AC Milan and Napoli will square off at San Siro on Sunday evening and after four consecutive games with the same XI, Stefano Pioli will make a change. A forced one, though, as Tijjani Reijnders is suspended.
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Reijnders was carded in the 3-2 win against Frosinone and it was his fifth card of the season. Therefore, after starting in 23/23 league games for Milan this season, the Dutchman will miss out and Pioli will have to make a change.
According to today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport, as relayed by our colleagues at SempreMilan.it, it will just be the one change for Milan. Ismael Bennacer will take Reijnders’ spot, starting alongside Yacine Adli, and it will be the first time these two have started together.
As for Napoli, Walter Mazzarri could abandon the usual 4-3-3 for a three-man backline, with Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Pasquale Mazzocchi playing as wing-backs. In short, we could see two teams with new looks underneath the floodlights at San Siro on Sunday.
Probable Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Gabbia, Hernandez; Adli, Bennacer; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud.
Probable Napoli XI (3-4-2-1): Gollini; Ostigard, Juan Jesus, Rrahmani; Di Lorenzo, Anguissa, Lobotka, Mazzocchi; Kvara, Politano; Simeone.
