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

VooDooDoll · Sep 11, 2017

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KujaIX · Sep 11, 2017

Put the time in the topic title, as half are at 7 and half at 9:05

Sage · Sep 11, 2017

Neruda1899 said:

this line up is hamroll free

milanista_ · Sep 11, 2017

Think this is the line up we will get to see on thursday:

3-5-2

Donnarumma;
Zapata, Bonucci, Romagnoli;
Abate, Mauri, Locatelli, Hakan, Rodriguez;
Silva, Kalinic

Kojak · Sep 11, 2017

milanista_ said:
Think this is the line up we will get to see on thursday:

3-5-2

Donnarumma;
Zapata, Bonucci, Romagnoli;
Abate, Mauri, Locatelli, Hakan, Rodriguez;
Silva, Kalinic

Hell no. This scrub played so badly against the Macedonian farmers that he publicly apologised afterwards :lol:

AC_Wesley · Sep 11, 2017

433 or 352, Milan midweek is awesome.

mleite · Sep 11, 2017

Cannot wait to see Romagnoli again!

We need a strong team, this team is still getting to know each other, we don't want too much rotation.

Need a good win for morale.

Forza!

Milaniscool · Sep 11, 2017

No disrespect to the Austrian league but this will be a hammering.

Polotelli · Sep 11, 2017

Playing 4-3-3 against Lazio and 3-5-2 against Austria Wien

Very smart decisions!

SixOneFive · Sep 11, 2017

necromancer said:
So Locatelli instead of Biglia.. I guess he'll be used extensively in the EL.

I'd be fine with that

Neruda · Sep 11, 2017

Biglia to start acc to Sky so is Bonucci Romagnoli RR and one of Moose,Zapata.

A.Silva Kalinic upfront

vidarth · Sep 12, 2017

is conti ready?

Alec · Sep 12, 2017

Montella better field the best team possible - need to assert dominance and leave nothing up to the imagination.

Dawn · Sep 12, 2017

Qaas said:
Yall guys want us to field our best team?.. dafaq

You got a point but we also need to test 3-5-2 too. This is a perfect chance to test it out

joyrider · Sep 12, 2017

necromancer · Sep 12, 2017

SixOneFive said:
I'd be fine with that

Yes.. EL group stages should be comfortable for him. I'd rather Locatelli substitute Biglia while Montolivo is used in the mezz'ala position as a sub.

brk · Sep 12, 2017

I'm assuming Austria Wien are going to play 442. I really have no idea if that's true.

If we dominate possession which is what's expected then this should be an easy game. If they keep two up front, it's going to be easy to contain with our spare man at the back. Most of the time both Biglia and Bonucci will be free so that means we'll have great options to play penetrative passes, especially with both Kalinic and Andre Silva up front who are MUCH better at receiving the ball than Cutrone.

I'm expecting lots of direct forward passes to those two who would flick it to onrushing players (Conti, Kessie, Bonaventura especially)

milanator · Sep 12, 2017

brk said:
I'm assuming Austria Wien are going to play 442. I really have no idea if that's true.

If we dominate possession which is what's expected then this should be an easy game. If they keep two up front, it's going to be easy to contain with our spare man at the back. Most of the time both Biglia and Bonucci will be free so that means we'll have great options to play penetrative passes, especially with both Kalinic and Andre Silva up front who are MUCH better at receiving the ball than Cutrone.

I'm expecting lots of direct forward passes to those two who would flick it to onrushing players (Conti, Kessie, Bonaventura especially)

Austria plays 4-1-4-1/4-3-3 as standard and 4-2-3-1 as alternative system. The starting XI changed in 5 positions compared to last season because of transfers and injuries, that should be good for Milan. Austria is good in terms of running and technical quality, defense is the weak part of the game.

If you want to do some scouting:

Last years draw against Roma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x8juwt0XQg

Latest game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxOPEgSJj8U

With a solid performance it should be a clear win for Milan but Austria is good enough to make use of a bad performance, so Milan should stay focused.

SixOneFive · Sep 12, 2017

necromancer said:
Yes.. EL group stages should be comfortable for him. I'd rather Locatelli substitute Biglia while Montolivo is used in the mezz'ala position as a sub.

Yeah, other than Locatelli though I'd like to see us field a first-choice side. We're still not in any sort of positive rhythm yet so I'd like to see the starters playing together as much as possible.

I think it would be good to see Andre Silva get as much time as he can too.

milanator · Sep 12, 2017

Austrian newspaper predicts Milan in a 3-5-2 with Kalinic, Silva, Bona and Conti returning to the starting XI.

Neutral/home seats are available as single tickets now.

brk · Sep 12, 2017

milanator said:
Austria plays 4-1-4-1/4-3-3 as standard and 4-2-3-1 as alternative system. The starting XI changed in 5 positions compared to last season because of transfers and injuries, that should be good for Milan. Austria is good in terms of running and technical quality, defense is the weak part of the game.

If you want to do some scouting:

Last years draw against Roma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x8juwt0XQg

Latest game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxOPEgSJj8U

With a solid performance it should be a clear win for Milan but Austria is good enough to make use of a bad performance, so Milan should stay focused.

Thanks! 4141 would be the best option for them, would close off a lot of our options but it leaves our back three with lots of room and time, probably to spread very wide and letting the wingbacks push all the way.

Khurrisu · Sep 13, 2017

RR dropped :fp:

patosheva · Sep 13, 2017

so antoneli lwb hahahah

ibelongtomilan · Sep 13, 2017

Iirc antonelli played super shit last 3-5-2 game against a peasant team whose name i don't remember.
I hope Montella realizes our situation and doesn't shot himself anymore
Why cant we have a 3-5-2 game with full strength for once. Just try it.

AC_Wesley · Sep 13, 2017

Khurrisu said:
RR dropped

Why is he left out? Injured?

Neruda · Sep 13, 2017

full squad without RR and conti

Khurrisu · Sep 13, 2017

AC_Wesley said:
Why is he left out? Injured?

"technical reasons" :fp:

Quickly losing patience with Montella.

Khurrisu · Sep 13, 2017

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.

Kojak · Sep 13, 2017

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

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.

Fixed.

I'd play Calabria at LWB as at least he can cross.

Colossus · Sep 13, 2017

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

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