Olivier Giroud will lead Milan from the 1st minute for the thirty-seventh time this season. Not bad for an almost 37-year-old player. However, at the Allianz Stadium, he will have to overcome a small taboo that has built up over time in Italy: he is yet to score against Juventus.
As noted by today's La Gazzetta dello Sport, he has scored against all the big teams with AC Milan (Inter, Napoli, Roma, Lazio), but not against the Old Lady. Furthermore, he has found the net in the major Italian stadiums (Milan, Rome, Naples, Genoa), but never at Juventus' Stadium.
The French number 9 will be on the hunt for his eleventh goal of the season in Serie A, in order to equalize last year's score: what better place to do it?
