Milan captain Calabria forced to withdraw from derby squad due to injury | OneFootball

Davide Calabria has been forced to throw in the towel ahead of AC Milan’s game against Inter tomorrow in the prestigious Derby della Madonnina. As reported by several outlets, he sustained an injury in training yesterday.

The Milan captain was taken off in the game against Liverpool due to a minor calf discomfort, but he was able to return to training in the following days. As such, it looked like he would be at Paulo Fonseca’s disposal for the derby against Inter tomorrow.

However, as stated by various outlets including MilanNews, Calabria picked up a muscle strain in his adductor during the training session this morning and will miss the game. As a result, Emerson Royal will be the starting right-back for Milan tomorrow.

Emerson Royal and Calabria have both been heavily criticised by the fans at the start of this season and the Brazilian must give his all tomorrow. He cannot afford another bad performance and most importantly, Fonseca cannot afford a loss as this would see him sacked.

Kick-off is set for 20:45 and it could be a rather strange atmosphere just before the referee blows his whistle, as Inter will have no proper tifo this time.