AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli seems to have settled on the side that he will field tomorrow night against Frosinone as he battles yet another selection crisis.
Eusebio Di Francesco’s Frosinone arrive at San Siro, who are around the middle of the table and are very far from the relegation zone, which means that they will take on Milan in what is a bit of a free hit for them.
The list of players unavailable at Milan is very long: Sportiello, Kalulu, Kjaer, Thiaw, Pellegrino, Caldara, Leao, Okafor. The last in chronological order was Thiaw, who came off due to a muscle injury in the Champions League. Furthermore, Giroud is still suspended.
The positive news for Pioli concerns the return of midfielder Ismael Bennacer to the squad for the first time this season after a long injury and surgery, which was over 200 days ago.
Gianluca Di Marzio reports that Pioli should choose the teenage centre-back Jan-Carlo Simic to join Fikayo Tomori in the heart of the defence. Davide Calabria and Theo Hernandez will keep their spot as the full-backs.
In midfield, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Rade Krunic and Yunus Musah have the advantage while in attack the choices are limited due to injuries and suspensions. Samuel Chukwueze, Luka Jovic and Christian Pulisic are candidates.
Probable Milan (4-3-3) : Maignan; Calabria, Simic, Tomori, Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Musah; Chukwueze, Jovic, Pulisic.
Krunic ???? FFS
Reijnders getting a deserved break.
Krunic hahaha. Pioli has no shame
Adli was good last game. Get him back on the pitch again Pioli!
Adli is useless
I have said this many times over and will say it again.
Pioli doesn’t have the technical ability to manage a competitive squad and the fact that it is possible he is really going to play Krunic again this weekend instead of Aldi, tells us all what we need to know.
Maybe Pioli values Krunic’s defensive mindset and will have him sit in front of and protect Simic. All our other midfielders want to play Mezzalas and if they get caught up field and we get dispossessed we are in trouble but with Krunic he knows to sit back and defend. Once Bennacer is fully fit Krunic’s playing time will be near zero so don’t be too upset.
Yes, This is great explanation for all of the krunic-adli war. Every opponent have its own characteristic. Of course i would love to see adli brilliant passing more than krunic. But in theory there is more than that because many aspect especially defensive awareness needs to be taken into account and adli still needs to improve in that aspect. Not to mention if simic play so the midfield must more attentive to cover the center back and krunic is more defensive minded than adli.
I agree with your analysis. Frosi will want to come quick and unsettle the defense so it’s good be cautious. However I would have loved it to be us who come out firing since we are at home. If Reijnders is rested then Adli should play because he is more creative. We need to score more goals early.
Krunic of course haha just get married already
For sure simic will shine