Ahead of Sunday’s game against Juventus, AC Milan are expected to make a few changes to the starting XI, it seems.
After a perfect start, you would expect changes to be minimal to a Milan side which has looked strong in their opening two games. However, certain players are perhaps deserving of a chance – or even a return – and they will be given them on Sunday.
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Amorim to make changes
As expected by Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), the defence will remain unchanged, largely because Ruben Amorim lacks the tools to make any differences. Matteo Gabbia isn’t expected to travel with the team, and Fikayo Tomori has only just returned to training.
So, the back four of Mike Maignan, Mario Gila, Koni De Winter and Strahinja Pavlovic should be confirmed for a third straight game.
Yunus Musah and Luka Modric are expected to continue together in central midfield, with the Portuguese clearly a fan of that pairing. However, there could be two changes on the flanks; Diego Moreira seems to have earned a debut – giving him a chance to silence the doubters – whilst Pervis Estupinan is expected to start on the left.
In attacking midfield, Alphadjo Cisse has seen off the ‘threat’ of Alexis Saelemaekers, but Adrien Rabiot cannot be benched any longer, so he’ll return as a starter behind Goncalo Ramos.
Expected Milan XI (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Gila, De Winter, Pavlovic; Moreira, Musah, Modric, Estupinan; Rabiot, Cisse; Ramos.
Chuckwueze is in good form. Why you bench him ? Play Moreira in Estupinan place.
Because Amorim likes to keep up his attacking intensity when teams are tired in the second half so he needs chukwueze, Salaemakers and Pulisic to be a threat to teams in the second half.
All three of them or at least two of them should be starting the game.
can’t play 2 wingers against Juve if it was Genoa would make more sense
Sure you can.
And who is to say Moreira isn’t an upgrade over Estupinan even defensively?
why does saelemaekers not start on the left ?
You have Moreira, Saelemaekers and Bartesaghi and you go with Estupinan on the left and leave Chukwueze and Saelemaekers on the bench?
I wouldn’t start Cisse either – let’s hope this is just fake news…
Neither would I, honestly, I have missed that.
Hutch and Puli probably don’t have a start in them yet. Rabiot is solid. Cisse can start.
Chukwueze, Modric, Musah, Moreira- Rabiot, Saelemaekers- Ramos
Saelemaekers, Musah, Rabiot, Moreira- Chukwueze, Cisse- Ramos
*Chukwueze, Modric, Musah, Saelemaekers- Rabiot, Cisse- Ramos
Moreira, Musah, Rabiot, Saelemaekers- Chukwueze, Cisse- Ramos
Chukwueze, Musah, Rabiot, Saelemaekers- Moreira, Cisse- Ramos
*no Moreira
It’s weird to me that milan play with 2 left footed wing back on both sides.
If RA want to play with inverted wing back, why not saelemaker on the left instead?
Sammy is having a great series so he should be kept on the starting.
I’d rather see moreira behind the striker, with rabbiot paired with musah.
Modric can come from the bench.
This is stupid and probably not accurate news.
Chukwueze is in good form it wouldn’t make to bench him.
Let’s not get upset. This prediction is always wrong.