Milan, emergency in defense for Stefano Pioli

Tomori disqualified, also stops Pierre Kalulu

Milan, when the league resumes, will be engaged in the derby della Madonnina against Inter. However, the approach to the match for the Rossoneri è more complicated than expected, as Stefano Pioli will have to deal with several absences in the defensive department.

According to a report in "La Gazzetta dello Sport", the former Lazio coach, in addition to disqualified Tomori, will also have to renounce Pierre Kalulu, who suffered a muscle discomfort during a training session. Against the Nerazzurri, therefore, next to Malick Thiaw should be from 1' Simon Kjaer, with newly acquired Marco Pellegrino as the first substitute.

In attack, however, Olivier Giroud should be able to recover from the injury he picked up in the national team and start from 1' as center forward. However, on pre-alert would already be ready Noah Okafor, who could make his debut from the first minute with the Milan jersey.

At the end of last season Napoli è boasted the title of champion of Italy, the third in its history. In the previous two years the scudetto had been won by Milanese teams, first Inter and then Milan. Before that, for nine seasons in a row, it had gone to Juventus, which was able to win it with first Antonio Conte on the bench (three successes for the Salento native), then Massimiliano Allegri (five) and then Maurizio Sarri, who però was then replaced by Andrea Pirlo. At the beginning of the millennium, before the’exploit of Spalletti’s Napoli, the last two Scudettos had come from teams with non-vertical striped jerseys: Lazio won it in 2000, Roma in 2001.