Europa League Round of 16 2nd Leg

AC Milan 0:1 Manchester United

San Siro

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Thu, 18 March 2021 @ 8:00pm GMT
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    Date - Thursday, March 18 2021
    Kickoff Time - 2000 Hrs GMT
    Venue - San Siro, Milan

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    Europa League Form Guide

    Manchester United: WDD
    AC Milan: WWDDD


    Previous Meetings in European Competitions

    Manchester United 1–1 AC Milan

    Manchester United 4–0 AC Milan

    AC Milan 2–3 Manchester United

    AC Milan 3–0 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3–2 AC Milan


    All-Time Record in European Competitions

    Manchester United wins: 5
    AC Milan wins: 5
    Draws: 1


    Pre-Match Pressers

    Ole Gunnar Solskjær




    Stefano Pioli






    Team News

    Manchester United

    Juan Mata and Phil Jones ruled out. Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek and Edinson Cavani doubtful.

    AC Milan

    Ismaël Bennacer and Mario Mandžukić ruled out. Alessio Romagnoli and Zlatan Ibrahimović doubtful.


    Know the opposition

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    Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan and nicknamed I Rossoneri, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy. A.C. Milan was founded in 1899 as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club by English expatriates Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin. In honor of its English origins, the club has retained the English spelling of the city's name, as opposed to the Italian spelling Milano, which it was forced to bear under the fascist regime. Milan won its first Italian championship in 1901 and a further two in succession in 1906 and 1907. In 1908, Milan experienced a split caused by internal disagreements over the signing of foreign players, which led to the forming of another Milan-based team, F.C. Internazionale Milano. Following these events, Milan did not manage to win a single domestic title until 1950–51.

    The 1950s saw the club return to the top of Italian football, headed by the famous Gre-No-Li trio. This was one of the club's most successful periods domestically, with the Scudetto going to Milan in 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1962. In 1963, Milan won its first continental title by beating Benfica in the final of the European Cup. In 1986, entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi acquired the club and saved it from bankruptcy after investing vast amounts of money, appointing rising manager Arrigo Sacchi at the helm of the Rossoneri. Under Sacchi, Milan won its first Scudetto in nine years in the 1987–88 season. The following year, the club won its first European Cup in two decades.

    A.C. Milan's 18 FIFA and UEFA trophies is the fourth highest out of any club (joint with Boca Juniors), and the most out of any Italian club. Milan has won a joint record three Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup, seven European Cup/Champions League titles (Italian record), the UEFA Super Cup a joint record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice. With 18 league titles, Milan is also the joint-second most successful club in Serie A. They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, and the Supercoppa Italiana seven. Milan's main rivalry is with its neighbor club, Internazionale, where both clubs meet in the widely anticipated Derby della Madonnina twice every Serie A season. The rivalry with Juventus F.C. is a rivalry between the two most titled teams in Italy. Milan's home games are played at San Siro (or the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza), which is shared with Internazionale.


    Referee

    Felix Brych.


    Familiar Faces

    Diogo Dalot (2018—present) & Zlatan Ibrahimović (2016—18)
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    Henderson
    AWB Bailly Maguire Shaw
    McTominay Fred
    Amad Bruno Rashford
    Greenwood
     
    Samid said:
    Same team as tonight.
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    Yep, rotate for Leicester if needs be but we've put ourselves in a position whereby the strongest side has to start in Milan

    Hope Cavani and Martial will be back for one of the next 2 games
     
    Henderson
    AWB-Bailly-Maguire-Shaw
    McFred
    Diallo-Bruno-James
    Greenwood

    1-2 United.
     
    Our most important game this season. Getting a goal there and even winning is still possible. Just go all out and press them from the first minute.
     
    Same team as today. Rashford being back is a big plus. Think it'll suit us and we'll win it by a couple.
     
    This is the game I really want to win. Fred, Shaw and Lindelof really has to start. No rotation please.

    Henderson
    AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
    McTominay Fred
    James Bruno Rashford
    Greenwood​
     
    Losing to Napoli right now. They've taken Chalanlonglu and Kessie off.

    Must win for us. No excuses
     
    Really big week now for our season. A couple of results and we can hopefully go at least to a cup final and win something. Lose both and this season loses all interest for everyone, including the players.

    Only lost twice away all season, but both games were in Europe. I expect a much better performance with Rashford in the side. It will probably be the same XI as today, unless anyone has recovered from injury.
     
    We could do with 3-4 of the 5 he mentioned coming back. We‘re winning games whilst having a bit of an injury crisis, which if you ask various managers in the PL they’ll tell you it’s not easy.
     
    Just watched them lose against Napoli at home. Hope that's the Milan we see on Thursday. They weren't bad, but weren't good either.

