Official: AC Milan vs. Genoa starting XIs – five changes from Red Star win | OneFootball

AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has named his starting line-up for the game against Genoa, and he has opted to give starts to two teenagers.

The headlines in the build-up to the game have been dominated by the fact Fonseca went on a bit of a rant about the attitude of the team after the narrow win over Red Star at home.

It led to reports stating that he was going to mix up the team a bit, something that the absences of Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Yunus Musah have also contributed to.

Official starting line-ups

The four-man defence is Emerson Royal, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw and Alex Jimenez ahead of Mike Maignan, with Theo Hernandez therefore dropping to the bench.

Tijjani Reijnders and Youssouf Fofana are in the midfield double pivot once again, with Samuel Chukwueze, Mattia Liberali and Rafael Leao the attacking trident behind Tammy Abraham.

It is a big opportunity for Jimenez and Liberali, who have spent pretty much the entire season with Milan Futuro to this point. Alvaro Morata and Noah Okafor are on the bench having recovered.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson Royal, Gabbia, Thiaw, Jimenez; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Liberali, Leao; Abraham.

Bench: Sportiello, Torriani, Calabria, Morata, Okafor, Theo Hernnadez, Tomori, Pavlovic, Bartesaghi, Terracciano, Vos, Camarda.

Official Genoa XI (3-5-1-1): Leali; Vogliacco, Bani, Vasquez; Zanoli, Frendrup, Badelj, Thorsby, Martin; Miretti; Pinamonti.

Bench: Sommariva, Gollini, Bohinen, Vitinha, Pereiro, Norton-Cuffy, Sabelli, Maracndalli, Ankeye, Matturro, Balotelli, Accornero, Melegoni, Masini.