Milan suffered an harm blow in final night time’s nail-biting 1-0 dwelling win towards Girona within the penultimate Champions League spherical. Brazilian right-back Emerson Royal limped off the sphere lower than 5 minutes into the sport.
Certainly, Emerson needed to come off after simply 4 minutes, forcing new Milan boss Sergio Conceicao to deliver on Davide Calabria. Nonetheless, the Rossoneri captain delivered one other woeful exhibiting, making quite a few comedian errors on both facet of halftime.
Fortunately for Calabria, his errors went unpunished. Girona’s uneventful efficiency made it straightforward for Milan to carry onto a slender halftime lead. Rafael Leao’s masterclass late within the first half settled an evenly-contested fixture on the San Siro.
Extra importantly, Milan completed matchday seven within the high eight. Conceicao’s males are on the verge of securing computerized last-16 qualification. Manchester Metropolis captain Kyle Walker will in all probability elevate Milan’s defensive qualities within the knockout levels.
The 34-year-old may even make his Champions League debut for Milan subsequent week towards Dinamo Zagreb. the Rossoneri after the Italian giants struck an settlement with the perennial Premier League champions.
If the whole lot goes to plan, Walker could possibly be at Coneicao’s disposal already subsequent weekend. Milan will lock horns with Parma in a must-win Serie A encounter at dwelling, in search of revenge for a dismal 2-1 defeat in August’s reverse fixture at Stadio Ennio Tardini.
With Emerson out with an harm and Calabria out of shape, Walker’s imminent arrival couldn’t have come at a extra opportune second for Milan.