GdS: ‘Fonseca with scaffolding’ – Gabbia and Reijnders at centre of changes vs. Venezia | OneFootball

AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca is planning further tactical tweaks to try and get the best out of his squad, with changes expected in each department against Venezia today.

La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning talks about ‘Fonseca with scaffolding’. The coach will ‘restructure Milan’ compared to the Lazio game that came before the international break, with the alterations aimed to provide a bit more balance.

Starting in defence, Matteo Gabbia will have a chance from the first minute. He will take Fikayo Tomori’s place and will partner Strahinja Pavlovic, who played 180 minutes against Spain and Denmark during the break but will be called to work overtime.

The Tomori-Pavlovic duo against Lazio disappointed and the upcoming week includes Liverpool and Inter on the horizon. The feeling is that the Englishman will be back in for Tuesday’s game, but for tonight Fonseca wants to see how the more calm and composed Gabbia does.

The biggest development concerns Tijjani Reijnders: the Dutchman was tested as an attacking midfielder, in the position normally occupied by Christian Pulisic or Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and he should play there as he did for the Netherlands against Bosnia and Germany.

The idea is to give him freedom to exploit his vision and to use his smart runs, so he will operate behind Tammy Abraham who in turn is good at creating space with movement. As for Ruben Loftus-Cheek, he will move back to add more physicality to the double pivot.