Milan perform tactical experiments for Bologna visit

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·26 de febrero de 2025

Milan perform tactical experiments for Bologna visit

Milan are performing a few tactical experiments in training ahead of tomorrow’s rescheduled Serie A trip to Bologna, including the so-called Fantastic Four.

The Week 9 fixture was originally planned for October, but called off due to flood warnings in the area around the Stadio Dall’Ara.

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It will instead kick off on Thursday at 19.45 GMT and finds both teams currently tied together on 41 points in seventh and eighth place.

Milan go into the match without injured Kyle Walker, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Emerson Royal and Alessandro Florenzi.

However, Florenzi was spotted on the team bus making the trip to Bologna, so he wanted to be close to the squad anyway.

Dan Ndoye of Bologna (R) celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammates Sam Beukema (L) and Benjamin Dominguez the Serie A match between Bologna and Torino at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on February 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

According to Sky Sport Italia, coach Sergio Conceicao tried a few different things in training today, including the Fantastic Four together of Christian Pulisic, Santiago Gimenez, Rafael Leao and Joao Felix.

Other options had Yunus Musah in for Joao Felix instead, moving Tijjani Reijnders into the trequartista role rather than the midfield two.

Youssouf Fofana is widely expected to start after two consecutive games on the bench.

Riccardo Sottil is also pushing for the left flank, where he would send Rafael Leao to the touchline ahead of this weekend’s Serie A clash with Lazio.

As for Bologna, they seem ready to start former Rossoneri captain Davide Calabria against the team he left in the January transfer window.

Riccardo Orsolini is the favourite rather than Benjamin Dominguez to play with another ex-Milan man, Tommaso Pobega, and Dan Ndoye in support of Santiago Castro.