After some up-and-down performances, even in wins, Milan come into this game sitting in 8th place in the league and finding themselves in another case of must win. Will Fonseca give them the best chance to succeed? This is the most important and proving to be the most difficult question to answer.
MATCHDAY:
LAST FIVE
HELLAS VERONA: WLLLL
MILAN: DWLWW
FORMATIONS
HELLAS VERONA (3-4-2-1): Montipo; Dawidowicz, Coppola, Ghilardi; Tchatchoua, Kastanos, Duda, Belahyane: Lazovic (C), Suslov; Sarr
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Royal, Gabbia, Thiaw, Jimenez; Fofana, Terracciano; Chukwueze, Reijnders, Leão (C); Abraham
TIME/LOCATION
TIME: 2:45pm EST/7:45pm GMT
PLACE: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona
WHERE TO WATCH:
Paramount+ and FuboTV here in the US of Aye (Spanish broadcast on Fox Deportes in the US); FuboTV and TLN for Canada; TNT in the UK (maybe?); ESPN for Mexico; DAZN for Germany, Austria, Switzerland; a website called GXR for our friends in India; and illegal streams that support dictators and oligarchs everywhere.
*Let us know if this needs updating or if you have additional broadcasters to add*
WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
There has been some excellent dialogue in the comment section of multiple posts recently about Fonseca, management, form, and perhaps the most interesting, fun, and diverse: what to do to get Milan back on track? Surely there isn’t one silver bullet to fix things but a combination. That being said, not all pieces to this puzzle are the same size nor will they have the same amount of impact.
Loyal readers will know that I want my best players on the pitch as much as possible but just as important, the selections need to be complimentary. So, it’s important to get the players in the right position and asked to do what fits their strengths. Seems rather logically and rational but you’d be surprised how many times we get square peg/round hole. Now with the lineups now posted, Jimenez is definitely starting over Theo (dumb), and it’s appears like Terracciano will be in the double pivot and Reijnders as the CAM? Very interesting selections assuming this is a 4-2-3-1.
I’m not going to go on any rants. I don’t know what Fonseca is trying to do. Seems like he’s going out of his way to not play Theo. I know there are some injuries but it seems like he’s making this more complicated than it needs to be. Play Theo. Keep the same double pivot. Play Morata or Liberali as the CAM (or pseudo CAM in Morata’s case as they could morph from a 4-4-2/4-2-4 to a 4-2-3-1 as needed like vs Inter). But what do I know.
Also, I took the Curva Sud off the post graphic. Until they take their heads out of their asses, I’m done showing images of them. Montolivo is ahead of them in the pecking order at this point…
Oye vay…prediction time…I got nothing. I have no idea what’s going to happen. Milan could dominate and win 3-0 or barely hang on for a draw or even get their asses handed to them. My predictions have sucked this season and so has Fonseca and Milan for about a third of the time. So throw some blood-hair-and-chicken bones on the floor, pray to your god, or say “f**k it” and put it all on red (or black). Have fun, start drinking early (here in the states), and bask in the glory knowing you won’t have to worry about Fonseca and Milan for 9 days after this.
Michael Lisi says: Ocupado. We better win. That’s all I can say. *checks lineup* The f**k is that lineup? Christ almighty. I’ll say 1-1 draw. Take Hellas double chance and under 3.5 goals. We gonna f**k this up and have a new coach by Christmas
Lisi and I have found each other in the darkness…
Forza Milan
gillis
**Don’t forget to check out Lisi’s Weekend Whip Around: Round 17!