EL: FK Austria Wien vs AC Milan - Thursday 14/09/2017 19:00 CEST

Mr. Milanista · Sep 13, 2017

Isnt conti back for this game?

milanator · Sep 13, 2017

Colossus said:
Abate does not suck at defense.....I don't know where this ridiculous idea comes from. He isn't great in attack but find me a team with a better backup fullback other than the top 5-10 teams in the world and I'll shake your hand

Abate tends to get better in attack when playing a bit higher up the pitch too.

Khurrisu said:
"technical reasons"

Quickly losing patience with Montella.

There is probably a good reason or do you think he leaves him out for fun?

Australiano1980 · Sep 13, 2017

Bet Montella will attack with Suso, Cutrone and Borini, just watch.

necromancer · Sep 13, 2017

The only thing Abate is good at is defence.

Jasper · Sep 13, 2017

Khurrisu said:
"technical reasons"

Quickly losing patience with Montella.

god damnit, I knew the price was fishy ...

alcoholism confirmed?

Sage · Sep 13, 2017

RR not called up?

#MontellaOUT

patosheva · Sep 13, 2017

Khurrisu said:
352 with Abate and Antonelli will be painful. They both suck at attack.

edit:

Probable XI vs Austria Wien (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Zapata, Bonucci, Romagnoli; Abate, Kessie, Biglia, Hakan, Antonelli; Silva, Kalinic. [Sky]

need backs wing backs this winter if this formation clicks.

we wont have problems against austria with this formation abate will attack and we have nice mid biglia kessie and hakan + 2 great cf s in box both good in air.

patosheva · Sep 13, 2017

milanator said:
Abate tends to get better in attack when playing a bit higher up the pitch too.

There is probably a good reason or do you think he leaves him out for fun?

mtv says rr and borini were left couse they played many games.

milanator · Sep 13, 2017

sesheva said:
mtv says rr and borini were left couse they played many games.

Makes sense although putting him on the bench could have been good, just in case ...
They probably do some regenerative training or so at Milanello.

tuccero9 · Sep 13, 2017

Mr. Milanista said:
Isnt conti back for this game?

no. rodriguez, borini and conti are left out

Polotelli · Sep 13, 2017

It's only Austria Wien guys, relax

AC_Wesley · Sep 13, 2017

Khurrisu said:
"technical reasons"

Quickly losing patience with Montella.

Sounds all but comforting.

Balo45 · Sep 13, 2017

necromancer said:
The only thing Abate is good at is defence.

This is so true, the idea that he contributes to the attack is really is it because he's fast. At his best he was a comfortable defensive fullback, always

Goodfella · Sep 13, 2017

Balo45 said:
This is so true, the idea that he contributes to the attack is really is it because he's fast.

No, it's because he's an assist machine.

necromancer · Sep 13, 2017

His crosses are probably the worst crosses yet by any Italian fullback. He just runs. But he's sensible enough to know how to defend. Far better option than Calabria any day.

Curupira · Sep 13, 2017

necromancer said:
His crosses are probably the worst crosses yet by any Italian fullback. He just runs. But he's sensible enough to know how to defend. Far better option than Calabria any day.

MilanMB · Sep 13, 2017

ohh man imagine the reactions in here if we don't get all points :lol:

Neruda · Sep 13, 2017

Sage said:
RR not called up?

#MontellaOUT

would be nice to meet arsenal in round 16

Fabio · Sep 13, 2017

necromancer said:
His crosses are probably the worst crosses yet by any Italian fullback. He just runs. But he's sensible enough to know how to defend. Far better option than Calabria any day.

this

milanator · Sep 13, 2017

AC Milan press conference in Vienna (Italian and German)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4a0d-suTfQ

Summery of most answers: (mostly Montella)

-Montella highlights rotation and avoids talk about the system a bit
-Kalinic´s qualities in terms of team play are highlighted
-Romagnoli talking about the match
-Memories about 1990and 1995 and some banter about the journalists coming in duos to visit Vienna for free
-Austria is a very dynamic squad, will be a different kind of game compared to the league, we have to be careful in defense
-Suso is able to play on the wings but also more central.
-RR stayed at Milan because he played two games with his NT.
-No training in Vienna because he prefers working in a known environment
-We watched the video of As Roma-FK Austria. We don´t underestimate any of our opponents in the group, especially not Rijeka.

mleite · Sep 13, 2017

What, no Conti & no RR ?!?!?!

And why is it on so early? It's a week day!

papaberlu · Sep 13, 2017

mleite said:
What, no Conti & no RR ?!?!?!

And why is it on so early? It's a week day!

Milan play a match every 3 days until december or so, there will be plenty of rotation

especially for the EL group matches

KujaIX · Sep 13, 2017

mleite said:
What, no Conti & no RR ?!?!?!

And why is it on so early? It's a week day!

I don't know why it's so early.

Half the group games are 20 minutes after CL time, half are 1 hour and 45 minutes prior.

Why? To jazz it up of course.

helloAgain · Sep 14, 2017

Khurrisu said:
352 with Abate and Antonelli will be painful. They both suck at attack.

edit:

Probable XI vs Austria Wien (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Zapata, Bonucci, Romagnoli; Abate, Kessie, Biglia, Hakan, Antonelli; Silva, Kalinic. [Sky]

need backs wing backs this winter if this formation clicks.

antonelli is ok at attacking. he sucks in defense.

Donato · Sep 14, 2017

Wingback will suit Antonelli. Not sure how Abate will do it'll be interesting.

Hakan has to start I'll be furious if he is not, he offers something different to our team that we don't have.

If Silva doesn't start then Montella officially has something against him, kid has potential to be a superstar and he's sat on the bench two games in a row now. It's ridiculous.

Forza Milan 3-0

vidarth · Sep 14, 2017

Donato said:
Wingback will suit Antonelli. Not sure how Abate will do it'll be interesting.

Hakan has to start I'll be furious if he is not, he offers something different to our team that we don't have.

If Silva doesn't start then Montella officially has something against him, kid has potential to be a superstar and he's sat on the bench two games in a row now. It's ridiculous.

Forza Milan 3-0

antonelli was terrible at wingback the previous game. That was a calabria like performance...he was unable to control even simple passes.

Anto is currently not a player who inspires confidence,

patosheva · Sep 14, 2017

look at this we will play this game with

------------donna
zapa-------leo-------roma
abate--kessie--biglia--hakan---anto
---------silva-----nikola

and agaisnt udine

----------------------donna
musa-----------leo----------roma
conti----kessie---loca----jack----rr
-----------suso-------???

so almost 2 good teams

Jasper · Sep 14, 2017

10h

vidarth · Sep 14, 2017

^^these lineups are much better than the stupid 4-3-3s we've been playing. There are some good players on the bench too..

patosheva · Sep 14, 2017

vidarth said:
^^these lineups are much better than the stupid 4-3-3s we've been playing. There are some good players on the bench too..

100% agree we simple dont dont have wingers ,look at jube roster

dybala-costa bernandeschi pjaca cuardaro of course they can play with wingers ,we have nice mid good cb s and good cf s so few formations should be played or picked to play 4 3 1 2 -4 3 2 1 -- 3 5 2 --- 3 4 1 2

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