It feels as though Stefano Pioli cannot do without Olivier Giroud at the moment and he will start again tonight in the home match against Salernitana, a report claims.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) this morning reports that in recent days it was thought the Rossoneri coach could rotate the team a bit after a hard fought draw against Spurs in midweek that took a lot out of the team mentally and physically.
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However, it instead seems that he will make just one change to the team that took to the field in London and it is a forced one as Alexis Saelemaerkes will come in at right wing-back for Junior Messias who got injured against Tottenham and will be out for a month.
There will be no other changes including in attack where Giroud will once again lead the line. Although he has played a lot in recent weeks, Pioli will still rely on the French centre-forward with Ibrahimovic, Origi and Rebic all on the bench.
It is not a surprise that Zlatan is not ready to start yet given the nine-month break due to injury, but the other two are having a rather disappointing season and so Giroud will once again be forced to work overtime.
Fantastic Olivier Giroud should lead the line..
What a centre forward he is inside the 18 yard area
the best anywhere ..I would like to see salamakers
get a start also ,and with rafeol leao alongside Olivier i expect us to win by two clear goals .
What a manager we have in Stefani pioli ,who makes his own decisions..He knows his best line ups .
We are AC Milan
the atk of Milan in 2023 has been anything but fantastic
Pioli is such a fool. He has Ibra ready and Giroud clearly needs a rest but he still won’t change. Same with Tonali. He has been poor and could use a rest but still starting every game. If you can’t rest some players against Salernitana , when can you? He only makes a change when injury forces him to.