Tomorrow evening at San Siro, match one to access the quarterfinals: the Giallorossi's 2nd with 4,45
The Europa League speaks Italian in the quarter-finals with the match between Milan and Roma who will face each other for the first time in a European competition. Game one is scheduled for tomorrow evening at San Siro at 21pm, the first ninety minutes of play will designate the team that will advance to the semi-finals after the return match at the Olimpico on Thursday 18 April. Repair round, therefore, for the Rossoneri, downgraded from the Champions League for not having passed the qualifying round to the advantage of Borussia Dortmund and PSG and subsequently eliminated Rennes and Slavia Prague. Qualifying round passed, however, for the Giallorossi, included in group G dominated together with Slavia Prague to the detriment of Servette and Sheriff, who find themselves with an Italian team in a European competition since the round of 2014 of the Europa League in 15/XNUMX when they were eliminated by Fiorentina.
Both teams arrive at the match in an excellent state of form: Milan have strung together seven consecutive victories in all competitions, with the last one being the 3-0 inflicted at home on Lecce, while Roma triumphed in the derby against Lazio thanks to the decisive goal by Mancini. In their football history the two teams have met 177 times with the Milanese victorious 79 times, compared to the 45 successes of the Romans who also drew 53 times. In the Lombardy capital there were 88 precedents with 48 victories for the Rossoneri, 21 draws, 19 successes for the Giallorossi. In the league this season both matches were won by Stefano Pioli's team: in Rome 2-1, with goals from Giroud and Leao, in Milan 3-1 scored by Adli, Giroud and Theo Hernandez again.
For Pioli, confirming the 4-2-3-1 formation, it will be an emergency defense due to the absence of Kalulu and Tomori and he will once again propose Maignan in goal behind the defense with Thiaw, or Kjaer and Gabbia as a central pair and Calabria and Theo Hernandez at their sides. Giroud will once again be the center forward on duty and the team's reference forward and will be able to count on the support of Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, who returns after not playing in the league due to suspension, and Leao. Behind them there is room for Bennacer and Reijnders.
De Rossi, on the other hand, will propose the trident of El Shaarawy, Dybala and Lukaku in attack with Cristante, Parades and Pellegrini in midfield. Space in goal for Svilar with a rearguard with Celik and Spinazzola as full-backs and Mancini and Llorente covering the roles of the two central defenders.
The values and the game expressed in the championship and the field factor influence the proposals of the BetFlag analysts who count Milan as the favorite on the board with 1 at 1,82, X at 3,65 and 2 at 4,45. Giroud is always the leader of the special ranking of the first or last scorer of the match at 6,00 followed by Jovic at 7,25, Leao at 7,50, Pulisic at 7,75, Okafor at 8,00, Loftus-Cheek at 8,25, Camarda at 8,50, Lukaku at 9,50, Dybala and Chukwueze at 10,50 then gradually all the others up to Celik and Karsdorp at 47,00.
