseca has named his starting line-up.
Milan began their USA tour on Saturday night with a 3-2 victory against Manchester City at the Yankee Stadium. Although it was only a friendly, there were a lot of positives from the game and one of them was what was seen from the younger players.
Marco Nasti got the winner in that game and he leads the line given that Lorenzo Colombo – who scored a brace in the first half – has now moved to Empoli. Alexis Saelemaekers and Samuel Chukwueze keep their place on the wings, with Mattia Liberali the playmaker.
Alessandro Florenzi’s serious knee injury means he makes way for Tommaso Pobega compared to the XI that started against City, while Ismael Bennacer partners him.
The back four of Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia and Filippo Terracciano in front of Primavera goalkeeper Lorenzo Torriani remains the same.
Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Torriani; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Terracciano; Bennacer, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Liberali, Saelemaekers; Nasti.
Bench: Nava, Raveyre, Bakoune, Gabbia, Álex Jiménez, Kalulu, Musah, Pobega, Zeroli, Cuenca, Pulisic, Camarda, Jović.
Official Real Madrid XI (4-3-3): Courtois; Vazquez, Vallejo, Rédiger, Fran Garcia; Madrid, Martin, Ceballos; Guler, Endrick, Brahim.
Bench: Lunin, Fran González, Nico Paz, Latasa, Palacios, Jacobo Ramón, Lorenzo, Obrador, Álvaro Rodríguez, Asencio, Jeremy de León, Joán Martínez, Rodrygo.