Manuele Baiocchini, a well-known journalist, gave some statements in a connection with 'Sky Sport 24', providing an update on the situation at AC Milan after today's training. Here are his words:
On potential recoveries ahead of Milan-Juventus:
"Last night we saw four Milan players on the field in Netherlands-France, and three of them played the entire match: Theo Hernandez, Mike Maignan, and Tijjani Reijnders. Since arriving at Milan, the Dutchman has firmly secured his place in the starting lineup. Giroud had just about 20 minutes. This morning at Milanello, a training session was held, and Pioli's players were really few. They played two halves of 20 minutes each in a match against the youth team. The important news is that Noah Okafor rejoined the group, while Krunic, Kalulu, and Loftus-Cheek did not take part in the mini-match. They continued with their reconditioning work with the goal of rejoining the group on Tuesday to start preparing for Milan-Juve. There's optimism at Milanello."
On AC Milan's midfielder Ismael Bennacer:
"Certainly, Kalulu will be available for the match against Juventus. We'll see if the two midfielders will also manage to recover, but there are good chances. Pay attention also to Bennacer, who is close to returning after many months of working alone with a physiotherapist, outside of Italy, to strengthen his muscle. We know he had this very serious cartilage injury and he will only be able to return to the field in the new year, hopefully at the beginning. His return to Milanello to start training with the team is expected in the coming days. Milan has likely strengthened their defense, perhaps also improving the midfield filter. Now, the Rossoneri are looking to improve all the other aspects. If it's true that Milan has achieved more victories than anyone else, has earned more points than anyone else, and is second in possession of the ball, many other aspects can still be improved. One of these is, for example, the number of tackles per game, where Milan is only nineteenth in our league. Perhaps there needs to be more aggressiveness."
