AC Milan only just returned from Glasgow, facing Celtic in a friendly, but they will head out on new adventures this afternoon.
Rtuben Amorim and his men drew 2-2 with Celtic yesterday afternoon, coming back from behind thanks to a brace from Francesco Camarda. It wasn’t the best result, or performance for that matter, but at least the Rossoneri pre-season tour is now underway.
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This summer, there will be an additional three friendlies: Inter, Chelsea, and Man Utd. While the last game will be played in Poland, which is close to home, Milan will have to travel a bit longer for the other two games.
Australia trip on the cards
As reported by Gazzetta dello Sport this morning (via SempreMilan), Milan will depart for Perth, Australia, this afternoon from Malpensa Airport via Dubai. They didn’t exactly get much time at home after the Glasgow trip, in other words.
The pre-season will continue down under, with a game against the city rivals Inter scheduled for August 5. Three days after that, they will be up against Chelsea in Jakarta, Indonesia. That will be the last game before heading back to Milan.
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Seeing as they have quite a lot of time in Australia, there are more events planned to boost their brand than just the game.
As for the squad travelling this afternoon, the likes of Christopher Nkunku and Pietro Terracciano will be included after missing yesterday’s game. Pervis Estupinan will also be there, the first international to return after his World Cup commitments.
The Portuguese players Gonçalo Ramos and Rafael Leao will arrive in Perth on Wednesday, while Alexis Saelemaekers, Ardon Jashari, Koni De Winter, and Luka Modric will arrive on August 2.
The injured Christian Pulisic and Santiago Gimenez will recover from their respective injuries at Milanello from Wednesday onwards. Adrien Rabiot and Mike Maignan will return to Italy on August 12.