Rafa Leao, Mike Maignan also takes sides: ‘We trust him’

Even from comrades come words of great confidence.

Rafa Leao in Milan is having a complicated season, with many benches accumulated in recent weeks. The Rossoneri’s Champions League trip to the Real Madrid field will be forà an opportunity to see him back as a starter, as announced by Paulo Fonseca himself. And Mike Maignan will also è side with his teammate.

"Leao is doing well and every day he continues to work, and he does it with his smile that he has never lost,” Maignan told 'Sky Sport' -Maybe he is doing some things that not everyone sees, since in soccer today only goals and assists count. But he is helping Milan a lot, also from a defensive point of view. He is working a lot, and tomorrow as the coach said he will play'".

Maignan è moreover said he is certain that the very fact of facing Real Madrid will helpà Leao. "These are his matches. We have great confidence in Rafa, even when he doesn’t score or make an assist. The important thing è that he stays what he è that he keeps the will to work and keeps smiling", said the Milan goalkeeper.

"Leao tomorrow will play from the start,” Fonseca had said in the press conference. “We expect him to do what he can do on the field. The fact that everyone is talking about him does not bother me, because I know how important he is for me and for all of Milan. The fact that you talk about these situations è normal, I però have to follow my own way".