There is a late injury scare for AC Milan on the eve of their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Napoli, according to a report.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews), striker Olivier Giroud started training yesterday at Milanello, but did not finish it due to a problem with the Achilles tendon in his left leg.
He sustained the issue in the first leg leg of the tie after a rough tackle by Kim. The Frenchman grit his teeth and finished last Wednesday’s match at San Siro, but the pain remained and his condition is keeping Stefano Pioli on his toes.
However, what filters from Milanello is confidence that Giroud will start tomorrow’s match at the Maradona. In arguably the most important game since he arrived at the club Milan need everyone, especially their No.9 who has given his best in the decisive matches.
In the event that he doesn’t make it back, there are two hypotheses: Ante Rebic and Divock Origi. There is not really much of a battle in this case though as Pioli would almost certainly choose the Croatian.
Rebic knows the way that Pioli wants to play inside out while Origi continues to struggle to adapt, while the former Eintracht Frankfurt man will also be better at exploiting the space left when Napoli push forward, opening up more counter-attacking opportunities.
I think Pioli would rather be fired than play CDK in a striker position..
There’s noone I’d rather play there.
Be aware that CDK played false 9 in a 4-3-3 formation before
No, he did not.
Brugge have switched from 3-4-3 to 4-3-3 within games where he played the false 9.
And yet we don’t play a 4-3-3. It’s almost comical how people keep insisting that we do now that we’ve been using Bennacer behind the striker. A trequartista usually negates a false 9 as they would be tripping over each other.
I think you would rather lose and play CDK than win and not play CDK
this is AC Milan not AC CDK
Rebić is the obvious choice. At least he will put in the work rate and annoy/bother the napoli def with his pressing and movement..
Wouldnt trust Origi to carry water for Milan players let alone touch a ball.
In a pinch throwing Messias or Salemejker up front might not be a bad idea, they could slip from def and do a one two with leao on a fast counter, assuming napoli will be attacking a lot. They’re faster than rebić
Giroud on crutches over Origi. Maybe even over Rebic at this point.
The only choice is Rebic.
CDK, Rebic, and Origi….what do you expect from these three players? They seems do not know what to do in the field.
Krunic is much better as a replacement. 1000% sure.
Messias or Rebic, then swap them when needed.
Leave Origi at home..