Team news: Milan were without the players who took part in the World Cup (with the exception of Nikola Kalinić), as well as without the injured Andrea Conti. Kickoff time for the Rossoneri’s first pre-season friendly was 17:00 CET at training center Milanello.
Goals: Suso (23′), Calabria (42′)
AC Milan (4-3-3) – Gennaro Gattuso
Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Leonardo Bonucci, Mateo Musacchio, Luca Antonelli; Franck Kessie, Manuel Locatelli, Andrea Bertolacci; Suso, Patrick Cutrone, Fabio Borini.
Bench: A. Donnarumma, Abate, Bellodi, Llamas, Romagnoli, Brescianini, Çalhanoğlu, Mauri, Montolivo, Torrasi, Dias, Kalinić, Tsadjout.
Novara Calcio – William Viali
Elia Benedettini; Angelo Tartaglia, Pietro Visconti, Marco Chiosa, Ronaldo Pompeu, Davide Bove, Filippo Nardi, Daniele Sciaudone, Nicolás Schiavi, Simone Simeri, Matteo Stoppa.
Bench: Ragone, Drago, Migliavacca, Fido, Armeno, Fonseca, Cordea, Collodel, Peralta, Maniero, Kanis, Arario.
Referee: Simone Sozza.
Milan 2-0 Novara .. Goals from Suso and Calebria …. only Batolacci is the new player that start Borini flank Suso with Cutrone upfront , struggling to score goals with Novara i dont think the 433 is best for this teams as i watch Fiorentina splash Vinceza with goals 7-0 at 57mins
Remember when Allegri lost with Juve (and Milan for that matter) in his first pre-season game then went onto win the Scudetto – and UCL final with Juve? Pre-season is about fitness at first. The rest will come – hopefully. Or if we say it like this – remember when we beat Bayern Munich 4-0 with free flowing football last summer? Look where we ended up.
I watched the game live on twitter and 1 key thing is our lack of depth. When Gatuso replaced some of our top players in 2nd half, the quality level dropped instantly and Novara could have equalised without Milan creating a single chance again till end of the game.
I pray and hope the management give us the 3 quality signings to strengthen the depth to avoid dropping points at crucial stages of the season.
Where is Bonaventura? Haven’t heard about him for so long. Miss hearing his name lol
Alright, let’s all chill out. This was the first PRE-SEASON game they played. I don’t understand the “fans” on here claiming it’s doomsday because they didn’t route a team 30-0. Nothing is good enough for you. You all remind me of Madrid fans who whistle arguably the greatest player of all time because he hasn’t scored a Hattrick in 2 weeks. Pathetic.
boneventura should be sold I don’t like is style of play it does not fit Milan at all all these average players should not be putting Milan shirt that is number one progress to know if the club is doing well we need quality players to cover the depth of the team
If bonucci wants to leave I wouldnt be upset compared to others but at the same time I would lose a lot of respect from him. You signed a four year contract and you became the captain of this team, to walk out on your team as captain is a disgrace. So you can go to a ‘bigger team’? News flash, psg will never be as big as milan. They just have deeper pockets to satisfy your needs. Be a classy man and try to bring your team to glory again or be a sell out and lose the respect… Read more »
bonaventura is our best attacking mezzala. Without him milan will play with less creativity. Bona can build up play along with hakan in left side,and can occupying left side when hakan move to the center
Forza bona!!
*where is halilovic?? i wonder where gattuso will play him…as winger or mezzala??
Comment:we need strong mid players still
see the names we calling to wear Milan Jersey Bonaventure and co this players can’t see starting 11 in some big clubs if we want to come back to our glorious days we need to do away with garbages because I just can’t wait for our beloved club to rule Europe again we all can’t so we shouldn’t settle for less I hope the meeting tomorrow with Elliot goes well
Guys we have to be patient because this is just the first pre – season game. We will improve gradually. We have some good games ahead of us in the icc championship
if we r not able to buy with heavy spending then plz bring Max Meyer,M Badelj n make an exchange between Silva with Falcao( by 2 yrs loan,not sell)…….. plz sell kalinic, Montolivo,Bacca, Zapata,Bertolecci as soon as possible……… I can bet if Cutrone get chance to play > 30 serie A matches he will score 20+ goals…. so don’t invest valuable money for old(Benzema,Higuain)/ flop like Morata, Loan exchange b/w Silva- Falcao will do, make our first target to the top 4 position in serie A…… Forza Milan