2023-10-22 04:00:00
Written by Ahmed Harby Sunday, October 22, 2023 07:00 AM
Milan will host Juventus in an exciting football match this evening, Sunday, within the matches of the ninth round of the competitions. Italian Leauge Current season 2023-2024.
The Giuseppe Meazza “San Siro” stadium will host the match between Milan and Juventus, at 10:15 pm today, Sunday, Cairo time.
Milan has 21 points in the Italian League standings, collected from 8 matches, and the Rossoneri is seeking to achieve victory over the Bianconeri in order to continue to hold on to the top of the competition in light of the fierce competition with Inter.
While Juventus has 17 points collected from the same number of matches, the Old Lady team will try to snatch the three points from the Lombardy club to continue climbing to the top spot.
Milan is moving at a steady pace during its local league career. Since its harsh loss at Inter Milan Stadium 5-1 in the derby match last month, the team has recorded four consecutive victories at the expense of Verona, Cagliari, Lazio and Genoa, but on the other hand, its European career does not appear to be in the best condition, as it began… His Champions League campaign was tied 0-0 with Newcastle in England and Borussia Dortmund in Germany, and a difficult match awaits him at Paris Saint-Germain in France on Wednesday.
In the last round, the Milan team achieved a difficult victory over Genoa with a clean goal in the last round, in a match in which the French striker Olivier Giroud shone, who guarded the Rossoneri’s lair after the expulsion of goalkeeper Maignan, and saved his team’s goal from a certain goal.
Milan suffers from several absences from its ranks due to suspension or injury, most notably of its French international goalkeeper, Mike Maignan, who was sent off in his team’s last match against Genoa before the international break. Reserve goalkeeper Marco Sportiello also injured his calf on Thursday and will be absent from the field for about a month.
Therefore, Milan coach Stefan Pioli seems forced to include the veteran third goalkeeper, Antonio Mirante (40 years old), between the three posts.
While Juventus is looking forward to embarrassing Milan at its home stadium and in front of its fans, and coming out with three points in order to compete for the top spot.
It was reported that former midfield star Sandro Tonali (currently with Newcastle) bet on Milan matches when he was a player with the latter, while the Italian Federation suspended the current Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli for 7 months for the same reason, after the 22-year-old pleaded guilty. Negotiating a reduced sentence.
The Italian Federation reported that Fagoli’s sentence was officially 12 months, but five months were deducted from it to be used in a treatment plan for gambling addiction.
The Fagioli case is the first in a series of scandals related to sports betting that led to the exclusion of Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo from the Italian national team.
For Juventus, this is the second blow it has suffered this season, just weeks after its French midfielder Paul Pogba was suspended due to doping violations.
The last match in which Mirante participated dates back to April 2021, when he was defending the colors of Roma Club.
French international left-back Theo Hernandez will also be absent.
According to the Calcio League Twitter account, the match could witness the participation of four American international players in the Italian League summit between Milan and Juventus, more than any previous match in the history of the competition.
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