AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca must think about managing minutes as the frequency of games increases with the beginning of the Champions League, and he is expected to rotate the defence tomorrow against Venezia.
According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), there are a couple of factors that are at play as Fonseca aims to decide the team that he will field tomorrow night against the Venetians.
Firstly there is the fact that a lot of his players have not had an international ‘break’ because they have been away representing their country, with some only returning yesterday. Secondly, there is the fact that Liverpool and Inter await after the game against the newly-promoted side.
In view of the differing co-efficient of difficulty in the games to come, Strahinja Pavlovic could be preserved and given some rest for the match against Venezia, having played the full 90 minutes in the last four games he has been involved with for Milan and the Serbian national team.
The idea is for him to recover some sharpness in view of the battles against Mo Salah and Lautaro Martinez, with Matteo Gabbia expected to take his place in the centre of defence alongside the immovable Fikayo Tomori, who remained at Milanello over the break.
Yes, give Gabbia some playing time. He was excellent in the second half of last season. Yes, one game of rest for Pavlovic sounds good given recent international duty and the need for him to play against Inter and Liverpool. Maybe for Inter and Liverpool the ideal pairing is Gabbia and Pavlovic.
Our lord and saviour Tomori. Shame nobody wants to buy him
Gabbia was alright in helping out our defense last season when he came back, but in the period he played, we were still leaking goals. Winning 3-2 or drawing 2-2 doesn’t mean you didn’t let in 2 goals a game, and that’s what happened last season.
Honestly our attack really carried us last season, the defense even with Gabbia in there was still very leaky.
Immovable?? Tomori?? Good grief… the guy is terrible.