Recovery matches with Bologna have become real taboos for the two Milanese sides, and if in 2022, in the year of the Rossoneri scudetto, it was precisely the Felsinei’s victory over Inter that “delivered” the tricolor to Milan, this time the 2-1 at the “Dall’Ara” last Thursday risks turning into the tombstone on the ambitions of Sergio Conceiçao’s team to get back in the race for fourth place.
Theo Hernandez and his teammates in the capital of Emilia cashed in their second consecutive defeat after the one against Torino, miserably failing the opportunity to get closer to the fourth place. Now the last useful placement to take part in the next edition of the Champions League is 8 points away.
At the end of the match, the Portuguese coach appeared quite tried: Conceiçao, despite winning the Italian Super Cup in January, has failed to solve the problems of this Milan team and even now a reappointment seems quite unlikely. The risk of continuing to lose altitude in the standings, meanwhile, is very high, since at the San Siro in the Sunday postponement comes Lazio, another team that like the Rossoneri is fighting for a European placement. The biancocelesti have 6 points more than Milan but are also experiencing a particular moment. After the disappointing deadlocked draw in Venice (0-0) they were bypassed by Juventus in fourth place and in the week they surrendered to Inter in the Coppa Italia quarterfinal (2-0), chastened by Arnautovic and Calhanoglu. Two draws and a defeat in the last three outings for Marco Baroni’s men, who have also lost brilliance due to a number of injuries to key players, such as Argentine Castellanos.
Milan-Lazio: the latest news on the lineups
Conceiçao is thinking of a minimum turnover after the recovery with Bologna, but he still won’t be able to count on Walker and Loftus-Cheek, both injured. In the back three, Reijnders could be preferred to Joao Felix, with Musah then dropping back to the midfield alongside Fofana.
On the other side, Baroni has to give up Castellanos, who was also absent against Inter in the Coppa Italia. Besides him, Hysaj, Dele-Bashiru and probably Romagnoli, who is in strong doubt, will also not be available. Pedro and Noslin will compete for a shirt in the three-quarter, the other ballot is on the right between Marusic and Lazzari.
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The Prediction
In six of the last seven challenges with Lazio, Milan has remained unbeaten: the Rossoneri’s only knockout was two years ago at the Stadio Olimpico. At the San Siro, on the other hand, the Diavolo have avoided defeat 33 times in the last 34 confrontations with the biancocelesti, at least as far as the league is concerned. Considering the moment the two teams are going through, it is complicated to single out a clear favorite: the most logical choice is the “goal” one, since even last August, in the first leg match, emotions were not lacking (it ended 2-2).
The probable formations of Milan-Lazio
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Jimenez, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Fofana, Musah; Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao; Gimenez.
LAZIO (4-2-3-1): Provedel; Marusic, Gila, Gigot, Nuno Tavares; Guendouzi, Rovella; Isaksen, Pedro, Zaccagni; Dia.
