Francesco Camarda will get his first begin for Milan tomorrow, coach Paulo Fonseca has confirmed.

With Álvaro Morata unavailable attributable to a head damage following a coaching session collision with Strahinja Pavlović, many anticipated Tammy Abraham to take the beginning function in opposition to Cagliari tomorrow night (18:00 CET kickoff).

Nevertheless, coach Paulo Fonseca shocked everybody within the pre-match press convention on Friday when he introduced that in truth it is going to be Francesco Camarda who shall be taking part in from the beginning.

Will Abraham play tomorrow?
“I can let you know proper now since you’ll discover out in half an hour anyway [laughs]. Camarda will play tomorrow.”

Is Jovic nonetheless a part of the challenge?
“He’s within the challenge. The issue is he’s not bodily properly. He has a persistent problem. He’s been coaching with ache, and at present we tried, however he felt the identical intense ache, which limits him. He received’t be with us.”

Why Camarda? Is he excited? Are you able to clarify the selection? How did he take it?
“For me, it’s not stunning. He trains with us on daily basis. Everybody on the membership has nice religion in him; he works properly and understands his function. For me, gamers don’t have an age; they’ve high quality, and he exhibits that on daily basis. Morata has a really particular function proper now. Morata isn’t at all times a ahead, however usually a participant who unlocks passing lanes. I feel Camarda is extra fitted to this function than Abraham for the time being. Abraham isn’t utterly match however is bettering. I’ve complete religion in Camarda. He’s been coaching properly. He’s younger, however he has nice maturity. He’s courageous, and he works onerous for the workforce defensively. Yesterday, with Morata’s problem, I didn’t hesitate on who ought to play tomorrow.”

At 16 years, 7 months and 30 days, Camarda will grow to be the second youngest Milan starter in historical past, “crushed” solely by Giuseppe Sacchi who made his debut at 16 years, 7 months and 17 days on on October 25, 1942. With this beginning debut, the younger Italian striker surpasses Gianluigi Donnarumma by in the future.

Possible XI (Sky): Mike Maignan; Emerson Royal, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernández; Youssouf Fofana, Tijjani Reijnders; Samuel Chukwueze, Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leão; Francesco Camarda.