AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has named the starting line-up for the final Soccer Champions Tour game against FC Barcelona, and it remains fairly consistent from the Real Madrid game.
Tonight’s game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore is the final commitment in the USA for Milan, who will then return to Italy and prepare for the last friendly against Monza at San Siro in the Silvio Berlusconi Trophy (August 13, 21:00 CEST). The season gets underway on Saturday August 17 at 20:45 CEST against Torino.
Fonseca has named Lorenzo Torriani in goal once again with Marco Sportiello injured and Mike Maignan still in Italy, while Fikayo Tomori, Malick Thiaw and Filippo Terracciano are in the back four. Alexis Saelemaekers is in the team and looks like being the right-back.
Yunus Musah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are in the midfield double pivot allowing Christian Pulisic to play in a more advanced central role, with Samuel Chukwueze on his right and Rafael Leao on the other flank. Luka Jovic has been given the nod to start up front.
Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Torriani; Saelemaekers, Tomori, Thiaw, Terracciano; Musah, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Jovic.
Bench: Ravyere, Nava, Calabria, Bennacer, Kalulu, Okafor, Zeroli, Jimenez, Liberali, Pobega, Gabbia, Camarda, Cuenca, Adli.
Official Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen, Álex Valle, Sergi Domínguez, Lenglet, Gerard Martín; Christensen, Casadó, Gündogan; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Pau Víctor.
Bench: Araujo, Balde, Martinez, Torre, G. Fernandez, Darvich, Pena, Bernal, Roque, Junyent, Fort, Kounde, Faye, Aga, T. Fernandez, Olmedo, Cuenca, Kochen.
