Massimiliano Allegri has named the AC Milan team for the penultimate game of the 2025-26 season, at the Marassi against Genoa.
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Back-to-back defeats at the hands of Atalanta and Sassuolo have complicated the hopes of securing Champions League qualification. So, two wins from two are needed to guarantee a top four spot, starting today against Daniele De Rossi’s Rossoblu.
Genoa vs. AC Milan: Official starting XIs
Pervis Estupinan, Alexis Saelemaekers and Rafael Leao are all out due to suspension, while Samuele Ricci picked up a knock in training and isn’t 100%. On a positive note, Luka Modric has made a swift recovery from his cheekbone surgery and has made the bench.
Allegri has chosen to go with a three-man defence of Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia and Strahinja Pavlovic ahead of Mike Maignan. Zachary Athekame and Davide Bartesaghi are the wing-backs almost by obligation, given the suspension situation.
In midfield, Youssouf Fofana and Adrien Rabiot are the Frenchman flanking the regista Ardon Jashari. Up front, Christopher Nkunku partners Santiago Gimenez in a front two we haven’t seen very often.
Official Milan XI (3-5-2): Maignan, Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic, Athekame, Fofana, Jashari, Rabiot, Bartesaghi, Gimenez, Nkunku.
Bench: Terracciano, Torriani, De Winter, Odogu, Ricci, Modric, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic, Fullkrug, Balentien, Sardo, Vladimirov.
Official Genoa XI (3-5-2): Bijlow; Marcandalli, Otoa, Vasquez; Ellertsson, Malinovskyi, Frendrup, Baldanzi, Amorim; Vitinha, Colombo.
Bench: Leali, Sommariva, Ekuban, Zatterstrom, Masini, Martin, Sabelli, Ekhator, Latif, Grossi, Doucourè, Klysis, Lafont.