Rafael Leao was dropped, came off the bench and scored the equaliser for Milan 30 seconds later, giving them a hard-fought 2-2 draw away to Lazio.
Paulo Fonseca took drastic action after one point from two games, dropping Rafael Leao, Theo Hernandez and Davide Calabria, giving Emerson Royal and Youssouf Fofana their first starts. Malick Thiaw also joined Luka Jovic, Ismael Bennacer, Alvaro Morata, Alessandro Florenzi and Marco Sportiello on the absentee list. Luca Pellegrini and Mario Gila were out for the hosts.
with Leao down the left, rolled across for Abraham, who assisted the goal from Leao.
In what was perhaps a sign of dissent, there was a cooling break moments later with all the players huddling round Fonseca on the touchline, except for Theo Hernandez and Leao, who stood chatting on the other side of the pitch.
Lazio had a double chance, first penalty appeals waved away because Pietro Terracciano sliding in kicked it onto his own arm, then the move continued and Maignan denied Castellanos from close range on the Zaccagni assist.
The Aquile protested again, but Fikayo Tomori cleared it onto Yunus Musah’s arm, which was in a natural position, so it did not warrant a penalty.
Deep into stoppages, Abraham on his return to the Stadio Olimpico almost scored the winner on his debut, running onto the Pulisic through ball to force a great Provedel save at the near post.
