News arrives from Milanello following the first victory in this edition of the Champions League. Captain Davide Calabria should return to group training from tomorrow and therefore be available for the match against Bologna. Opposite situation for both Tammy Abraham and Luka Jovic: today the two attackers continued treatment for shoulder problems and groin pain respectively. Both will miss Saturday’s away match.
At the end of yesterday’s match against Club Brugge, this is how Paulo Fonseca analyzed Milan’s victory: “We played a match without intensity, too slow. Not good against a team with low defending. When Okafor and Chukwueze came on, the match changed and they brought energy. After the second goal we did very good things, first without the intensity that we must have.”
Then in another passage he added: “We improved with the arrival of Okafor and Chukwueze, but also when Puslic played more inside and not as a winger. There he doesn’t have the preponderance that he has when he plays inside. At that point the team was excellent. Leao’s replacement? Not there is no specific problem with Rafa, no punishment. I needed Okafor and Chuku, Rafa must also understand this and work to help the team like all the players.”