Stefano Pioli has named his starting XI for tonight’s clash between AC Milan and Monza. Compared to the defeat against Barcelona, the manager has decided to make one change.
The game between Milan and Monza this evening will be the first edition of the Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi. The venue is U-Power Stadium, which has a capacity of nearly 17k, and it’s expected to be sold out.
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It’s a special game for both clubs, of course, and they will be hoping to put on a good show on the pitch. Pioli has decided to make one change to the starting XI compared to the last outing, replacing Alessandro Florezni with Pierre Kalulu.
Other than that, it’s the selection you would expect with Rade Krunic starting in the middle of the pitch, and with Christian Pulisic on the right flank.
Official Milan XI (4-3-3): Maignan; Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao.
Bench:Mirante, Sportiello; Bartesaghi, Florenzi, Kjær, Simić; Adli, Musah, Pobega, Romero, Zeroli; Chukwueze, Colombo, Okafor.
Official Monza XI (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio, Bettella, Carboni, Caldirola; Ciurria, Gagliardini, Pessina, Carlos Augusto; Colpani, Maric; Mota.
Bench:Gori, Lamanna; Birindelli, Cittadini, D’Ambrosio, Marí, Pereira; Bondo, Carboni V., Kyriakopoulos, Machín, Vignato; Caprari, Carboni F., Petagna.
❗ OFFICIAL: #ACMilan's starting XI for #MonzaMilan.
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Krunic and giroud starting after not being in the prep for possession training is pretty shocking and contradictory
They will likely be entirely rotated at the break. But yeah weird. Doesn’t make sense to me.
I hope i can see, okafor, musah and chukwueze get some minutes
4-3-3. As I requested in a previous post, Anyone kindly prompt me if you observe a 4-3-3 on the field.
Lol 😂 I know eh. it’s the ” ghost 433 “. It’s there if you really believe it
Please lay off Olivier Giroud,,,when he bangs in two goals tonight ,what will you be saying ..
This man is sheer class ..
I believe in Olivier Giroud and I believe in this team .
Which channel is going to be?
you can try hesgoal runs fine and in good quality
Krunic in the middle, how sad. Pioli needs to place his boyfriend on the bench
As a non italian speaker i expect a translated summarizing of the prelude to the match 🙂
What happened to Segnoire Galliani’s yellow tie
Okay. So far I’m seeing a 4-2-3-1 off the ball and a 4-3-3 on the ball. With Kalulu tucking in closer to Krunic when we have the ball.
I like the chameleonic interpretation by Pioli, but this takes some serious tactical discipline and awareness from the midfielders to make it work.
Loving Reignders’ movements on and off the ball so far.
I don’t know if we’re going to realise Pulisic’s full potential on the RW.
Just leave Kalulu at RB, sell Flotenzi and get another CB (Esteves ain’t bad)
OMG Tomori. We need a new CB
stream please?
just try “hesgoal” the match is shown there but currently its the halftime. no need to sign up either.
Reijnders impress me even more.
His quick fire pass is gonna unlock opponent’s defense once we have leao, chuk and okafor upfront.
Give the team more time to understand each other, and they will do great.
And i really hope monza can do better this season, they have been really good since last season.
The reindeer is good, unfortunately he has a donkey aka Piolis lover next to him who plays so slow and negative.
Never seen leao this angry 😀