Ahead of the Coppa Italia fixture against Maurizio Sarri's Lazio, Massimiliano Allegri's side is preparing for the match in the best possible way. Il Corriere della Sera, in this morning's print edition, wrote the following headline:
“Milan, Max’s plan for the Cup. Lazio prepare payback.”
In fact, the Rossoneri boss will rest key starters such as Matteo Gabbia, Luka Modric, and Davide Bartesaghi, and he will field players who have featured less in recent weeks such as center-back Koni De Winter, Samuele Ricci, Pervis Estupiñán, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and also Ardon Jashari. The main point of interest is the Swiss midfielder, who returns to an official match after more than three months.
The atmosphere awaiting Milan tonight at the Olimpico in Rome will be tense after the controversy sparked a few days ago in the league match, due to the late penalty episode that generated strong debate. "We will find a lively environment as always in Rome. We face Lazio in a Coppa Italia round of 16, an important target for both sides. It will be a good match against a tough opponent, as we saw on Saturday,” Allegri told SportMediaset yesterday.
