AC Milan will travel to Madrid this afternoon ahead of their Champions League fixture tomorrow night, and the squad will be supported by some unavailable faces.
The test against Real Madrid will be the biggest of the season for several reasons. Not only are Los Blancos one of, if not the best, team in the world currently, but they have home advantage. After all, playing at the Santiago Bernabeu is a challenge in itself.
Nevertheless, there can be no excuses tomorrow night. Milan have a job to do if they want to progress, and they must complete it. With this in mind, the group is aiming to stay compact, and they will be given a boost by two travelling teammates.
Matteo Gabbia and Alessandro Florenzi, although both injured, will be on the plane to Madrid on Monday afternoon to support their teammates and stay close to the team, according to Gazzetta dello Sport (via Milan News). A move which will impress the Portuguese head coach with his focus on prioritising the team’s needs.
Additionally on the plane will be Francesco Camarda. Tammy Abraham’s current condition is not enough to guarantee minutes if needed, so the youngster will be called up. If nothing else, another positive experience for the 16-year-old.
‘Milan have a job to do if they want to progress..’ what nonsense. it will be a very hard game, but at the same time its absolutely NOT important. with 4 small opponents left, we’ll anyway make enough to make the playoffs (while top 8 is anyway unrealistic). Cagliari will be a lot more important. I’d even consider resting Morata+Pulisic with Leao+Okafor waiting for counter attacks and the rest sitting deep and hitting every ball far.
Fonseca has already destroyed Milan
Gabbia will be sorely missed 😔
For sure. Him unavailable guarantees the loss. I predict 4 or 5 conceded goals.
Even with Gabbia Milan was never going to win this tie. Don’t dilute yourself.
no, you’re right but if he would play we would concede less goals and also if you guys dont know it madrid also hasnt been that good this season, but still will beat us
All I know is that Acmilan must not start pulisic.so Reijnder will play attacking midfield why chukwueze will play wing second half then 80th minutes will bring in pulisic but musah and Fofana must play from start then 82nd minutes will bring in Loftus cheek.