Milan played their match against Inter without their star, the Portuguese Rafael Leo who did not recover in time for the crucial Champions League clash and gave up his place in the Belgian Alexis Saelemaekers. He developed forward in the initial team with the Spaniards Brahim Díaz and the French Olivier Giroud.
The fact is that the ‘rossonero’ team fell 0-2 in the Champions League to get away from Istanbul and noticed the absence of their great figure, a key player whose absence is noticeable. This is what the numbers indicate.
Raphael Leo suffered a right leg adductor strain after being injured last weekend in the match against Lazio.
The Portuguese star raised the alarm on Saturday in Milan, when he had to be substituted in the 10th minute of the league match against him. lazio due to discomfort in the groin that prevented him from continuing. However, Milan won 2-0 on Saturday.
The player signed for Milan four seasons ago, in the 2019-20 campaign. The 23-year-old attacker has not suffered major injuries since then, although he has suffered some muscle problems, and this season he has 13 goals and 13 assists. In addition, he was decisive in his arrivals to eliminate Napoli in the quarterfinals of European Cup.
The fact is that since he has been in Milan, the Portuguese has missed 14 games due to muscle discomfort and two due to Covid, both in September 2020.
The first serious stop came in November 2020, with five games lost due to a hamstring injury in his right thigh. Leo he withdrew in three league games and two in Europe, but missed a pair more in the same year, again due to muscle problems. Theirs, Leo he did not feature in the second leg against United in the round of 16.
The last serious injury came last year, when the Portuguese missed five games with another hamstring injury. Milan won just once, at Castellani against Empoli, losing to Liverpool and Napoli. To them we must add two because of covid.
Leao is clearly a determined player, whose future is up in the air. Just a few days ago, the AC Milan coach, the Italian Stefano Pioli, invited Rafael Leao to extend his contract with the entity. Currently, the versatile winger is in talks with the board, but the negotiations are not progressing in the right direction.
If he fails to keep Rafael Leao, AC Milan will try to minimize the impact his departure will have by signing two new attackers. Among the names considered by the entity, the name of Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani stands out.
Source: La Verdad
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