AC Milan will take on Torino later this evening and based on the last few games between these two sides, it should be a tight affair. There are a few in-game duels to keep an extra eye on as well.
Milan started their season in the best way possible with a 2-0 win away at Bologna. Torino, on the other hand, failed to break the deadlock against Cagliari and came away with just one point after a 0-0 draw. Down below are five duels that could decide tonight’s clash.
Starting at the back (from Milan’s perspective), Malick Thiaw will have to keep Antonio Sanabria quiet in this one. The Rossoneri have conceded too many dangerous chances lately and will not want to give the Paraguayan striker more space than needed.
On the right flank, Davide Calabria will have to be careful with the runs of Mërgim Vojvoda, who likes to cut inside and fire a shot with his right foot. Given the Milan captain’s inverted role when going forward, it will be interesting to see how this plays out when Torino get the chance to counter.
In midfield, there won’t be a direct battle between Tijjani Reijnders and Samuele Ricci per se but whoever will be able to create the most space for himself, will be the winner. Both are very good in possession and could decide the game in that sense, opening up the opponent.
Alessandro Buongiorno will have his hands full with Olivier Giroud, who based on the season opener is in very good form. The Frenchman will try to receive the ball as much as possible and combine with his teammates, which is something that Torino need to stop.
Finally, it goes without saying that Rafael Leao against the Milan academy product Raoul Bellanova will be a very interesting one. Of course, the Portuguese winger will also be up against Il Toro’s third centre-back a lot, but he will certainly face the youngster as well in 1v1s.
Ricci will give us problems tonight
Can’t wait 😁
No way. He will get smacked.
Krunic could fail in the middle of the pitch. I wish we would sign a real DM.
So with all the abuse and insults you pour on people on this platform for having a divergent view from you all you wish for our darling team is for the player who is our anchor between the defense and the attack to fail? This is interesting, no matter how bad our players are, no sensible fan should ever wish them to “FAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PITCH”. Ridiculous to know you call yourself a Milan fan💔💔
I understand very well that many of you were not watching Milan between 2012 and 2020 when we started making a kind of resurgence when Ibra and Maldini combined to work what will still remain a footballing miracle of some sort for us, thereby cutting short our banter era. For some who never saw any annoying or remotely tactless player in Milan let me tell you about people like like MATTHEW FLAMINI, FABIO BORINI, LORD BERTOLACCI, RICCARDO MONTOLIVO and CHRISTIAN ZAPATA. These are some of the few players whose talent wasn’t as much as krunic. Imagine having MONTOLIVO as ur DM now😂😂