AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has seemingly settled on the crew that he’ll use towards Sassuolo within the Coppa Italia tonight.
With a visit to Bergamo to face Atalanta on the horizon on Friday night time, the temptation may have been there to make huge adjustments, particularly towards a aspect in Serie B.
Nevertheless, Fonseca admitted in his pre-match that he shall be taking the Coppa Italia critically, and that he nonetheless regards Sassuolo as a top-flight stage aspect.
La Gazzetta’s predicted line-ups
Fonseca shall be with out Luka Jovic, Ismael Bennacer and Alessandro Florenzi as all three are recovering from operations. Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez because the goalkeeper has undergone dental surgical procedure, whereas Theo suffered a bruised foot on the weekend.
In keeping with the paper, Marco Sportiello and Filippo Terracciano will take the locations of the French duo. Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori and Strahinja Pavlovic ought to full the rearguard.
Reasonably surprisingly there shall be no relaxation given to Youssouf Fofana or Tijjani Reijnders as they continue to be the midfield engine, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek forward of them in a extra superior position.
Rafael Leao will get the nod too to guide the assault on the left, with Samuel Chukwueze on the alternative flank and Tammy Abraham up entrance.
Predicted Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Sportiello; Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Terracciano; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Loftus-Cheek, Leao/Okafor; Abraham.
Predicted Sassuolo XI (4-3-3): Moldovan; Toljan, Muharemovic, Odenthal, Pieragnolo; Thorstvedt, Boloca, Obiang; Berardi, Pierini, Lauriente.