    Rebic got sent off at the end for something he said to the referee.
     
    Thank god it’s an 8pm kick off. Rushing to get home from work for 6 only to sit through that dirge wasn’t fun.
     
    I'd pick the same team as tonight (West Ham) but Amad in for Rashford (exhausted) or James (the obvious swap).

    But I think we'll see the same forward line and maybe Matic in for Fred. The latter would be a mistake; Matic's pace is absolutely glacial at the moment, we missed Fred's energy hugely in the first leg.
     
    Harry190 said:
    Just watched them lose against Napoli at home. Hope that's the Milan we see on Thursday. They weren't bad, but weren't good either.
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    We're terrible whenever Calabria is missing.
    I hope the Napoli game was the last time I saw Dalot start for us as right-back.

    You're heavy favorites if Calabria and Kjaer miss this one as well.
     
    Throw the kitchen sink

    ------------------henderson------------------
    ---AWB---Bailly---Maguire---Shaw---
    ----------------------fred-------------------------
    ---james-------bruno--------rashford--
    -------greenwood-----cavani-------------

    Subs:
    -If we go behind then bring on pogba for fred, playing more up the field.
    -If were up by two goals then bring on mctominay for cavani, playing alonside fred.
     
    Shane88 said:
    Expecting something Leipzig-esque. Away Leipzig-esque.

    We couldn't even beat their kids, for feck sake.
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    Kids? No AC Milan player that started last Thursday was under the age of 21 and the team had average age of 24 just slightly younger than average age of Uniteds starting 11.
     
    wrepdrep said:
    We're terrible whenever Calabria is missing.
    I hope the Napoli game was the last time I saw Dalot start for us as right-back.

    You're heavy favorites if Calabria and Kjaer miss this one as well.
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    Calabria was outstanding. Are they injured? I saw Kjaer on the bench.
     
    Harry190 said:
    Calabria was outstanding. Are they injured? I saw Kjaer on the bench.
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    Yes. That's why Calabria wasn't able to finish the game against you.
    I think Kjaer will make it to the next game. But Calabria has the worse substitutes.
     
    Milan will have Calhanoglu, Hernandez and Rebic back, while we’ll have Cavani and Martial thankfully. I’d go:

    Henderson
    AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
    McT Fred
    Greenwood Bruno Rashford
    Cavani

    Forget resting players. Rest against Leicester if needs be.

    1-2 United.
     
    For me this has much higher priority than the FA cup on Sunday. Start the team who played West Ham, and then sub Cavani and Diallo early in the game if we need them.
     
    A-man said:
    For me this has much higher priority than the FA cup on Sunday. Start the team who played West Ham, and then sub Cavani and Diallo early in the game if we need them.
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    I agree, I think winning either would be great but actually think if we get through this tie we have a decent chance at Europa
     
    SER19 said:
    I agree, I think winning either would be great but actually think if we get through this tie we have a decent chance at Europa
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    Yes winning either of those cups in combination with a good finish in the league would be a good progress this season. Plus we need titles!
     
    Henderson
    AWB--Bailly--Maguire--Shaw
    McTominay--Fred
    James--Bruno--Rashford
    Greenwood

    Subs: De Gea; Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Telles; Matic, VdB; Diallo, Martial, Cavani

    I don't think Pogba makes this game but I have a feeling that VdB, Martial and Cavani will. I watch Greenwood to have a run of games as the number 9 so would start him as a 9. Martial could perhaps start instead of James and Rashford goes to the right. But I wouldn't make many changes from the West Ham game​
     
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Paul Pogba image Paul Pogba 58% of 317 votes

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Score Predictions

125,33,26
  • Man Utd win
  • AC Milan win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 34% AC Milan 1:2 Man Utd
  • 14% AC Milan 0:2 Man Utd
  • 9% AC Milan 0:1 Man Utd
  • 7% AC Milan 2:1 Man Utd
  • 7% AC Milan 2:2 Man Utd
  • 5% AC Milan 1:3 Man Utd
  • 4% AC Milan 2:0 Man Utd
  • 4% AC Milan 1:1 Man Utd
  • 4% AC Milan 1:0 Man Utd
  • 3% AC Milan 0:0 Man Utd
  • 2% AC Milan 2:3 Man Utd
  • 2% AC Milan 0:3 Man Utd
  • 2% AC Milan 3:0 Man Utd
  • 1% AC Milan 3:1 Man Utd
  • 1% AC Milan 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% AC Milan 5:0 Man Utd
  • 1% AC Milan 0:5 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. AC Milan
  2. Man Utd
Possession
51% 49%
Shots
10 13
Shots on Target
4 4
Corners
4 4
Fouls
13 8

Referee

Dr. Felix Brych

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