How Milan could line up vs. Juventus amid selection crisis – change in system possible

For better or for worse, AC Milan may again look to experiment with their system against Juventus due to a selection crisis that the team are suffering, a report has claimed.

There are several things to look at with frustration from Monday night’s loss against Inter, and the obvious points are clear. However, the additional frustrations are that Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez and Davide Calabria will all serve suspensions against Juventus, as reported earlier – Calabria will also miss the game against Genoa.

As such, several changes will have to be made in defence, and Stefano Pioli may have to revert to a formation that he used at the peak of Milan’s injury crisis this season.

As our colleague Luca Maninetti reports on his X account, Pioli could opt for a three-defender formation, which would see Malick Thiaw and Matteo Gabbia either side of Primavera talent Jan-Carlo Simic, who played in this system earlier in the season.

Yunus Musah and Alessandro Florenzi would play as wing-backs in this scenario, and the 58-year-old would have to pick two midfielders from Tijjani Reijnders, Yacine Adli and Ismael Bennacer. The attacking trident would be the usual trio.

Alternatively, the formation could remain the same, with Musah and Florenzi coming in for the suspended full-backs, and it is imagined that Thiaw would likely replace Tomori in a back four.