AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli will have to turn to an unprecedented midfield pairing this evening against Spezia, hoping to make virtue out of necessity.
There is a defensive emergency for Pioli to battle as Alessio Romagnoli, Simon Kjaer and Fikayo Tomori will all miss today’s game, but there is also one in midfield as Franck Kessie and Ismael Bennacer are involved in the African Cup of Nations, while Sandro Tonali will serve a one-match suspension.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) writes how Krunic and Bennacer will play together in the midfield for the first time from the first minute, as the emergency leaves no choice for Pioli who will have to field the two of them since he has no alternatives. The role is certainly not the Bosnian’s favourite as he prefers to play higher up, while we have seen the best from the Frenchman as more of a box-to-box presence.
Bakayoko has appeared to be on the rise in the last few matches it must be said, especially from a physical point of view, and he must now prove he has definitively changed pace and reassure Milan that they did the right thing to re-sign him in the summer.
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In the second paragraph, you put Bennacer instead of Bakayoko. Morning coffee
wishful thinking
God please help us, Bakayoko and Krunic in the midfield…
This will not be pretty. It will not be efficient either. But I hope it won’t be catastrophic either…
😅😅😅😅 chill mate, they will do better, the tempo is still high
Let’s just hope for the batter
We go with the wining spirit. #fozzamilan
instructions to Baka; “kick the ball as hard and as far as you can toward their goal, everytime” I mean what could go wrong ?
Lol! He is not that bad.
I don’t know how this cracked me so much, but it did 😂😂😂
He’s not all that bad though!!!