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Official: AC Milan vs. Inter starting XIs – three changes from Dinamo defeat

Sergio Conceicao has named his starting XI for the game between AC Milan and Inter this evening. As expected, the manager has made three changes due to some absences, including the suspended Youssouf Fofana. 

The likes of Matteo Gabbia, Alvaro Morata and Fofana played from start in Milan’s defeat against Dinamo Zagreb mid-week. The Italian suffered a blow in that game and has only just recovered for tonight’s clash, while Morata has flown to Istanbul to join Galatasaray.

In other words, the three changes made to the XI for tonight’s game were all expected. Ismael Bennacer is replacing Fofana in the middle, while Kyle Walker is making his debut for the Rossoneri. Up front, Tammy Abraham is the starting striker.

As for Inter, Hakan Calhanoglu was a big doubt for this game but as expected, he’s playing from start for Inter. This is obviously a big boost for Simone Inzaghi as the alternative would have been Kristjan Asllani, who doesn’t have the same quality.

The starting XIs

Official Milan XI (4-3-3): Maignan; Walker, Tomori, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Musah, Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Abraham, Leao.

Bench: Sportiello, Torriani; Bartesaghi, Gabbia, Jiménez, Terracciano, Thiaw; Zeroli; Camarda, Chukwueze, Jović, Okafor.

Official Inter XI (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, de Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu/Asllani, Mkhitaryan; Thuram, Lautaro Martinez.

Bench: Calligaris, J. Martínez; Acerbi, Bisseck, C. Augusto, Darmian; Asllani, Frattesi, Zalewski, Zieliński; Arnautović, De Pieri, Taremi.

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    1. Well, because of that Musah is relatively well rested whereas many others in the team ran themselves into the ground in the second half against Zagreb. And we don’t have the bodies to cover for that. Look at the bench; Zeroli is basically the only recognised central midfielder there (I know Terracciano can do a job there too).

  2. The players and the coach should follow the KISS method (Keep It Simple Stup!d). Don’t try complex stuff, we’re not cut for it, don’t overdribble, we’re also not cut fot it. Leave the thinking to Pulisic and all the others keep it simple.
    Musah in particular should be forbidden from dribbling, carrying the ball, talking to the referee, talking to the opposition, shooting,… anything that is not winning the ball and passing/clearing the ball.

  6. Ready to watch good football.
    I have no doubt in my mind we’re going to play a good match. The 4-3-3 formation gives me so much confidence when we play.

    I can’t boldly say we winning this, but without a doubt, we gonna show ourselves worthy tonight.

      1. No problems buddy.
        As an amateur football coach, I can tell you my position is from a point of football knowledge.

  7. Bruh that bench gives me Verona vibes… just compare the both benches and we can see the gap even if you blind.. good we got Gimenez but we need reinforcements in midfield otherwise it’s going to be hard.. Anyway miracles do happen. FORZA MILAN

    1. In case you haven’t noticed, there’s no quality on the bench or any other option outside of Terraciano. Let’s just hope no one gets hurt because we’re screwed.

  13. I’m very concerned about Tomori – Pavlovic combo.
    Already looking ropey on that disallowed goal.
    It was Gabbia – Thiaw that gave us some consistency

    2. It’s not ropes dude. They have actually been holding a pretty solid line and that is why Inter has been caught offsides multiple times.

    3. An offside goal and you are concerned lol there’s a reason defenders stay in line and let opponent strikers freely running behind them for offside.

  14. Zeroli as our only midfielder on the bench. Even when Fofana and RLC are back, that’s it from our engine room until the end of this season. Pretty bad.

    2. Don’t have to be quick, he’s forced them into positions where they can’t create anything. It’s rushing into challenges like Emerson did that cost us. As Paolo said, you don’t have to make the tackle if the backline is organised. And we are organised. Offside trap has worked well. This isn’t FIFA. The only problem is Tammy up front.

      1. I agree, I’m not criticising him.
        Obviously he’s not as fast as he used to be as has been seen several times in the Premier league this season.

        But he is still has decent pace.
        Point is this has been a fast game with pacey players

  17. Musah is completely useless – he thinks he can dribble but he can’t and just gives the ball away. It’s like playing with 10 men when he is on the field.

    1. It’s only a matter of time before they score. Two disallowed goals, numerous attacks where they outnumber us, Leao walking around, Musah losing balls, our entire midfield missing at times. The Inter goal will come and we won’t be able to score.

      1. You aren’t reading the game correctly my friend. Offside is offside, and it will never be a goal doesn’t matter how much you complain that offside is offside. Negating the danger. The problem is up front. Abraham is not the guy to have there.

        1. Lol, if they keep making those plays they will eventually get one my friend. A good defense never allows the ball into the back of the net my friend. Conceicao has only kept a single clean sheet since he arrived. Fonseca kept four in his last six games, and with Thiaw-Gabbia as the CB pairing.

  20. Why is Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftass cheek still in the team and why did Milan loan out Morata? Felix and Rashford can do better than them. Walker is a right signing.
    Musah is a weak starter in XI but good as a sub or squad player.
    I will sell/end loan for RLC, Okafor, and Tammy. These 3 are not good for Milan.

  21. We are organised in defense. Big difference from what we’ve seen this season. They can’t create anything. Offside trap is working well. Negate the danger before having to make the tackle. Put them in bad and tough positions. Lautaro having his rhythm disrupted already.

    1. I don’t know – we seem to be allergic to decent cbs – went for CDK instead of Botman, didn’t even try for Pavard and preferred Pavlovic over Buonjorno…

    1. Just pure organisation and calmness, no running in with crazy tackles and stupid passes from Emerson. Musah and Tammy need to step it up, they throwing away possessions cheaply.

  29. I’m the biggest Leao fan and I know he created the goal, but his body language does not look good this game (or the entire season for that matter).

    Musah really has zero football iq.

  30. We didn’t do anything until that goal. They scored 2 disallowed goals already. The only good thing is that Inter doesn’t play well in second halves this season. The bad thing is that our midfield is empty, Musah is useless, Leao is walking around and defense is shaky. Hope for the best

  31. One thing I noticed was that we have been very compact. Defence held the line well and great work when we have to press high.
    Please team make this next half more compact without panicking.🙏

  32. Good half. Let’s keep it up. They could be even more exposed now and we know that counter attacking football is the only thing this Milan is ever good at. 3-1 to Milan my prediction 😊 Forza Milan!

      1. Well, 4-4-2 actually. Don’t know why I said 4-2-4. We’ll see how it shakes out. Musah-Reijnders is our weakest CM pairing…

    1. Of course you’ll find a reason to blame Chuk. He did what he’s supposed to do in this game. Did you miss the part where he also used his head to clear an Inter corner where Tomori was supposed to be ? Was Chuk the reason Inter hit to goalpost like 4 times ? Our defense was shaky all game long nothing to do with Chuk!

  43. One thing I hate in football is a coach that instructs his team to break a counter attack when you’re only 1 goal up. Jimenez should have passed the ball forward when Chuk was literally breaking forward and would have been 1 on 1 with the GK if Jimenez just passed the ball but the coach on the sidelines was waving him to kill the counter and pass backwards. That’s where we lost this game. Cos a draw is a loss after holding on for that long. Smh

    1. Maybe. Or maybe it was when Jimenez failed to properly clear and passed it to Dumbfries for the cross to Zalewski. But they also hit the woodwork 3 times, so…

  44. On a contrary the coach never instructed him to pass the ball backward, he was really mad that Jimenez never laid the ball for chukwu. That pass would have changed the whole game

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