Official: Inter vs. AC Milan starting XIs – no changes from Atalanta loss | OneFootball

AC Milan head coach Sergio Conceicao has named his starting line-up for the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter.

After the first leg finished 1-1 at San Siro, tonight becomes a one-off game of sorts to try and reach the Rome final. Both goals came in the second half in the game three weeks ago as Tammy Abraham got the opener and Hakan Calhanoglu equalised.

Official starting line-ups

Milan have an almost empty treatment room for the first time in a long time as Emerson Royal is the only absentee. Kyle Walker and Ruben Loftus-Cheek returned to full training during the week, but only the midfielder makes the bench.

There was a lot of talk in the build-up to the game about whether Conceicao would go with the three-man defence again. The answer is yes, with Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia and Strahinja Pavlovic the centre-backs and Mike Maignan in goal.

Alex Jimenez and Theo Hernandez will be the right and left wing-backs respectively, while Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders comprise the double pivot.

It seemed in the build-up to the game that Tammy Abraham would be in and Luka Jovic would drop to the bench, but the latter has got the nod again. The Serbian will have Christian Pulisic to his right and Rafael Leao to his left.

Official Milan XI (3-4-3): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Jimenez, Fofana, Reijnders, Theo Hernandez; Pulisic, Jovic, Leao.

Bench: Sportiello, Torriani, Gimenez, Loftus-Cheek, Chukwueze, Florenzi, Thiaw, Bartesaghi, Bondo, Terracciano, Joao Felix, Musah, Abraham, Sottil.

Official Inter XI (3-5-2): Martinez; Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Taremi, Lautaro Martinez.

Bench: Sommer, Di Gennaro, Arnautovic, Correa, Acerbi, Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Pavard, Carlos Augusto, Berenbruch, Cocchi, Zalewski.