Pulisic did the trick, a week ago, beating Lecce with a brace (2-3) and saving his coach Sergio Conceiçao from the sack, who in case of defeat in Salento – which would have been the fourth in a row – might not have been able to avoid dismissal. AC Milan’s comeback, after going two goals down in the middle of the second half in the match against former coach Marco Giampaolo’s Roma and risking another embarrassing defeat, is not enough to say that the Diavolo’s crisis is definitively behind them.
Theo Hernandez and his teammates, in fact, also showed their usual limitations at the “Via del Mare”, demonstrating that the impact of the former Porto coach – Super Cup victory aside – has not been what was expected after the turbulent Fonseca management. And while Milanello is already talking about his successor – the name of Massimiliano Allegri continues to circulate insistently, it would be a return for the coach from Livorno – it is necessary to limit the damage as much as possible in the last two and a half months of a season that could end with Milan out of everything. Yes, there’s still the Coppa Italia but the Rossoneri are only ninth in the league, 8 points behind fourth place and at this rate qualifying for the Champions League will remain a mirage.
Maximum attention, therefore, to the ambitious Como team of Cesc Fabregas (also in the sights of the Milan directors for next year). Last Saturday the Como team wasted a golden opportunity against Venezia, allowing Eusebio Di Francesco’s team to catch up in injury time (1-1). In any case, Como seem to have already secured their place in the next league season, as they are just a few points away from 30 and in the last few weeks they have had some important victories against teams of the caliber of Fiorentina and Napoli.
Milan-Como: the latest news on the line-ups
Conceiçao is back for Maignan and Pavlovic, who were suspended against Lecce. In any case, there will be many changes to the line-up compared to the match against the Giallorossi. In midfield, Reijnders and Fofana will play together again, while Leao and Joao Felix should both return from the start. Behind the only one certain to start is Thiaw, while Loftus-Cheek will return to the bench after his long absence.
At Como, the only players unavailable are Sergi Roberto and Azon. For the rest, they are all available to Fabregas who will confirm the now consolidated trident formed by Diao, Nico Paz and Strefezza.
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The prediction
It will be really difficult for Milan to keep a clean sheet against a Como side that already caused the Rossoneri a lot of problems in the first leg, even if they ended up losing 2-1. The conditions are right for another balanced match, with the Lariani (the Como fans) trying to dominate possession and give Conceiçao’s team a hard time, as they are far from being in good shape (in the last 4 games they have never conceded less than 2 goals per game): at least three goals in total are expected at San Siro.
The probable line-ups for Milan-Como
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Walker, Thiaw, Gabbia, Hernandez; Reijnders, Musah; Pulisic, Joao Felix, Leao; Gimenez.
COMO (4-3-3): Butez; Smolcic, Dossena, Goldaniga, Valle; Caqueret, Perrone, Da Cunha; Diao, Nico Paz, Strefezza.