AC Milan will be back at Milanello tomorrow for the resumption of the pre-season. Samuel Chukwueze will meet his teammates for the first time, and Noah Okafor will also be more active, which is a boost for Stefano Pioli.
Milan struggled to find the back of the net in open play during their pre-season tour in the United States, with their only goal from open play scored by Luka Romero. Thankfully, Pioli has been given an attacking boost.
As highlighted by Gazzetta Dello Sport (see photo below), the manager will be able to count on the addition of Samuel Chukwuexze. He has been training alone at Milanello but will meet his teammates for the first time tomorrow.
Noah Okafor, who was with the team in the States, didn’t feature because of recently recovering from an injury but he will be more active in the coming weeks. Pioli, as such, will have more solutions in attack.
The newspaper gave three examples of how this could look in practice, deploying either a 4-3-3, a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-1-2. Chukwueze is in all of them, while Okafor is in the latter and also remains a deputy for the other two.
The 4-2-3-1 works best, with either Giroud or Okafor at the whelm. RLC and Reiijnders in the midfield.
Considering both RLC and Reijnders don’t usually play in a pivot no, only Musah out of the new signings can, so sure maybe we could risk it against a team that will park the bus but against a big team a 4-3-3 gives us solidity
But why does it “work best”? Seems like a random assertion based soley on the fact that it’s the formation we’ve used for the past few years. We have the personnel for 4-3-3 now and it’s a formation that should be thoroughly tested for a bit, as it could be the solution to our defensive issues. We were missing something in defense last season and having an extra man in front of the defense when not in possession could be the key. Also, it would permit Leao and Chukwueze from having deeper defensive duties, so they can remain slightly forward and read to exploit a quick transition down the flanks.
If we are going to use 4-3-1-2, it might be a good idea to reconsider the selling of CDK, because his natural position is in the right spot on a system with 2 strikers (where is Okafor in the example).
Where will Leao play in the 4-3-1-2
Yeah, ppl are dumb. Let’s just bench our best attacking threats. Dumb.
The 4312 formation can brought us back to where we beat big teams in UCL.
Chukwueze on the Right,
Pulisic on the Left,
Leao up top.
4-2-3-1
Mike
Kalulu-Thiaw-Tomori-Theo
Musah-Reijnders
Chuk-Pulisic-Leao
Okafor
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4-2-3-1
Mike
Calebria/Kalulu-kalulu/Simic-Tomori-Theo
Musah-Reijnders
Chuk-Pulisic-Leao
Giroud/Okafor
Right, 4-3-1-2. Who needs Leao and Chuckwueze anyway? Sell them to Besiktas…
Chucks and leao are up front, remember kaka and sheva back then.
Maybe Leao could be a second striker, but Chukwueze is a pure winger.
Yeah, because they’re all interchangeable. Maybe we can try the 1-3-3-3 we used to play under Rocco? It brought us a lot of success in the 1960s. s/
We don’t have a DM… Musah most played middle right at Valencia
Against low block team,4-2-2-2.. Leao and Chuk on the wing, Giroud and Okafor/Pulisic up top