14 players from Montella’s squad will be in action with their respective national teams in this upcoming break.
With pressure on the shoulders of coach Vincenzo Montella after two straight Serie A defeats, it is now time for the second international break of the season.
14 Milan players will be in action for 8 different countries: the Rossoneri have two presentative in the Italy senior team, three in the U21 side, one in the U20 side and one in the U19 for this round.
There are two encounters in particular that are interesting for the Milan fans as on October 10th at 20:45 CET, Portugal and André Silva host Ricardo Rodriguez’s Switzerland. RR’s side have won each of their 8 previous 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and are at the top of Group B, with Portugal just behind them with 21 points, most likely heading to the World Cup playoffs along with Italy.
Another Rossoneri-flavored match is on October 6th at 01:30 CET as Colombia and Cristian Zapata play Gustavo Gomez’s Paraguay in Barranquilla. Franck Kessié will be able to get some rest in this break as Ivory Coast play just qualifier, so he will have some time to breathe before the derby.
Kalinić was originally called-up by Croatia but due to an injury he will stay at Milanello to recover. The full list of called-up players and their matches with dates and times is below:
| National Team | Player/s called-up | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | Gianluigi Donnarumma Leonardo Bonucci | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Italy-FYR Macedonia (Turin, October 6th 2017, 20:45 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Albania-Italy (Shkoder, October 9th 2017, 20:45 CET) |
| Portugal | André Silva | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Andorra-Portugal (Andorra La Vella, October 7th 2017, 20:45 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Portugal-Switzerland (Lisbon, October 10th 2017, 21:45 CET) |
| Switzerland | Ricardo Rodriguez | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Switzerland-Hungary (Basel, October 7th 2017, 20:45 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Portugal-Switzerland (Lisbon, October 10th 2017, 21:45 CET) |
| Turkey | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Turkey-Iceland (Eskisehir, October 6th 2017, 20:45 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Finland-Turkey (Turku, October 9th 2017, 20:45 CET) |
| Argentina | Lucas Biglia | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Argentina-Peru (Buenos Aires, October 6th 2017, 01:30 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Ecuador-Argentina (Quito, October 11th 2017, 01:30 CET) |
| Colombia | Cristian Zapata | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Colombia-Paraguay (Barranquilla, October 6th 2017, 01:30 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Peru-Colombia (Lima, October 11th 2017, 01:30 CET) |
| Paraguay | Gustavo Gomez | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Colombia-Paraguay (Barranquilla, October 6th 2017, 01:30 CET) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Paraguay-Venezuela (Asuncion, October 11th 2017, 02:30 CET) |
| Ivory Coast | Franck Kessié | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification: Mali-Ivory Coast (Bamako, October 6th 2017, 21:00 CET) |
| Italy U21 | Davide Calabria Manuel Locatelli Patrick Cutrone | Friendly: Hungary U21-Italy U21 (Budapest, October 5th 2017, 20:00 CET) Friendly: Italy U21-Morocco U21 (Ferrara, October 10th 2017, 18:30 CET) |
| Italy U20 | Niccolò Zanellato | 8 Nations Tournament: Italy U20-England U20 (Gorgonzola, October 5th 2017, 18:00 CET) |
| Italy U19 | Matteo Gabbia | 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification: Italy U19-Moldova U19 (Huskvarna, October 4th 2017, 17:00 CET) 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification: Italy U19-Estonia U19 (Jönköping, October 7th 2017, 13:00 CET) 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification: Sweden U19-Italy U19 (Jönköping, October 10th 2017, 18:00 CET) |
am not impressed with any of dem Wots so important about d break
I hope no one gets injured.
In other news Montella’s having a lot of meeting over at HQ. He’s being questioned about his tactics most likely. I like it, he needs to work harder and be more innovative
And also a new trainer is on order. Heard the old one had the boys on a vegan diet. Lol
Off Topic- I think 4231 is the best way to go if we are going to get the best out of our players. Suso has been our constant threat/ most creative force since last season and started this season very brightly also, why bench him all of a sudden cos he can’t adapt to a new formation that we are forcing ourselves to play simply because of Bonucci who is gradually becoming a Bonera( probably due to the weight of the armband). 352 is clearly not working and we can’t get the best out of our best players. Suso and… Read more »
Milan should use a 3-4-3 or 3-4-2-1 or a 4-1-4-1.
With a 4-1-4-1 drop Biglia and use Kessie as a holding midfielder in front of our very poor defense kinda like what Allegri did with van Bommel.
Then we can have Suso and Bonaventura on the wings with Calhanoglu and Locatelli playing thru the center with Kallinic or Silva upfront.
3-5-2 is useless. We need Suso and Bonaventura on the pitch all the time.
In other words who’s next to get injured?
Kalinic … :(
Why keep mauri if you won’t use him, some game like Roma, inter, sampdoria, udinese needs 451, with both suso and Bonaventura on the pitch while juve and Lazio needs two man striker and locateli is a must in that midfield cos of his physical play and also he knows how to read the game well plus he never gets tired and we have to forget this biglia kessie partnership biglia is too weak to be as a dmf he is easily bullied pls biglia+loc or loca+kessie. Please Montella should start trusting what he used to have and gradually integrate… Read more »
I would like to see Silva on the wing, he showed some glimpses of a good technique, he can hold the ball well, shot and pass.
