AC Milan scored three goals and got all three points against Hellas Verona this afternoon, but the victory wasn’t without a couple of scares.
When Pierre Kalulu was replaced by Matteo Gabbia at half-time, the initial assumption was that it was due to the fact he had gone 140 days since his last start and thus perhaps didn’t have any more than 45 minutes in his legs.
As a reminder, Kalulu suffered a ruptured tendon in the game against Napoli four months ago and this was the first time he had been named in the starting line-up since that game.
According to DAZN (via MilanNews), however, Kalulu was unable to continue due to a slight knee sprain suffered during the first half, and that is why Gabbia came on in his place.
The home is that it is only a slight issue given that he was able to play until the end of the half, but further information will emerge in the coming hours.
Meanwhile, Gabbia had to take goal kicks towards the end of the game as Mike Maignan almost did the splits when making a save. It looked like he has tweaked his groin but could not come off due to the fact all the subs had been used.
There were doubts about whether Maignan would start at all given he suffered a bruised knee on Thursday night, and we are also awaiting further info on him too.
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