The usual suspects start up front, but there are plenty of changes elsewhere due to a number of injury absences, including defender Thiago Silva, while Alberto Aquilani is benched.Brazilian forward Robinho will start alongside Antonio Cassano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for AC Milan against Lecce on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 12:30 CET).In midfield, Alberto Aquilani drops to the bench as captain Massimo Ambrosini starts.Mario Yepes takes the place of injured Thiago Silva in defence.Clarence Seedorf, Gennaro Gattuso, Marco Amelia, Gianluca Zambrotta and Mathieu Flamini all failed to make the match day squad and are not involved in proceedings.Meanwhile, the Lega Serie A has confirmed there will be a minute's silence at the Via del Mare stadium in memory of the Italian Moto GP rider Marco Simoncelli who died during a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.Simoncelli, 24, was a big Milan fan and was expected to be present for their next match at home to Parma on Wednesday.?Lecce: Benassi; Oddo, Tomovic, Esposito, Mesbah; Obodo, Strasser, Giacomazzi; Cuadrado, Grossmuller; Corvia.Subs: Gabrieli, Carrozzieri, Giandonato, Bertolacci, Piatti, Pasquato, Muriel.Milan: Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Yepes, Antonini; Ambrosini, Van Bommel, Nocerino; Robinho; Cassano, Ibrahimovic.Subs: Roma, Bonera, Taiwo, Aquilani, Boateng, Emanuelson, El Shaarawy
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