5 important information about AC Milan before facing Sampdoria
The new season 2021-2022 is considered one of the most important seasons for AC Milan fans compared to previous seasons, as it enters it as a runner-up for the previous version of the tournament, and qualified for the Champions League for the first time since the 2013-2014 season when it was eliminated from the round of 16 by Atletico Madrid.
Despite exiting last season in second place, Milan is not considered one of the favorites to win the title due to the strength of competitors such as Juventus and Inter Milan and the departure of a number of main pillars such as Gianluigi Donnarumma and Hakan Calhanoglu, but it remains a difficult number in the tournament with newcomers such as Olivier. Jiro.
Milan will play the first round of the Italian League 2021-2022 on Monday evening, against Sampdoria at the Luigi Ferraris stadium.
Hours before Milan’s first match in the new season of the league, we review 5 information you should know about the “Rossoneri”:
1- Milan finished last season by returning to the Champions League by occupying second place, while reaching the Italian Cup quarter-finals and the round of 16 in the European League.
2- The club’s management signed with a number of players such as Mike Minnian, Fodo Toure, Olivier Giroud and Alessandro Florenzi, with his association with other names weeks before the end of the summer Mercato, such as Timoui Bakayoko and Yassin Adly, in addition to that he made the option to buy Fikayo Tomori and Sandro Tonali and extended the loan of Ibrahim Diaz, while he gave up. About brothers Gianluigi, Antonio Donnarumma, Calhanoglu, and Mario Mandzukic.
3- Coach Stefano Pioli continues to rely on a 4-3-2-1 plan, and according to Sky Sport Italia, the team will play the season with Minian in goal, Davide Calabria, Simone Caire, Tomori and Theo Hernandez in defense, Franck Casey, Ismail Bennacer and Brahim Diaz. In the middle, Alexis Salemikers, Ante Rebic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack.
4- Italian defender Alessio Romagnoli wears the captain's armband, but it seems that he will move to an alternative role with the brilliance of the duo Caier and Tomori, with Davide Calabria being the leader.
5- Ivorian Franck Kessé is the most expensive AC Milan player, according to the Transfer Market website, with a market value of 55 million euros.
