MN: Conceicao tempted by ‘super attacking’ line-up despite Gimenez’s absence | OneFootball

AC Milan head coach Sergio Conceicao is giving serious thought to trying a more attacking formation against Udinese, a report claims.

According to the latest from MilanNews, if what was seen during the tests in training at Milanello is confirmed, tomorrow evening in Udine a 4-4-2 will be seen. Conceiçao tried two strikers next to each other – namely Tammy Abraham and Luka Jovc – then Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao as wingers.

To still hope for a place in Europa League or the Conference League, Milan must win pretty much every game and that starts on Friday night at the Stadio Friuli, a ground they have struggled at in recent seasons.

Given the probable absence of Santiago Gimenez, who still has a sore side after taking a bang against Fiorentina, it was presumed that the battle would be between Abraham and Jovic to take his spot, especially after both scored against La Viola.

In the end though the Serbian and the Englishman may well end up co-existing in a ‘super attacking’ 4-4-2 or a 4-2-2-2 formation, completed by Pulisic on the right and Leao on the left. Gimenez, at most, will recover for the bench.

It would be the first time that Conceiçao has used the two strikers from the start, but he did use it in the two Supercoppa Italiana comebacks against Juventus and Inter, plus against Como, Parma and Fiorentina in the league.