AC Milan head coach Ruben Amorim spoke before the Udinese match on 25 October about Mike Maignan's red card in the 3-0 Europa League defeat to Bournemouth and the club's injury problems. Fikayo Tomori and Sankhoun Diawara were handed their first Serie A starts of the season against Udinese.
Maignan red card discussed
Mike Maignan was sent off during Milan's 3-0 Europa League defeat to Bournemouth after a shove on Tyler Adams. Amorim told DAZN Italia: "The players are not boys, they are men. Maignan understood right away he cannot do that , we cannot put ourselves in that position."
Amorim said: "I had a conversation with him, but I had a conversation with everyone. I felt what happened at the beginning with Bournemouth was nothing to do with tactics or technical qualities, because they were not better than us on a technical level, they were more competitive."
Amorim said: "That is something we see in the first halves in the league too, it's about how competitive we are. Sometimes we need to forget about playing really nice, we need to approach the game in a different way."
Injuries before Udinese
Adrien Rabiot, Mario Gila, and Diego Moreira sustained fitness setbacks in the trip to Bournemouth and were ruled out of the Udinese clash on 25 October. Samuel Chukwueze, Matteo Gabbia, Alexis Saelemaekers, and Pietro Terracciano were already sidelined through injury.
Amorim said: "They cannot play, it's just not possible. We need to manage the players, and there are players here today too where we need to manage their minutes."
Amorim said: "With this schedule, it's impossible to use everyone at the same time. Because we need to try to win every game, we need to balance everything, and they are not available for today."
Selection and Ramos update
Amorim said: "We know that Udinese have five players at the back, so we try to play in a different way."
Amorim said: "What matters is the rotation, I try to choose the players that are available physically, and then look at their characteristics. If I had all the players then I might play a different way, but today my feeling is this is the best starting XI for the game. It won't be the line-up to finish, but it's the best to start."
Amorim said: "Goncalo Ramos is ready to play, otherwise he wouldn't be here. He had a problem midweek, he has recovered, everyone here including those on the bench are ready to play."
Upcoming matches
The report says Milan's upcoming fixtures include Bologna before Inter in the Derby della Madonnina.