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Rafael Leao has been forced to miss the first three league games of the season, but one year ago things were very different.
As Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) report this morning, Leao is working hard to return to full training and thus to Massimiliano Allegri’s disposal as soon as possible. Yesterday, despite the day off granted by the coach, the Portuguese still showed up at Milanello to train alone.
The paper remarks that the winger seems to be a different player at the start of this season, especially in terms of his attitude. His importance to Allegri’s tactical plans has already been written about extensively and now he is desperate to get out on the field and show it.
What a difference a year makes
Corriere della Sera recall that just a year ago this week, Leao was at the centre of controversy in the infamous cooling break incident at the Stadio Olimpico during Lazio-Milan.
Instead of joining the rest of the team for a chat after Milan’s equaliser, Leao and Theo Hernandez stayed on the other side of the pitch, drinking from water battles and watching from afar. Some interpreted it as a deliberate ploy to ignore Paulo Fonseca’s instructions.
The full-back had a different explanation, but either way that 12 months feels like a lifetime ago. Now, Rafael Leao is hoping to show that he can be a leader of a Milan side in a new era under Allegri.
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