STEPHAN EL SHAARAWY and Stefan Jovetic are expected to start while Jherson Vergara is also likely to get his debut.
Milan take on Manchester City at the Allianz Arena at 18:15 and it will be their first game of the 2013 Audi Cup. The winner of this match will face the winner between Bayern Munich and Sao Pauolo. Both sides are set to miss some players.
Milan are set to miss Ignazio Abate, Mattia De Sciglio, Cristian Zapata, Daniele Bonera, Philippe Mexes, Riccardo Montolivo, Riccardo Saponara, Robinho, Giampaolo Pazzini and Mario Balotelli. Manchester City will be without Matija Nastasić and Micah Richards. Milan are expected to play 4-3-1-2 with Jherson Vergara and Zaccardo in defense; Man City will play 4-3-3.
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Here are the probable formations for tonight according to the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport:
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horrible wth kind of line up is this for ac I put a 3000 bet and this is what I get wth man this team. this president ruind the team WERE IS HONDA MAN
foolish of you to make a bet on a preseason game haha
milan 2:city:0 every milan fan is going see hw milan is going to beat c*ty
Milan wil lose
If we win, call d cops
Wow, you look at the both line-ups and reserves and you just wonder… Fingers crossed…!
Nocerino…? Does this guy ever learn?
Wat kind of lineup is dis..i dnt see milan wining dis match..i just pray it shud nt reach 6-0.
very good friendly match indeed!
vergara will prove that he deserves milan shirts and for the no 33 oh his back!
not afraid of city, and their big names… Expect v’amu and petagna to shine
Goodluck to Milan….milan and our injury worries….when will all dis stop??
This is a FRIENDLY so, leave your panic button. It’s a test to see our players fitness and improvement level PERIOD!
I don’t care about the result but i want to see
1. Veghara’s performance and possibility of his future at Milan
2. Poli for consistency
3. De Jong against his former side
4. EL92 resurgence
City have lost 2 straight games against lower quality sides in South Africa despite spending a fortune. Noone cares because preseason games are not about results but to monitor fitness and improvement levels.
+1
And people, look at the number of injuries and unavailable players we have. This is probably our best line-up at the moment.
Crystante should play instead of Nocerino…
I get your point. He’s not ready to start big matches like that, he’s just 18 and am sure Allegri will give him some time in second half. We need to develop our youngsters with care. Santon could have been one of the best full backs in the world today but his development was rushed. Let’s take it gradually, we will get there.
The Milan side is actually not bad. It wud’ve been ideal if saponara could played. Anyway looking forward for vergara. Forza Milan !!!
Look at the injury list we have 10 players unavailable city have 2
I’m very mad about comment that milan will lose.
As milanisti we always support team to win every match and give the player a support..
Forza Milan..
Wow, already 10 players injured. 7 of them are starters… (not currently counting Saponara, Robinho and Bonera)
Oh well, all the best to the players! Maybe our squad players can advertise themselves or something…
Really excited to see Vergara play!
Can’t wait to see Vergara!!
I see that we are missing 5 major defenders (K, 4 without Bonera) and first thought that comes to my mind is – f… Even though it’s like friendly game. But what I expect to see is that remaining defenders feel at least light presure and take this as their chance to start shining. Talking mostly about Vergara, but Zaccardo could try to impress as he finally gets a chance to play after dry half a year. All the best, lads!
Dafuq’s with all the injuries again…
I can imagine that the score will be like this Ac milan 2-1 Man.city
is there any link to watch the game ?
Milan all d way
Allegri really is a tool. Why not put Poli as a trequartista and put Boateng in his rightful position as midfield player? Poli is more creative and has a lot more vision than Boateng!
This is painful to watch!
i see milan winning.due not convincely, a poor second helf,and some good individual effort.
i have seen Vergara play not dat good but will improve wit tym
can anyone tell what time the game is in pacific time? thanks, Forza milan! best of luck rossoneris
Lol man city has a full squad. Can’t imagine what we would do to this rich club who can’t win trophies if we had balo. Monty, abate, mexes, Zapata, pazzini, de sciglio ready to play. But it is still a friendly although I would like to see how we fair with our real starting eleven