AC Milan will disappear due to the absence of Rafael Leao – AC Milan is getting ready to play the Derby della Madonnina in the first round of the 2022-2023 Champions League semi-finals.
Face-to-face with Inter Milan in the top 4 of the Champions League this season is inevitable. The problem is the two Italian model city clubs are on a similar chart.
Is it true that it will not be played again?
The first round of the semi-finals will be held at the San Siro, Wednesday (10/5/2023) local time or Thursday at 02.00 WIB with AC Milan acting as the host first. As the host, I Rossoneri’s preparations had to be disturbed.
This is inseparable from the injury felt by his favorite player, Rafael Leao.
Rafael Leao is doubtful of appearing after suffering a muscle injury in the 2-0 win over Lazio in the continuation of the 2022-2023 Italian League match. The Portugal national team winger only played for 11 minutes before being replaced by Alexis Saelemaekers.
The clinical team claims that Leao suffered an injury to the skeletal muscle on the side of his thigh. The wound was received by Leao while trying to hunt down the ball which was covered by Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel. It is clear that Leao’s absence will leave a big hole in the Rossoneri’s left flank.
Will AC Milan fall without Rafael Leao?
Without Leao’s presence, AC Milan is registered to only have bagged one win in 8 matches. Also they were only able to achieve 5 draw results by swallowing 2 defeats. Former Inter Milan striker, Christian Vieri, believes Leao’s absence will be a loss for AC Milan.
The striker who is often called Bobo saw that Leao’s absence would make half of AC Milan’s ability to shrink when they challenged Inter Milan in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals. “Leao’s absence will reduce AC Milan by 50%, roughly,” said Vieri, d followed by BolaSport.com from La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Leao and Theo Hernandez are figures who have given AC Milan great innovation, especially for matches like this.” “Apart from that, he is a figure who has the power to change the course of the match,” Vieri added. Leao’s role is so big for AC Milan this season. The 23-year-old player is listed as having scored 13 goals and recorded 13 assists from 44 performances with AC Milan across competition. AC Milan will disappear due to the absence of rafael leao,
Stefano Pioli was clearly forced to rack his brains to fill the slots left by Leao. An appropriate figure to fill the post to the left of the team’s attack is believed to be given by Alexis Saelemaekers. The Belgian winger also performed well when he replaced the injured Leao in the match against Lazio in Week 34 of the Italian League last weekend.