AC Milan’s European campaign gets back underway tonight as they welcome Red Star to the San Siro for the sixth game of the Champions League ‘league’ phase.
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Milan have been resurgent in the UCL after a difficult start to the campaign, winning their last three in the competition and moving up the table nicely, but tonight’s game against the Serbian champions will not be easy.
Red Star have won 16 of their 17 league games so far this season (drawing the other). They have scored 55 goals and allowed nine, sitting 15 points ahead of their rivals Partizan in second.
The predicted starting line-ups
With that being said, it is imperative that Paulo Fonseca gets the team right. Christian Pulisic and Noah Okafor join Alessandro Florenzi, Ismael Bennacer and Luka Jovic as unavailable players, depleting the attack a bit.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), Mike Maignan should have a back four of Davide Calabria, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw and Theo Hernandez ahead of him.
It should be Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders in the double pivot, with Yunus Musah on the right, Rafael Leao on the left and Ruben Loftus-Cheek behind Alvaro Morata.
Predicted Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Gabbia, Theo; Fofana, Reijnders; Musah, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Morata.
Predicted Red Star XI (4-2-3-1): Gutesa; Mimovic, Djiga, Spajic, Seol; Krunic, Elsnik; Silas, Maksimovic, Ivanic; Ndiaye.
