The rankings of the semifinalists of the Champions League were disclosed. Inter Milan e Milan face off this Tuesday, starting at 4 pm (Brasília time), for the second leg of the semifinal, at the San Siro, in a duel for a spot in the Champions League grand final.
In search of a historic comeback against their biggest rivals, Milan will have the return of star Rafael Leão in the starting XI. In the first leg, the Portuguese striker did not enter the field because of a muscle injury and the team was defeated by 2-0.
In addition to Leão, Brazilian Junior Messias and defender Malick Thiaw are other news in the lineup. Manager Stefano Pioli dropped Alexis Saelemaekers, Ismael Bennacer and Simon Kjaer from the starting line-up.
MILAN LINEUP: Mike Maigan; David Calabria, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez; Rade Krunic and Sandro Tonali; Junior Messias, Brahim Diaz and Rafael Leon; Olivier Giroud.
Team news for #InterMilan 📋#RednBlack #UCL #AlwaysMilan pic.twitter.com/jj2SAAGSUc
— AC Milan (@acmilan) May 16, 2023
On the other hand, Inter coach Simone Inzaghi kept the same lineup for the second leg of the Champions League semifinal. Scorer of the goals in the first leg, Edin Dzeko starts in attack with Lautaro Martínez, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan has Hakan Calhanoglu and Nicolo Barella in the midfield trio.
Inter can lose by up to a goal difference that will qualify for the Champions League final. In case of defeat by 2 goals of advantage for Milan, the match will go into extra time and, if the aggregate tie persists, the semifinal will be defined on penalties.
INTER DE MILAN LINEUP: Andre Onana; Denzel Dumfries, Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni and Federico Dimarco; Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Henrikh Mkhitaryan; Lautaro Martínez and Edin Dzeko.
CLIMBED! 💪#ForzaInter #InterMilan #UCL pic.twitter.com/IWSRgJU09M
— Inter (@Inter_br) May 16, 2023
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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