AC Milan will leave for Dortmund tomorrow night, and Stefano Pioli will continue to rely on what has become his first choice attacking trio.
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La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) confirm that there will be changes in the midfield three by virtue of necessity after Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s injury during the win over Lazio, but in attack consistency will be key.
The paper puts forward the idea that Tijjani Reijnders could function as an atypical attacking midfielder with the other two midfielders covering his back further back, but the certainty is that the ‘Pu-Gi-Le’ trio will start.
Christian Pulisic will face Borussia Dortmund for the first time as an opponent after playing there from 2015 to 2019, and he will be joined by Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao.
Malick Thiaw will return to having a starting spot too. There will be a derby feeling for the 22-year-old given his Schalke past, and it was against Dortmund that he made his debut as a starter in the Bundesliga three years ago.
It didn’t go well at all (3-0 for Dortmund) but that is one more reason to try thwart Marco Reus and his team-mates.
