AC Milan are currently preparing for their opening game of the season against Torino at San Siro tomorrow night, and for the first time in over four years it will not be Stefano Pioli who names the line-up.
Pioli joined the club in October 2019 after Marco Giampaolo was sacked following a dreadful start to the season and that means he named the last four starting XIs on opening day, but tomorrow it will be Paulo Fonseca’s turn.
As you can see in the featured image, many players have come and gone and if we have also included the predicted team for the game against Torino, to show the alterations from Pioli’s final first-game line-up. To make it the last five, we have even thrown in Giampaolo’s first XI.
2019-20 – Udinese vs. Milan – (4-3-1-2): Donnarumma; Calabria, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Borini, Calhanoglu, Paqueta; Suso; Castillejo, Piatek.
2020-21 – Milan vs. Bologna – (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Calabria, Gabbia, Kjaer, Hernandez; Bennacer, Kessie; Castillejo, Calhanoglu, Rebic; Ibrahimovic.
2021-22 – Sampdoria vs. Milan – (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Hernandez; Krunic, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Diaz, Leao; Giroud.
2022-23 – Milan vs. Udinese – (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Hernandez; Bennacer, Krunic; Messias, Díaz, Leao; Rebic.
2023-24 – Bologna vs. Milan – (4-3-3): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao.
2024-25 – Predicted Milan vs. Torino – (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Morata.