Very interesting that these kids will start. Jimenez is no left back and is defensively very poor so hope that goes well.
Liberali was very good this summer with the first team. Hope he will get more and more minutes from now on! Looking forward to this. Absolutely must win game
Strange thing is to start them now, in front of a full san siro without playing any minutes so far for the first team. He shoulve been giving them minutes here and there already.
Also there will be lots of milan legends in the stadium so no pressure at all for them … hope they do well.
12-15-2024, 01:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2024, 01:23 AM by nefremo.)
Liberali is playing because there are simply no options. You could give Okafor a go and play 442 with him and Abraham up front i guess. But weird things have happened with Okafor. He "did well enough" to be the go-to person when Fonseca wanted to discipline Leao....but then after a couple games he's basically disappeared. Now with Morata, Pulisic, RLC and Musah all out...the next best option is Liberali. But I agree Liberali should have been given chances until now. So this is like throwing him in the deep and to see if he knows how to swim. Not ideal for development. But hopefully the kid makes the most of this.
On the LB spot....again, he wants to discipline Theo, but we have no options. Terracciano is one he's tried before but we all know that he's not a left back, and generally not a very good player overall. So yea...then it's Jimenez or Bartesaghi. Bartesaghi for me is not a LB. He's more of a LCB and I think his future is a CB. He can't play as a fullback in the modern game. Jimenez is also not a a LB, but at least he's a fullback/wingback...albeit, a right sided one.
Nice to hear that Jimenez and Liberali will start, but where the positions for them and the overal structure must be carefully considered.
Given that both Leao & Chuku are not good at (and not care about) defending, LB and RB must be quite defensive. RB is ok with Emerson, love or hate; but the only way to use Jimenez at LB is encouraging Leao to be more of a leader to cover the left side back and forward.
Liberali is the only natural playmaker we got. I feel excited for todays game. While I would have loved Camarda too, it is wise to not use to many youngsters at the same time.
Juventus and Fiorentina lost points, so let's not waste their gifts.
Avaiting for arrival of exorcist into our boardroom.
12-15-2024, 06:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2024, 06:13 PM by nefremo.)
A win puts us 6 pts behind 4th. Both us and Fiorentina have a game in hand. Ours against Bologna and theirs against Inter. Additionally, with our games in hand, we can catch Juventus and on top of that, Inter and Lazio play each other tomorrow. We have a real opportunity to make up ground over the next 3-4 matchdays. But we HAVE TO start winning games consistently in order to do that.
12-15-2024, 06:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2024, 06:31 PM by Sleeping Giant.)
Edoardo Bove was a key midfielder in their squad, they would have tough time without him.
Forza Diavolo ale!!!
Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson Royal, Gabbia, Thiaw, Jimenez; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Liberali, Leao; Abraham.