On Wednesday evening it was an in-or-out game for the Rossoneri, the English favourites
The imperative is to win and hope for Paris Saint Germain's simultaneous defeat in Dortmund against a Borussia team that is practically already qualified thanks to the ten points gained so far. Game from inside or outside, therefore, for Milan tomorrow evening, at 21pm, committed to playing for qualification for the Champions League round of XNUMX in Newcastle's den. Both teams have only five points to their credit, two less than the Parisians who will certainly try to maximize the double advantage over their pursuers and not miss the first minimum objective of the season.
Newcastle and Milan, however, will not only take to the field to compete for qualification among the top sixteen teams in Europe but also to avoid, in the event of elimination, being left out of European competitions and not being able to play in the round of XNUMX of Europe League.
Milan will be the first Italian team to take to the pitch at St James' Park to face Newcastle in a European competition since Inter in November 2002. On that occasion, the Nerazzurri managed to prevail with a convincing 4-1 during the group stage of the Champions League. And furthermore, numbers in hand, the away games in England have never been a harbinger of satisfaction for the Rossoneri who have so far won only one match out of the twenty-one played. In the first leg, last September 19th the match ended 0-0 but won on points by the Rossoneri due to the numerous scoring opportunities built but failed also due to the superb performance of goalkeeper Pope.
Howe, the Newcastle coach, in addition to having to do without the former player Sandro Tonali who was disqualified for the betting case, will also have to do without, among others, the hero of the first leg, the goalkeeper Pope who injured his shoulder and will propose between the Dubravka poles. The two central defenders could be Lascelles and Schär with Trippier on the right and Livramento on the left. The possible trident will be Almiron, Isak and Gordon who will be able to count on the support of Miley, Guimaraes and Joelinton.
The Rossoneri coach Stefano Pioli, however, will have to make a virtue of necessity due to the long list of unavailable players, especially in defence. Maignaned should deploy a rearguard with Calabria in goal, Tomori, Theo Hernandez and Florenzi. In the median space for Musah, ReijnderseLoftus-Cheek. In attack there will be recovery Lion (in the photo), completing the typical trident with Pulisic and Giroud.
The odds offered on the blackboard by the BetFlag betting analysts are anything but red and black, proposing the English as favorites to win at 1,90, a multiplier that is far from the 3,85 of the X and the 2 at 3,80. Wilson is the number one candidate to score the first or last goal of the match at 5,50 and followed by Isak at 5,75, Ndiweni at 7,00, Gordon at 7,25, Giroud at 8,25, Almiron at 9,50, Diallo at 10,00 and then all the others follow.
