Dinamo Zagreb-Milan: Tomori surprise right back. Dinamo has former Napoli player Rog
The Rossoneri are hunting for the three points that are worth a place in the Champions League round of 16. Probable lineups and where to watch the match on TV
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Milan, 29 January 2024 – Three points. This is the distance that separates Milan from the arithmetic access to the Champions League round of XNUMX and that the Rossoneri will try to fill this evening from 21pm in the last match of the first phase of the cup on the field of Dinamo Zagreb by Fabio Cannavaro. A goal, that of the eighth finals, which would allow the Rossoneri club to give impetus to a season so far marked by many ups and downs but also to put fresh millions in the coffers that could be useful to launch the final assault on the great objective of the winter market: Mexican striker Santiago Gimenez, who Milan strongly wants to bring in despite the gap between the offer from the club from via Aldo Rossi and the requests from PSV Eindhoven (40 million compared to the 30 offered by the Rossoneri) being still quite wide.
But he doesn't do the math Mr. Sergio Conceicao, who is aiming straight for the eighth-finals without going through the playoffs. To achieve this, the Portuguese coach is ready to deploy his best players – net of absences – without giving rest to those who have played the most, like Alvaro Morata, and who perhaps need to recharge their batteries: "I think game by game, without doing calculations. When you do that, the results are not positive. We must focus on the match against Dinamo, which will be important and difficult to achieve the second objective, after the victory in the Super Cup, which we achieved well: to finish in the top eight. We are focused on this and we will think about the derby from Thursday". Conceiçao then effectively shelved the issue related to the disagreement with captain Calabria after the last-gasp victory against Parma: “A busy week? You don’t need uninteresting things to give you a boost. The boost must come directly from the work on the pitch and the motivation to be able to play in the best club competition in the world. We want to close the first phase in the best possible way. Motivation can be found every day at Milanello, because we have the responsibility to defend a club like Milan, which is the most important thing.”
Possible choices for Conceiçao and Cannavaro
The Portuguese coach of Milan should opt for a 4-3-3 ready to transform into 4-2-3-1 but he will necessarily have to make a virtue of necessity due to a list of eight unavailable players. On the right lane, in the back line in front of Maignan, there is a real emergency given the disqualification of captain Calabria and the absence due to injury of Emerson Royal (Walker is not yet on the list). The right-back role should therefore be covered unusually by Tomori, clearly ahead in the ballot with Terracciano. Alongside the Englishman, the central defenders Gabbia and Pavlovic and Theo Hernandez. In midfield Musah and Fofana, with Reijnders acting as a glue between the midfield and the three-quarter line where there will also be Pulisic and Leao in support of the striker Morata. Cannavaro will respond with a mirror 4-3-3: Ristovski, Mmaee, Torrente, Pierre-Gabriel will be the four defenders supporting the goalkeeper Nevistic, while Ademi and the former Napoli player Rog will be the mallets on the sides of Bernauer. Finally, up front, the trident composed of Stojkovic, Baturina and Kulenovic.
Times and where to watch the race
The race Dinamo Zagreb-Milan, valid for the last round of the first phase of the UEFA Champions League, will be visible on Wednesday 28 January starting at 21pm live exclusively on Sky Sport Arena and streaming on Sky Go and Now.
Probable lineups
Dinamo Zagreb (4-3-3): Nevistic; Ristovski, Mmaee, Torrente, Pierre-Gabriel; Ademi, Bernauer, Rog; Stojkovic, Baturina, Kulenovic. All. Cannavaro Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Tomori, Pavlovic, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Musah, Fofana, Reijnders; Pulisic, Morata, Leao. Coach: Conceição.
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