Milan kick off their Serie A campaign tonight against Torino after impressing in pre-season.
Milan begin their season without the figure of Stefano Pioli on the sidelines as he received the boot following an inconsistent campaign last season. The Rossoneri have appointed former Roma coach Paulo Fonseca for the job and have provided Zlatan Ibrahimovic the right to take the call on player transfers and management. Fonseca built a defensively formidable Lille side last season as they kept the highest number of clean sheets (22) in Ligue 1. Milan are expected to be the favourites in this contest and they will hope to make a statement.
Meanwhile, Torino will hope to bank upon the latest 3-1 victory against Milan in Turin back in May to overcome them tonight.
Il Toro had a good season according to their standards last campaign as they finished amongst the top ten in the league. Former manager Ivan Juric brought stability to his mid-table club but he departed after expressing discontent with the club’s management. New boss Paolo Vanoli has a tough job replicating the performances under the Croatian manager. Vanoli led Venezia to promotion last season by prevailing in the Serie B playoffs.
Here are the predicted line-ups for the match:
Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Gabbia, Tomori, Hernandez; Bennacer, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Morata
Torino (3-5-2): Milinkovic-Savic; Vojvoda, Coco, Masina; Bellanova, Ricci, Linetty, Ilic, Lazaro; Sanabria, Zapata
Trambak Bhattacherjee | GIFN
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