Team Profile: A.C Milan: Serie A 2011/12
A.C Milan
Milan regained their lost position and ended a seven year Scudetto drought to become the Champions of the 2010/11 Serie A campaign. The last time they won the league was in the 2003/04 season, when they finished 9 points clear
off second placed, A.S http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan, on 18 Scudetto’s in the Italian game thus far.
Massimiliano Allegri’s team will be looking to make amends for the poor UEFA Champions League form from the past seasons. Milan last time won the competition in the 2006/07 season by beating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 2-1 in the final at Athens.
Since then, they have not gone beyond the first knockout round of the competition.
Preferred Formation
4-1-2-1-2
Transfers in
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Paloschi-c4338 (forward), Stephan El-Shaarawy (midfielder)
Transfers out
Andrea Pirlo (midfielder), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (defender), Alexander Merkel (midfielder), http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-Borriello-c23672 (forward), Simone Verdi (forward)
Defence
The Italian champions have made a couple of important defensive re-enforcements to the squad in the form of Mexes and Taiwo. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Abbiati-c9046, will again be the first choice goalkeeper after a wonderful 2010/11 campaign. Gianluca
Zambrotta and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luca-Antonini-c22503 and
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniele-Bonera-c10109 will add cushion to the squad.
Midfielder
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Massimo-Ambrosini-c24579 will play as an understudy to the Italian international. Milan will miss the influential midfielder,
Andrea Pirlo, who left the club to join Juventus this summer. Allegri is in the market for a top quality replacement for the Italian star and several names including Marek Hamsik and Ganso have been linked to the club.
Stephan El-Shaarawy is expected to become a regular starter in the attacking midfield role unless the new signing is confirmed. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Prince-Boateng-c20792 will share the trequartista role.
Forwards
Allegri will consider himself rich in terms of strike option he has available at his disposal. The tactician will have a real dilemma to select a perfect combination to start the game. The likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029, Alexandre
Pato, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Filippo-Inzaghi-c13777 adds experience to a very strong strike force while, new boy, Paloschi, is one of the most exciting young talents in the country.
Star Player
The fans will once again pin their hopes on Ibrahimovic to guide the team to success in the upcoming campaign. The Swede played a huge role in winning the league last season and his role will be extremely vital, if Milan are to
defend their crown. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 star’s experience will be extremely important in his team’s fate in the UEFA Champions League.
Prediction
Milan have added some decent players to the squad, which makes them even stronger to defend their crown. Allegri has gelled in well with the players and management and his system looks to be working extremely effectively. Verdict:
Milan to successfully defend their Serie A title and make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
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