AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli is expected to do the same as against Dinamo Zagreb by fielding both Ante Rebic and Rafael Leao from the start against Red Bull Salzburg.
According to what is being reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Olivier Giroud should be the man who leads the line for Milan against Salzburg, with a draw enough to get into the knockout stages of the Champions League.
He is expected to be supported by Leao on the left wing and Rebic on the right wing, with Rade Krunic tipped to be the playmaker leaving Brahim Diaz and Charles De Ketelaere as bench options.
Sandro Tonali and Ismael Bennacer should be reunited in the double pivot, with Ciprian Tatarusanu having a back four of Pierre Kalulu, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez ahead of him from right to left.
Probable Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Kalulu, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Tonali, Bennacer; Rebic, Krunic, Leao; Giroud.
Probable Salzburg Xi (4-3-1-2): Köhn; Dedic, Wober, Pavlovic, Ulmer; Seiwald, Gourna-Douath, Kjaergaard; Sucic; Okafor, Adamu.
Krunic at ATM ? Here we go again. Diaz has played well lately. Get the lead, then bring in Krunic to defend. I guess Milan is playing for the draw.
We don’t need to aim for a draw because we can get disappointed at last minute, we must play attacking football we need to play Diaz as attacking mid. Let’s not try to make this mistakes we need to score goals
I doubt Rebic would start, better as a sub on the LW.
Anyways let’s park the bus 😂
I am so sick of this 4231. We look so much better with a 3 man midfield it’s ridiculous pioli hasn’t figured this out yet. I hope this diagram is false and Krunic is actually playing as a mid today.
Like it’s fu*king tiring, match-in match-out, we have the midfielders to comfortably play a 433 or 343 but the coach is bent on his personal mission. At this point I want Krunic sold so this coach can think of something different