Medium fade11/20/2022 Ismael Bennacer, Sandro Tonali, and Tommaso Pobega played in midfield, while Brahim Diaz and Rafael Leao flanked Olivier Giroud in the trident. Ciprian Tatarusanu started in goal for the injured Maignan, with Pierre Kalulu, Matteo Gabbia, Fikayo Tomori, and Theo Hernandez forming the defensive line. Pioli put the team into a 4-3-3 as opposed to his usual 4-2-3-1 setup. On the treatment table were Mike Maignan, Simon Kjaer, Alexis Saelmaekers, Junior Messias, Davide Calabria, Alessandro Florenzi, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Milan manager Stefano Pioli’s injury list looked a lot like what Allegri had been dealing with in September. Juan Cuadrado, Manuel Locatelli, Adrien Rabiot, and Filip Kostic lined up in midfield behind the strike pair of Milik and Dusan Vlahovic. Wojciech Szczesny started in goal behind the quartet of Danilo, Bremer, Leonardo Bonucci, and Alex Sandro. Without the Argentine, Allegri went with a flat 4-4-2 formation that, while basic, actually put every player on the field into a natural position for once. Mattia De Sciglio was a new addition to the injured list, while Angel Di Maria was serving the second game of his two-game suspension for violent conduct. Massimiliano Allegri got Arkadiusz Milik back from a minor injury, but was still missing long-term injured parties Federico Chiesa, Paul Pogba, and Kaio Jorge. The 2-0 score doesn’t really speak to just how poorly Juve played. While the first goal never should have happened thanks to some ridiculous officiating, the second was a self-inflicted wound on an Arthur-against-Benevento level, and Milan were unlucky not to have more goals. The result was a commanding performance that totally controlled the game for the final 75 minutes, despite Juve having a significant edge in the possession stats. While the team aimlessly tried to simply conjure something out of the air with individual effort, often ending their own attacks with elementary mistakes in simple passing, Milan worked as a team - all the more impressive considering the fact that so many reserves were playing that hadn’t often played with each other before. They had a moderately good 15 minutes to start the game, then completely folded. Instead, Juventus forgot that they had a game to play. With Milan missing seven players, including a number of key starters, there was never going to be a better opportunity to get a result of some kind at the San Siro. Allegri: Juventus need to shake off fear Juventus 0 - AC Milan 2: Initial reaction and random observations Juventus’ season will be deemed a success or failure before the World Cup Allegri: Juve need high-level performance for consistent results
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