AC Milan will be up against Napoli on Tuesday after getting more rest than expected, given the Bologna postponement. According to a report, Paulo Fonseca is thinking about adding physicality to the starting XI.
Antonio Conte and his Napoli side have done really well at the start of this season, sitting five points clear at the top as we speak, and it thus won’t be an important game for Milan. As we all know, Conte teams tend to work extremely hard, using physicality to their benefit.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), Fonseca is thinking about fielding a more physical starting XI against the Partenoipei. Yunus Musah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are both candidates to start in midfield, and the manager could even field both together.
Not in the tandem as Youssouf Fofana is certain to start there, but Loftus-Cheek could play in the No.10 role with Samuel Chukwueze returning to the bench. It would certainly be a more physical side, but the question is if it’s the right move.
Fonseca still has a few days to decide and another battle he must solve is on the left flank, with Rafael Leao looking to regain his starting spot in the race against Noah Okafor.
Loftus Cheek is a waste on the no 10 role,if he is not playing in the double pivot with Fofana, let him remain on the bench with Pulisic in that role and Musah in the pivot
Honestly having the 3 of them in the midfield will be very very good, the centre will be strong, then use Pulisic as the attacking midfielder ahead of the 3, then have Leao and Morata in attack, that way even our left side will be more protected as Hernandez won’t be playing, that is what we should be using….
Yusuf thats a bad idea…we cant think of stopping Napoli, by stopping their plays.. we need to play our game and this will automatically stop them from playing.. Musah and Fofana is enough.. Puli as a 10 , Chuck and Leao on the wings
Exactly
RLC has done absolutely nothing thing season. Why not play Pulisic as the 10 and send RLC to the bench where he belongs.
RLC is useless anywhere in the midfield unless we play 433. Fonseca should know that already.
Leao should be benched for this game. Fonseca needs to play the players who are in form. That means Chukwueze and Okafor should play with Pulisic in midfield.
Musah and Fofana should play in the double pivot position and Pavlovic should play at left back.