Nigeria winger Samuel Chukwueze was benched again as AC Milan defeated Venezia 2-0 in their Serie A clash on Sunday.
Chukwueze was named among the substitutes in AC Milan’s Coppa Italia win over rivals Inter Milan in midweek.
The 25-year-old also stayed on the bench for 90 minutes against Venezia at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo.
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He has scored thrice in 24 league appearances for Sergio Conceiao’s side this season.
Christian Pulisic opened scoring for Milan after five minutes.
A poor clearance fell straight to Alex Jimenez and Youssouf Fofana immediately threaded through for Pulisic to spring the offside trap, beating Lonut Radu one-on-one.
Substitute Santiago Gimenez netted the second for the visitors deep into stoppage time.
By Adeboye Amosu
