AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli seems likely to change to a three-man defence for tonight’s game against Inter, according to a report.
MilanNews report that the recent struggles have forced Pioli to look an new tactical solutions, with both the 3-5-2 and the 4-3-3 tried during the week ahead of a game against an Inter side that have a three-man defence and midfield.
Why the 3-5-2? The simultaneous absences of fundamental players in the build-up such as Mike Maignan, Fikayo Tomori and Ismael Bennacer and the potential to use Junior Messias as a midfielder are the direct consequences of the numerical and qualitative difficulty that the team are facing.
The possible exclusion of Rafael Leao from the starters could generate some headlines, but the Portuguese winger appeared to be physically exhausted in recent games and a more physical pairing of Divock Origi and Olivier Giroud would allow – at least on paper – greater physicality in individual and aerial duels.
There is still a chance that the 4-3-3 could prevail and that Leao could start with Tonali, Krunic and Pobega or Vranckx in the midfield, but at the moment the three-man defence is the favourite.
