Milan-Etoile du Sahel, the probable formations
Milan-Etoile du Sahel, the probable formations
Saturday on the pitch for Milan, nine days before the start of the championship: Stefano Pioli’s team will face Etoile du Sahel, an 11-time winner of the Tunisian league and on one occasion of the African Champions League, in a friendly.
The Parma coach is expected to reintroduce the men seen on the field during the Silvio Berlusconi Trophy, which he won on penalties against Monza: so there will be room for Kalulu and Theo Hernandez on the flanks and, up front, the trident composed of Rafa Leao, Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud.
The two clubs have never met before, but they could have done so at the 2007 World Cup for Clubs: however, the Tunisians lost the semifinal against Boca Juniors, which in turn was defeated in the final by the Rossoneri themselves, in what for now remains the last international success for the via Aldo Rossi club.
Likely lineups:
MILAN (4-3-3): Maignan; Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao. All: Pioli.
ETOILE DU SAHEL (4-2-3-1): Krir; Ben Njima, Ben Khader, Naouali; Mbé, Jelassi; Ben Hassine, Jaziri, Soumah; Chamakhi. All: Ben Younes.
