AC Milan are up against Bologna in Serie A this evening, not the Coppa Italia final, and it will indeed be a game to prepare for Wednesday’s action. Join us for the live commentary from San Siro.
As discussed in our latest newsletter, the fact that Milan and Bologna are facing each other in back-to-back games is indeed a bit special. Having said that, while tonight’s clash doesn’t matter too much for the Rossoneri in terms of the league standings, it certainly does for the Rossoblu.
Compared to the comeback win against Genoa, Sergio Conceicao has made one change to the starting XI, replacing Youssouf Fofana with Joao Felix. This means that Ruben Loftus-Cheek is starting in midfield tonight, rather than in a more advanced position.
There is no watchalong for the game, sadly, but Lorenzo and Stefano will be back in action for the Coppa Italia final next week. In the meantime, you can follow the action from Milan-Bologna round 1 with our live commentary, as published on our X account.
Live Commentary
Starting XIs
Official Milan XI (3-4-3): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Jimenez, Loftus-Cheek, Reijnders, Theo; Pulisic, Jovic, Joao Felix.
Bench: Sportiello, Torriani, Florenzi, Bartesaghi, Thiaw, Terracciano, Musah, Chukwueze, Gimenez, Abraham, Camarda.
Official Bologna XI (4-3-3): Skorupski; De Silvestri, Erlic, Beukema, Lykoggianis; Freuler, Moro, Pobega; Orsolini, Dallinga, Dominguez.
Bench: Bagnolini, Ravaglia, Castro, Calabria, Casale, El Azzouzi, Ferguson, Aebischer, Lucumi, Cambiaghi, Miranda, Fabbian.
without Leao in there we get pressed like mad. No respect for our breaks
Sometimes this team play as if they have not been training together
True talk bro I am so ashamed d way every club press Milan and control d game.
I like 3421. Even better than 343. But they need to get a proper DM.
Why are they all selfish? Everyone trying to score instead of passing to a teammate in a better position to shoot. Unbelievable!
Jimenez no likey Pulisic
Sometimes under this mediocre coach ..these players forget how to play football
True talk bro
These guys play like they’re owed half a year’s salaries. They do nothing. Nothing at all.
Yes, let’s play Pulisic for the whole 90 minutes. It’s not like we have a cup final coming up..
well that didn’t age well 😉
now get him offf
It still has time to age haha 😆….Copa is on Wednesday. Let’s see how fresh he is then. Why is he playing a full 90 now? All our league games now til the end are virtually de.ad rubber games. What does this win do for us? No need to play or risk him for this one.
Oh yes phew. 20 million dollar Musah is on, what a relief !!
Chuk > Felix
I agree.
Chuk was instrumental for the win today.
Made the key moves for all the 3 goals.
Welldone
More expected from him
Great job and I’m happy for Gimenez. He needed that brace. We need to do it again in the Coppa final.
Congrats Conceicao
Chucky involved in all three goals. That was crazy. Bologna totally collapsed after our first goal. Such big holes in their defence. I feel we have a good chance on wednesday. The team has improved by miles since we lost against them in the league a couple of months ago. And we play on neutral grounds. Which mainly means not on their ground where they are incredibly hard to beat.