AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli will rotate his team again tonight against Cremonese despite the fact three points are a necessity.
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La Gazzetta dello Sport write that there are expected to be as many as six changes compared to the team that drew against Roma and never really got into gear and were forced to rescue a draw late on.
Pierre Kalulu and Malick Thiaw should come into the defence, Aster Vranckx in midfield plus Alexis Saelemaekers, Charles De Ketelaere and Divock Origi in attack.
It was widely conceivable that Olivier Giroud could catch his breath as well as some other key men given that there are games against Lazio and Inter to come after, but previous performances have shown Pioli might be playing with fire.
Milan and Cremonese also met in the middle of the week in the first game they played this season and even then Pioli opted for a mass rotation, which resulted in a 0-0 draw with the Grigiorossi back in November.
Back then Pioli had no pressure from the Champions League as his Milan had just qualified for the round of 16 however this time the competition does heavily, with the Rossoneri being two games away from the final.
The first leg of the semi-final is on 10 May, while Milan will play again before that on Saturday at home against Lazio with a team that will almost entirely resemble that they will play in the Euroderby.
That is why the decision has been taken to rest the protagonists in view of two fiery encounters a few days apart that could shape how the entire season is viewed.
