Pepe Reina gets his Milan debut and Gonzalo Higuain leads the attack in their Europa League visit to Dudelange in Luxembourg.

It kicks off at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) at the Stade Josy Barthel.

Follow the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Lazio-Apollon Limassol on the LIVEBLOG.

Pepe Reina gets his Milan debut and Gonzalo Higuain leads the attack in their Europa League visit to Dudelange in Luxembourg.

It kicks off at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) at the Stade Josy Barthel.

Follow the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Lazio-Apollon Limassol on the LIVEBLOG.

Coach Gennaro Gattuso said he’d be using the full breadth of his squad for the early stages of the tournament and it’s the ideal opportunity for ex-Napoli goalkeeper Reina to get his Rossoneri debut.

The same goes for centre-back Mattia Caldara, who until now has been kept on the bench in favour of Mateo Musacchio, as he was struggling to get to terms with zonal marking in a four-man defence.

Patrick Cutrone is still out injured, with Suso and Mateo Musacchio left behind at Milanello to focus on fitness training.

That means Higuain is not rested, partnered in attack by Samu Castillejo and Fabio Borini.

It’s all change everywhere else, with Diego Laxalt and Tiemoue Bakayoko getting their first starts, plus the return of Jose Mauri and Andrea Bertolacci.

Dudelange are in European competition for the first time and got here by eliminating CFR Cluj and Legia Warsaw in the preliminary rounds.

Incredibly, some of the players are semi-professional and continue to hold down ‘day jobs’ around their football careers.

Goalkeeper Landry Bonnefoi even confirmed “sometimes players can arrive a bit late to training, as they come here straight from work.”

On the other hand, they have players like Serbia international Milan Bisevac, formerly of PSG, Lyon and Lazio.

Dudelange: Frising; Malget, Schnell, Prempeh, El Hriti; Stolz, Coutourier, Stelvio, Kruska; Turpel, Sinani

Dudelange bench: Bonnefoi, Pokar, Jensen, Stumpf, Jordanov, Melisse, Perez

Milan: Reina; Abate, Caldara, Romagnoli, Laxalt; Bertolacci, Mauri, Bakayoko; Borini, Higuain, Castillejo

Milan bench: G Donnarumma, Calabria, Calhanoglu, Zapata, Biglia, Halilovic, Kessie

Ref: Jovanovic (SRB)

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