352 is not working as we expected, defence is even worse sadly, so maybe a return to 433 or try 4231 with Silva and Suso on the wings or behind a striker in 4321
Montella out. Sousa or Mazzari in
What Milan needs is a TOP manager and quality players! Milan keeps getting * managers instead of modern coaches like Sarri, Conte, Tuchel, Guardiola…. they keep looking super average managers like Mazzarri….Mihajlovic…. Inzaghi…. Montella… Mancini And keeps playing with mediocre players like Montolivo… Borini…Zapata..Paletta… Where are the quality players…. I only see youth prospects… nothing more… André Silva is not good enough for Milan…. Milan is a giant club…..why didn’t Milan go for Cavani for example? André Silva isn’t even better than the current Porto striker – Aboubakar. What about wingers? I don’t see any winger after Niang left (… Read more »
Ac4m ur head is da bro tel dem let dem know all dis bloggers dey r just typing without evaluation all d same best of luck
Firstly of I know that Frank Kessie is good enough for his age and I don’t doubt that he will be useful this season and for years to come. But honestly I think he’s only done well in the first 6 games or so and then gradually going down. Maybe its fatigue but he’s not looking good, especially in the last game. I am surprised that many people pointed Calhanoglu as the least performer. Some complained that he couldn’t get his shots through.. Evidently yes but you can’t really judge a shot that’s been blocked… perhaps one was heading to… Read more »
He hasn’t gotten a break. I think he’s tired.
How can you be tired after so few games and playing no int cup in the summer. Being tired is no excuse at this point. + we have played week teams in EL another reason for being less tierd
@Ac4m Suso isn’t good and Madrid wants him already? Milan bought wisely, they are stars in the making.
As for the coaches we are life linked to, Paulo Sousa is okay, big no to Mazzarri. We should be aiming for Guardiola, Conte, Mourinho but they are hard to get currently. Sousa should do a decent job anyway
Coach Seedord:
Which Madrid? Atleti?
Paulo Sousa is without any doubt better than Montella…. as a player he was a huge regista one of the best… as a manager he is ok…. but Milan loves Fiorentina players and coaches… Pioli maybe?
Real Madrid. Saw it online that they are keeping tabs on him already in view to activate his €50mil release clause
ok but i keep having my view… Suso can’t play as a winger in a 4-3-3 formation neither in a 3-5-2.
I would like to see him in a 4-2-3-1 formation playing with him behind the striker with 2 proper wingers left and right.
and some Modric in that midfield next season! xD
I honestly doubt Madrid wants Suso. He is too one dimensional. Dribble, cut in and shoot. a very poor man’s Robben if u ask me.
But AC4M is absolutely right. Can anyone point out 1 coach in recent years (after Allegri) that left Milan and got a better offer? Anyone pls?
All the coaches have been mid table coaches.. honestly I will be happy with Sousa. A huge upgrade on Montella. For Carlo, it will not be the best time. Not other these players
It’s really not about the players but about the coaches. Does Napoli have a super star? NO. Hamsik aside, which of their deadly front is even guaranteed a starting 11 in their national teams.? Callejon isn’t called, Insigne has 3 goals for Italy and check out the teams Mertens played (Agovv, Utrecht, PSV,Gent, Aalst). Yet, Napoli can score as 4 in their sleep.
A good coach will tell Kessie to stop running like a headless chicken and bonucci to stop playing long balls.
Everyone knows youre right but have some patience with Montella , maybe he is a late bloomer ? We all tought it was Allegris fault for Milans downfall and then what happened ?
we need 2 DM… 2 goals from roma just like the other games before from right side… someone has become.biglia partner as DM…
homestly i like borini play than kessie or hakan…
so we’ve to play 3 def cos of Leo & wingers of Suso, there’s many mad cos of failed 352, most logic formation is 343, …………… Gigio … Musa – Leo – Roma Cala – Kessie – Biglia – RR … Suso – Silva – Jack but if Montella want to stick with 3412, i hope he try Suso & Jack as wingbacks (especially now as Conti, Antonelli is injured & Cala, Abate is fragile), who knows they can be just like Borini? @least give it try considering they’ve better ability than Borini, …………… Gigio … Musa – Leo –… Read more »
Agree. 3-4-3 is the best option for Milan. We can have Suso, Bonaventura and or Calhanoglu on the pitch at the same time.
Silva and Kallinic can play upfront with Silva on the left side and Suso on the right.
Conte uses this formation with Chelsea and Juventus and won the league.
Silva as LW? is too risky to put our best striker out of position, who’ll score then?
Suso is strugling as SS/AM,
better to try him as RM/RWB so he still can drible & cut inside just like he usually do…
even we use 3-4-3, 3-5-2, is getting worst if our players only want attack but forget to defense… the big problem if milan got attack, our opponets always met directky one on one with our defenders.. so the question is where’s our midfielder? where is our DM?? look at when milan before they have desailly, gattuso, ambrosini, de jong, van bommel…. now who??
the problem with our 352 is too many defenders less midfielders & no wingers (no creativity @all),
also we didn’t use our deep-lying midfielder, more like Bonucci is our ball playing defender playmaker, while Biglia / Locatelli is less used, we’ve Kessie as good B2B anchorman but no proper backup,
just imagine if our last great team is play made by Nesta / Maldini then use Pirlo to help Gattuso defend, that’s exactly our current team doing…
It reported in football-Italia.net that Chinese government is asking for milan money to be brought back to china….guys I guess that will further complicate things for our long term future…..why is that milan is always in news in some negative way…..
I saw some games and i cant believe we spent over 200m euros. The defends pass the ball around themselves, involves Donna who is not good with is feet yet, when the opposition applies pressure either we make a wrong pass to our opponent or we knock the ball into touch. Then again long balls from Bonnuci is the main approach which is suppose to be used for counter attacking play. We cant create chances well in the middle, the wing backs don’t even make runs into the box and make crosses, neither do they exchange passes with the attackers.… Read more »