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Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s three Serie A games, Bologna-Lecce, Udinese-Juventus and Monza-Milan.
We begin at 14.00 GMT with Bologna seeking momentum against Lecce, then leaky Juventus face a tricky trip to the season’s surprise outfit Udinese at 17.00 GMT.
Milan are in crisis and pay a visit to Alessandro Nesta’s Monza at 19.45 GMT.
Reminder: Daniel Maldini was sold to Monza for practically nothing, but they have a 50 per cent cut of the sell-on fee.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Maldini has two release clauses, worth €15m for clubs outside Italy and €12m for those within Serie A.
Paolo Maldini is not in the stands tonight, but his wife – and Daniel’s mother – is.
“It is a very important game for us, we have to win it and go up the table. We will have to give everything, as we lost against Napoli. Rafa is a very important player for us, everybody is important for the team. If you have the opportunity to play, you must give your best. At the same time, Rafa can come off the bench and make the difference.”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paulo Fonseca are sitting on the bench, chatting during the warm-up.
“Milan and Lazio are two special clubs for me, but when the referee blows the whistle, we just need to focus on getting the points.
“We’ve had some good performances, including midweek against Atalanta. The fixture list has been tough, but we are here to get points and hope to have them tonight.
“Daniel Maldini is feeling better than a few weeks ago and I think he’s fit to play. Pessina had a nasty bruise against Atalanta, so he’s only ready for the bench.
“Milan have many alternatives in the squad, so rotation shouldn’t make too much difference.”
Theo Hernandez is the Milan captain this evening, Mike Maignan the vice-captain.
Rafael Leao and Fikayo Tomori dropped yet again.
Monza: Turati; Izzo, Marì, Carboni; Pereira, Bianco, Bondo, Kyriakopoulos; Maldini, Mota; Djuric
Milan: Maignan; Terracciano, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Theo Hernandez; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Okafor; Morata
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Into 4 minutes of stoppages and Okoye keeps the scoreline down, using his legs to parry the Koopmeiners effort! Mbangula and Yildiz combined to send him through, but the Dutchman got the ball stuck under his feet.
Gatti then booked for stopping the counter.
Mbangula replaces Weah for Juve.
Modesto on, Ehizibue off for Udinese.
Francisco Conceicao dribbles forward and sees his shot deflected wide for a Juventus corner to take some of that pressure off.
Davis furious at the foul given against him for flailing an arm on Cabal, then gets booked more for the protest than the foul.
They really are pinning Juve back now, Lorenzo Lucca’s header smashes against the crossbar!
Karlstrom decides to blast over from distance, irritating both Davis and the Udinese fans. That was not the best option.
Cambiaso and Savona off, Cabal and Danilo on for Juve.
The corners keep on coming and one of them finally tests Di Gregorio with a Davis header!
Another run of repeated Udinese corners. They are pouring forward now.
Savona caught in possession by Kamara, Lucca shot deflected for an Udinese corner.
Series of Udinese corners, series of clearances, then Conceicao tries to go on the counter, but Ehizibue gets back and tackles him.
Monza: Turati; Izzo, Marì, Carboni; Pereira, Bianco, Bondo, Kyriakopoulos; Maldini, Mota; Djuric
Milan: Maignan; Terracciano, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Theo Hernandez; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Okafor; Morata
Conceicao and McKennie on, Vlahovic and Thuram off for Juventus.
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