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This is under seven days away, let's start talking about it.
Rumoured line-up:
Donnarumma
Calabria - Musacchio - Romagnoli - Rodriguez
Borini - Biglia - Calhanoglu
Suso
Castillejo - Piatek
This is the first competitive game of Giampaolo's Milan career, and expectations are high for this season. Krunic, Hernandez, Bennacer, Leao and Duarte are new signings but none are rumoured to start because Giampaolo demands loyalty to his system and movements and the guys who've only just returned from vacation are unfamiliar with exactly what he asks of them. The same goes for presupposed starters Paqueta and Kessie.
The transfer window closes in two weeks and we have several players rumoured out, with Correa the main player rumoured in. At the time of writing this no hard developments have occurred on this front, and it's likely that what we currently have is what to drum up excitement for on game day.
Personally I'm extremely underwhelmed at seeing this first XI, and it feels like a B team of sorts. Nonetheless my expectations of PLAY are huge, and as long as Piatek can shake his pre-season issues and start scoring we should be well in line for three points.
Haven't been this excited for a season for many years, but looking at that rumoured first XI it feels like nothing has changed. Hopefully Giampaolo's tactical prowess and attention to detail can finally result in our expectations being met and for him to serve as our coach for many seasons.
Forza Milan!
Rumoured line-up:
Donnarumma
Calabria - Musacchio - Romagnoli - Rodriguez
Borini - Biglia - Calhanoglu
Suso
Castillejo - Piatek
This is the first competitive game of Giampaolo's Milan career, and expectations are high for this season. Krunic, Hernandez, Bennacer, Leao and Duarte are new signings but none are rumoured to start because Giampaolo demands loyalty to his system and movements and the guys who've only just returned from vacation are unfamiliar with exactly what he asks of them. The same goes for presupposed starters Paqueta and Kessie.
The transfer window closes in two weeks and we have several players rumoured out, with Correa the main player rumoured in. At the time of writing this no hard developments have occurred on this front, and it's likely that what we currently have is what to drum up excitement for on game day.
Personally I'm extremely underwhelmed at seeing this first XI, and it feels like a B team of sorts. Nonetheless my expectations of PLAY are huge, and as long as Piatek can shake his pre-season issues and start scoring we should be well in line for three points.
Haven't been this excited for a season for many years, but looking at that rumoured first XI it feels like nothing has changed. Hopefully Giampaolo's tactical prowess and attention to detail can finally result in our expectations being met and for him to serve as our coach for many seasons.
Forza Milan!
Compliments, dcfc, on a very good post. I think you've summarized it well - the disputed pre-season, and the evolution of an identity etc.
