Massimiliano Allegri has a few things that he needs to decide for AC Milan’s starting eleven against Genoa tomorrow, as highlighted by a report.
It’s a crucial one for Milan at the Marassi, and given the recent run of form, the fans aren’t exactly super optimistic about the outcome. That said, as Allegri has highlighted in recent days, the Rossoneri have everything in their own hands and don’t need to rely on other results.
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The bigger question, as such, is which players will be able to cope under this pressure and responsibility. Due to quite a few suspensions, however, the gaffer doesn’t have loads and loads of players to pick from.
Forced changes on the cards
As reported by Gazzetta dello Sport this morning (see photo below), Koni De Winter should keep his spot in defence as Fikayo Tomori isn’t 100%. Meanwhile, the likes of Alexis Saelemaekers, Pervis Estupinan and Rafael Leao will all miss out due to suspension.
In midfield, the big battle is between Youssouf Fofana and Ardon Jashari, with the Frenchman seemingly ahead as things stand. Either way, Samuele Ricci will be a starter after doing enough against Atalanta last time out to impress Allegri.
Up front, Christopher Nkunku made an impact last weekend and will thus be the only certainty, while Allegri has to decide between Niclas Fullkrug and Santiago Gimenez for the last spot. Per the paper, the Mexican’s stocks are rising.
Predicted Milan XI (3-5-2): Maignan; De Winter, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Athekame, Fofana, Ricci, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Gimenez, Nkunku.
Predicted Genoa XI (3-4-2-1): Bijlow; Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez; Ellertsson, Frendrup, Malinovski, Martin; Baldanzi; Ekhator, Colombo.
Ricci before Ardon? Pulisic on the bench?
Yes, Jashari has no personality for a club like Milan. Instead of fighting he is rolling around and complaining to referees. Only random people that have nothing to do with football keep writing about him like he is the new superstar. He isn’t. De Kaetelare is a much better player than him and he failed at Milan.
Pulisic is injured, there were 200 articles about this in the past 3 weeks and you commented on each one. You still don’t remember? 😀
The amount of Italian players in both teams is staggering, insanely high…there’s no room for foreign players, really 🙄🙄🙄🙄 ridiculous!
Last game turned around when we went to 3421-ish formation. Why not sacrifice a midfielder for Puli!?
Doesn’t matter who will start, all of them are at the same low performance level at the moment. Just roll the dice.
Let’s just hope the best.
Gimnez/Nkunku will do well