After Tuesday’s win over Bologna and the recovery session the following day, Massimiliano Allegri gave his players a bit of rest, as Milan will not be playing this weekend (the match against Como has been postponed to February 18 because San Siro was occupied for the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics). This afternoon the team will reconvene at the club's sports centre to begin preparing for their next match, away to Pisa, scheduled for Friday at 8:45 PM CET.
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During these days off, however, some players were still seen in Carnago, such as Alexis Saelemaekers and Christian Pulisic, both of whom missed the trip to Bologna due to injury. Saelemaekers had been substituted at halftime against Roma after his adductor problem, first suffered at the end of the match against Lecce, flared up again, while the American is dealing with bursitis in the iliopsoas area. Both players have continued with their individualized training programs, aiming to be available again for Allegri for the Pisa match. The plan is to have them back training with the group by the middle of next week. This was reported this morning by La Gazzetta dello Sport, as relayed via Milan News.
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In addition to them and Santiago Gimenez, who is recovering from ankle surgery and is expected to return at the end of March, Niclas Füllkrug was also at Milanello yesterday. For weeks he has been dealing with a small fracture in a toe phalanx, though this issue has not prevented him from playing in recent matches. Ahead of the Pisa game, Rafael Leão’s condition will also need to be assessed, as he is still dealing with his well-known adductor discomfort. Unlike Saelemaekers and Pulisic, the Portuguese forward was available in Bologna but remained on the bench for the full 90 minutes. The hope is that these days of rest and the extra work he has been doing will have helped improve his condition.
