Midfielder Kristjan Asllani will miss the first leg of April’s Coppa Italia semifinal tie between AC Milan and Inter Milan through suspension.
This is confirmed by the Italian Sporting Justice, via FCInterNews. The Albanian will serve a one-match ban in the match after picking up a yellow card against Lazio on Tuesday.
Inter Milan will be in the semifinals of the Coppa Italia this season.
The Nerazzurri advanced to the next round with a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Lazio on Tuesday.
Inter will face city rivals AC Milan in the semifinals. Therefore, the two legs of that tie will be the fourth and fifth derbies of the season.
Therefore, the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal will be played on April 2nd.
There will be one Inter player who’s guaranteed to miss that match, however.
Inter midfielder Kristjan Asllani started in the quarterfinal against Lazio this week.
The 22-year-old picked up a booking. He saw yellow for a late challenge on Biancocelesti captain Mattia Zaccagni in the first half.
And Kristjan Asllani had also gone into the book in the round of sixteen win over Udinese.
Therefore, the Albanian international will miss the first leg against Milan.
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