Milan Bologna, probable formations and where to watch it on TV

Bologna, 9 May 2025 - Final technical tests: but without the parachute that in every self-respecting test protects against missteps. Jokes of the calendar and fate: there is a Milan-Bologna today and there will be a Milan-Bologna in five daysi at the Olimpico. Italian, between the ninety minutes of the championship and those that will be needed on Wednesday night to lift the Coppa Italia, seems to want to preserve the latter, but cannot afford to abandon the former to their fate. Making a mistake tonight for Bologna would mean not only saying goodbye to the dream of a second participation in the Champions League, but also making the road that leads to the other Europe arduous.

Sure, better mess up this Milan-Bologna and get the one on Wednesday right night at the Olimpico: a shame that no coach has the power to make this choice. Italiano could have chosen, yes, whether to play to the max in tonight's challenge at the Meazza or whether, on the contrary, to save some strategic cartridges for the mother of all Bologna-Milan matches that will take place in five days in Rome.

And he seems to have chosen the second option. No trip to Milan for convalescents Ndoye and Holm, put under a glass case with a view to the Olympics, as well as for Odgaard, left to work at Casteldebole to recover the polish lost in the last month. In addition, reduced efforts for those who, between precarious states of form and the need to catch their breath a bit, are not at their best today, but hopefully in five days' time. We are talking about Ferguson and Castro, but also Skorupski and Miranda. If Italiano (who did not hold a press conference yesterday) opts for the 'conservative' strategy, it is difficult to see them all on the pitch from the first minute tonight at the Meazza.

I'm not absences, or half-time employment, irrelevant. February 27th to leave his mark in the last clash between the rossoblù and the rossoneri, on the night in which the match postponed to October due to the flood was recovered at the Dall'Ara, it was Castro and Ndoye, who were good at overturning the initial Rossoneri advantage signed by Leao. And that 2-1 comeback (refereed by Mariani, who will almost certainly be assigned the final on Wednesday) was an important step in the Rossoblu's climb towards the dreams of Europe.

Those dreams, with such a short ranking, in Casteldebole despite the current seventh place they are all still there, especially on the eve of a round that will see the direct clashes Lazio-Juve (tomorrow) and Atalanta-Roma (Monday). But to give wings to dreams they have to conquer the house of the Devil tonight, a task that is far from obvious considering that the turnover that Conceicao will resort to does not appear significant, net of the forced absence of the suspended Leao.

The certainty is that, at least as much as the legs, tonight the motivations will count. Paradoxically, unlocking the result will count less. With 19 points recovered from disadvantaged situations, Milan has just snatched first place from Bologna (at 18) in the special 'it's never too late to win a match' ranking. Believing until the end is as true for Italiano as it is for Conceicao.

But also for the thousand fans who will follow the team to Milan today. In the meantime, the groups of the Bulgarelli curve, to protest against the only 300 tickets made available to Fiorentina, will desert the trip to the Franchi.

Probable lineups

Bologna (4-2-3-1): Dallinga, Cambiaghi, Fabbian, Orsolini, Freuler, Aebischer, Lykogiannis, Lucumì, Beukema, Calabria, Ravaglia. Coach: Italian. 

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