New Milan on a comeback mission. The Empoli test with Leao in the balance

Empoli or Rotterdam? The history of the Milan, cloaked in that European DNA that over the years has actually lost a bit of its shine, could be turned upside down in a week. Because in this time, it is better to think about the championship. Cash logic, a demonstration of the concept during the transfer market: the fourth place mission can no longer wait, and at 18pm in Tuscany the watchword for Sergio Conceicao Sara "victory". Even at the cost of risking someone before the confrontation of Champions with Feyenoord, scheduled for Wednesday evening. The aim is to mediate between the "old" and "new" course, reserving the best possible for Empoli. First certainty, the 4-2-fantasy can be put away. Maybe, forever. For a team that has never had balance in this last year and a half, the cooperative of good feet does not seem to be the best solution.

Better the 4-3-3 with Musah to guarantee coverage on the right, confirming how the solutions are those of Paulo Fonseca, rather than Conceição. Who not by chance, after the "dance" of the Super Cup asked for and obtained the revolution on the market. Behind, Thiaw and Gabbia are raring to go behind Pavlovic and Tomori, on the wings today Kyle Walker and Theo Hernandez are more certainties, also considering the good feelings left by the Frenchman with Roma.

In midfield, called the all-rounder from New York, it is credible that everything still passes through the feet of Fofana and Reijnders. Faces of a vigil secreted by the decision of the Portuguese coach not to sit in the press conference, thanks to the density of commitments. Up front, many issues. Rafael Leao is back in the balance. Unlike Fonseca, this time, the will of the new coach is to ask for a development also in the containment phase to the Portuguese number ten, thanks to the arrival of some other prima donna. Difficult in a configuration with another attacking midfielder (Pulisic?) and a centre forward (Gimenez favored over Abraham).

There will still be time for Joao Felix, as in the Cup, the imagination of the latest arrival presupposes a different plan, and at the moment it can be a solution during the game. Will it be the Saturday of the Mexican striker, who already seemed hungry with Roma? And in four days, in a chronology of unparalleled emotions, it will be time for a challenge from the former. Meanwhile, Empoli, in an injury emergency, without Maleh, Anjorin and Fazzini.