Milan, Pioli finds Leao again but emergency remains

Tomori only central defender available against Newcastle

The Diavolo needs a real miracle to enter the Champions League round of 16. First, it needs to win on the Newcastle pitch and then hope that Borussia Dortmund gets a full result against PSG. In short, not a very easy situation. As if that were not enough, Pioli è grappling with several problems at the squad level.

Tomori remains the only central defender available. Kjaer has tried hard to recover from injury but, unfortunately, will not be in the match. Alongside Tomori, therefore, there will be Theo Hernandez again. not to be excluded that, for the bench, Pioli decides to bring in the interesting young central Nsiala from Abate’s Primavera.

Fortunately, there'è also good news ahead of the very delicate away match on the Newcastle field. Leao, who was not summoned against Atalanta, has fully recovered from his physical discomfort and will finally be back on the field. The Portuguese è called to make the difference in the most important match. One dreams of the Champions League round of 16 but does not want to get out of Europe completely.