TEAMS NEWS: The hosts from Milano are without Christian Abbiati, Daniele Bonera, Thiago Silva, Mattia De Sciglio, Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Muntari and Alexandre Pato who are injured while Ignazio Abate is suspended and other players – including Mark Van Bommel and Massimo Ambrosini – were left out of the squad for this game; the last game for Nesta, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Inzaghi and probably Seedorf too in a Milan shirt. The visitors from Piedmont are at San Siro without the injured Samir Ujkani, Achille Coser, Massimo Paci, Francesco Marianini, Andrea Mazzarani and the banned Giuseppe Mascara.
AC Milan (4-3-1-2-) – Massimiliano Allegri
Marco Amelia; Gianluca Zambrotta, Philippe Mexes, Mario Yepes, Djamel Mesbah; Gennaro Gattuso, Alberto Aquilani, Clarence Seedorf; Kevin-Prince Boateng; Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Antonio Cassano.
Novara Calcio (4-3-1-2) – Attilio Tesser
Alberto Fontana; Michel Morganella, Andrea Lisuzzo, Matteo Centurioni, Santiago García; Filippo Porcari, Simone Pesce, Giuseppe Gemiti; Marco Rigoni; Jeda, Andrea Caracciolo.
Referee: Massimiliano Velotto. (continue reading…)