Massimiliano Allegri could send Adrien Rabiot to the bench for the game against Udinese on Saturday, according to Sky.
Milan head to Udinese seeking their third consecutive league win. After victories against Lecce and Bologna the response has been positive following the shock loss to Cremonese, and the back-to-back clean sheets has provided a stable base to build from.
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Predicted Milan XI vs. Udinese
According to Sky, Allegri will make a forced change in goal with Pietro Terracciano coming in for Mike Maignan. The coach did confirm in his pre-match press conference that the Frenchman is doing better and will be back between the posts against Lecce in the midweek cup game.
Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia and Strahinja Pavlovic are expected to be the three-man defence again. The latter has shaken off a flexor problem that forced him off in the Bologna game, while Gabbia will be the captain.
Youssouf Fofana, Luka Modric and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are down as the midfield trio, flanked by Alexis Saelemaekers and Pervis Estupinan as the wing-backs. It would mean that – rather surprisingly – Rabiot would lose his starting spot after an excellent debut.
A front two of Christian Pulisic and Santiago Gimenez is anticipated, with Rafael Leao still not back yet and Christopher Nkunku trying to get back towards full fitness.
Predicted Milan XI (3-5-2): Terracciano; Tomori, Gabbia, De Winter; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Loftus-Cheek, Estupinan; Gimenez, Pulisic.
Not starting Rabiot would be a mistake
Click bait. Allegri not gonna give away his lineup 24 hrs in advance.
It wouldn’t surprise me if this was his exact lineup- Fofana and RLC seem to be undroppable…
Rabiot is our second best midfielder (sadly) he can’t not start
Strong lineup against Udine. Rotate agains Leece midweek. Then use all the ballers against Napoli.
Torriani needs to start if Maignan is out. There is zero perspective in Terracciano…
If he concedes goals and loses us points, are you going to be responsible for that?
Max is always going to play the steady hand. He’s a professional.
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Ricci not in the starting 11, such a surprise.
RLC and Fofana should not play together.
Is there a reason for Rabiot not starting other than rest? I realize he played 99 min on his debut while probably not being 100% match fit, but there was no midweek game while this week there is a CI game on Tuesday. Better play him tomorrow and rest him midweek for Napoli than possibly not starting him for two games or playing midweek and then playing Napoli.
Rabiot MUST start. Him and Modric are non-negotiable.
Typo. You still have De Winter in your predicted line-up.
“Predicted Milan XI (3-5-2): Terracciano; Tomori, Gabbia, De Winter;”
Loftus-Cheek and Fofana💀💀💀💀💀💀
Always a nightmare for me to see those two in the starting 11. Allegri seems to find them attractive…
They both started against Lecce and both started against Bologna and both games were won. what’s the problem?
Not sure why it’s not Ricci instead of one of those two. Neither are really very good on the ball. I would play Fofana as I think he has the legs to cover for Modric.
RLC is actually very good on the ball.
folks This article is taking you for a ride….Rabiot is starting.