Author: Soccerhuz
After Coppa Italia, AC Milan stay at San Siro to play Fiorentina in a key battle for a European spot. Matchday 31 of Serie A will be played at 20:45 CEST and these are the official line-ups: AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Walker, Tomori, Thiaw, Hernández; Musah, Fofana; Pulisic, Reijnders, Leão; Abraham. Subs: Sportiello, Torriani; Bartesaghi, Florenzi, Gabbia, Pavlović, Terracciano; Bondo; Chukwueze, Félix, Gimenez, Jović, Sottil. Coach: Conceição. FIORENTINA (3-5-2): De Gea; Pongračić, Marì, Ranieri; Dodô, Mandragora, Cataldi, Fagioli, Parisi; Guðmundsson, Kean. Subs: Martinelli, Terracciano; Comuzzo, Moreno; Adli, Folorunsho, Ndour, Richardson; Beltrán, Zaniolo. Coach: Palladino.
Milan Futuro needed a win to back up their victory over Campobasso last week, and win they did. Oddo’s side beat Sestri Levante by two goals to one away from home. It was a far from simple task, as Montebugnoli gave the hosts the lead after just six minutes, but the Rossoneri reacted brilliantly and completed a 16-minute turnaround. First, Alesi equalised and then, substitute Ianesi bagged a vital winner for Milan Futuro, who need points if they’re to mount a late climb up the table. Two wins in a row for the first time this season in Serie C…
The seeming abandonment of talks with Fabio Paratici also change Milan’s strategy for a new coach, as Max Allegri, Maurizio Sarri and Vincenzo Italiano climb the rankings. It had seemed like a done deal 48 hours ago for Paratici to become the new director of sport at San Siro, therefore also dictating their transfer policy and the choice of tactician. However, yesterday the negotiations suddenly slammed into a brick wall, as the club could not accept the lack of protection in case the legal case into Paratici’s financial dealings at Juventus. While his 30-month ban expires in July, the civil…
Calciomercato.com begin a report by speaking about Yacine Adli, a player who seemed to have found the ideal place to showcase and develop his talent, at a club like Fiorentina and with a head coach such as Raffaele Palladino. He even scored against his parent club Milan in the reverse fixture and that seemed to have been the spark towards a leap in quality. Indeed until January, Adli was a fixed point of the Fiorentina, but from February onwards – also due to an injury – things have changed. He had 19 appearances in the league from September 2024 to…
Arsenal are continuing their pursuit of a striker to bolster their attacking options, with Wolves’ Matheus Cunha emerging as one of their primary targets for the upcoming transfer window. The Brazilian forward has been putting in the hard work to establish himself in the Premier League, despite playing for a team struggling near the bottom of the table. Cunha has shown his potential, and it has not gone unnoticed by top clubs. Arsenal’s manager, Mikel Arteta, has expressed an interest in working with the Brazilian star, who could be a valuable addition to the squad next season. While Cunha may…
Monday’s match-up between AS Roma and Juventus sees two of Serie A’s in-form teams lock horns at the Stadio Olimpico. Roma are unbeaten since mid-December, while Juve have won seven of their last ten games. Roma’s veteran boss, Claudio Ranieri, can do no wrong right now for the Giallorossi. After a tricky spell in autumn, losing six in seven games, something has clicked in a big way since the festive season. In fact, the Giallorossi have won all but one home game since 7th December, with only Napoli managing to hold Roma back in early February. Roma have been the…
Manchester City have begun looking for Kevin De Bruyne’s replacement, and the target identified will have AC Milan on alert. As CaughtOffside write, City are on the hunt to fill some very big shoes given that De Bruyne won six Premier League titles with them and is without a doubt one of the best players in their history. They need a creative midfielder, and though Florian Wirtz is on their list, a new name has emerged. City see Atalanta’s Charles De Ketelaere as a potential successor to De Bruyne and he is the main alternative to Wirtz at present. They…
The first thing I’m very aware of is that I’m a specific type of player and I can show my best qualities in a formation with two strikers. As for the current club, in Milan, whenever we play with two forwards and I get a chance, it looks much better than when I’m alone up front. At Eintracht, I played with two strikers and I had a fantastic season. Then I went to Real Madrid. Honestly, Real wasn’t my first choice. I wanted to stay in Frankfurt. A few games before the end, when I already knew I would be…
Everton did near-neighbours Liverpool a favour by taking points off Arsenal in a 1-1 draw but judging by the Gunners’ performance they have already checked out of the title race. With the gap to the leaders still 11 points, Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final at home to Real Madrid has far greater significance for their season and that was reflected in Mikel Arteta’s team selection. The result offers Arne Slot’s champions-elect the chance to put any doubts about the outcome of the title to bed at Fulham on Sunday. But Arteta will have left his former Goodison Park home already thinking…
Mikel Arteta spoke to TNT Sports after today’s 1-1 draw with Everton. Here’s what the boss had to say. On the performance … Well, especially with the result, very unhappy. Very tough place to come. I think that it’s very physical, very direct. If you don’t deal with that constantly well, you never get any momentum, so it’s very difficult. We went ahead to finally find more control and try to generate more chances, but the start of the second half was very poor, we immediately gave the ball away. We were just insecure what we did, and then the…