AC Milan striker Ibrahimovic injured for Empoli match: Stefano Pioli

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the membership’s newest participant to be dominated out with damage, Stefano Pioli mentioned on Tuesday, because the Rossoneri look to finish a current winless run towards Empoli earlier than the winter break.
The Rossoneri have misplaced vital figures like Simon Kjaer, Ante Rebic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao and Davide Calabria to damage in current weeks, and the absences have coincided with a dip in kind.
“Ibra won’t be there tomorrow because of an overload on his knee,” Pioli advised a information convention.
Milan have picked up one level from their final three video games in all competitions.
A 1-0 defeat to Napoli on Sunday noticed them drop to 3rd place in Serie A, 4 factors behind leaders Inter Milan, forward of their journey to Empoli on Wednesday.

“The number of muscular injuries in November was too high and in the long run you can pay for that. We are overcoming the problem and will get past it after the winter break,” Pioli mentioned.
Milan started the season in flying kind, going unbeaten for the primary 12 video games, however they’ve since picked up two wins of their final seven Serie A matches.

They face a difficult activity towards ninth-placed Empoli, who’ve been one of many surprises of the season since their promotion from Serie B and are unbeaten in 5 league video games.
“When the results aren’t coming, it’s right to be less calm, but even more determined,” Pioli mentioned.“We wish to get again on monitor after shedding at house.
“Milan played a good game against Napoli. But we are committing some errors that you can’t afford if you want to get a result, so we clearly need to do more. We need more quality.”