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On Matchday 2, Massimiliano Allegri is already thinking of making changes to his AC Milan set-up, including a new formation.
The 3-5-2 trialled against Cremonese did not work, Milan looked disjointed, and lost poorly. However, this is not the only idea that has been trialled in pre-season. As well as his favoured three-at-the-back, Allegri also tried a 4-3-3.
Despite this, it seems the Italian will not use either formation for this weekend’s game against Lecce, at least not traditionally.
New ideas
According to this morning’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via Milan Posts), the Rossoneri will be set up in a 4-2-3-1 system, which has been practised at Milanello through the week.
In this idea, Pervis Esupinan, Strahinja Pavlovic and Matteo Gabbia would line up, as well as one of Fikayo Tomori or Koni De Winter; it has previously been suggested that the Englishman could play in this role, and he did in pre-season.
Ahead of them, Ardon Jashari could get his debut, partnering Youssouf Fofana in the midfield pivot, whilst Luka Modric would be deployed in an advanced role.
Alexis Saelemaekers would then play on the right, whilst Christian Pulisic should start on the left with Rafael Leao still out. Confusingly, despite him being linked with an exit, Santiago Gimenez could then lead the line.
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