Medel, Murillo, Miranda, Banega and Nagatomo returned yesterday and today. That means that today is the first day where Stefano Pioli has had a full roster to prepare for the derby. Despite the various absences the team seems already made for a large part. The formations to chose from is 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 with Brozovic as a slight favourite instead of Banega who has a transatlantic flight to recover from.
“With the 4-3-3 you lose the support of attacking midfielder Banega, with Banega you face the risk of an unbalanced team. Therefore Pioli could start with 4-3-3 and during the game change to a 4-2-3-1. The already decided starting players seem to be at least eight, from Handanovic to Murillo and Miranda then moving on to Joao Mario and Medel and finally the offense with Candreva-Icardi-Perisic.”
The last knots to tie? The choice of the fullbacks. Yesterday saw Ansaldi to the left and D’Ambrosio to the right, but watch out for Nagatomo who might be better suited to cope with Niang’s speed.
Source: Gazzetta dello Sport
