With the opening week of the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign on the horizon, Milan look set to take on Fiorentina in what should be an interesting fixture between the two sides at the Artemio Franchi.
After a rather intriguing transfer market for the Rossoneri, La Viola will be keen to snag 3 points off of Milan, despite the loss of what seemed to be a big blow in the form of former coach Vincenzo Montella. The last time these two sides went head to head, Fiorentina came out on top with a 2-1 victory as Joaquin scored the winner in the 89th minute to earn his side all 3 points.
MILAN
Coming off the back of an interesting pre-season, winning the Trofeo TIM, but taking loses to the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, as well as Tottenham Hotspur in the Audi Cup, the former Italian giants will be looking to get off to a good start this season in an attempt to regain their title as one of Italy’s best after bringing in the likes of Bacca, Bertolacci, Romagnoli, and more.
Probable lineup (4-3-1-2): Lopez; De Sciglio, Ely, Romagnoli, Antonelli; Bertolacci, De Jong, Bonaventura; Honda; Luiz Adriano, Bacca.
FIORENTINA
Fiorentina are entering the new Serie A campaign in hopes to compete with the likes of other top Italian sides in the fight for European qualification. Although losing a key factor in their back to back 4th place finishes (Vincenzo Montella), La Viola have put on quite a wonderful display this pre-season, defeating the likes of Barcelona & Chelsea, and seem determined to carry that form over to the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign. Although losing the likes of Neto, Savic, Gomez, and Salah, Fiorentina have brought in Luigi Sepe, Mario Suarez, as well as have a healthy Giuseppe Rossi. A few key factors to their season will be their very promising youngster Federico Bernardeschi, and whether or not the seemingly injury prone stud, Rossi, can stay strong and keep fit as the season goes on.
Probable lineup (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Rodriguez, Astori, Pasqual; Borja Valero, Suarez; Joaquin, Fernandez, Ilicic; Babacar.
Player to watch – Carlos Bacca
After a successful pre-season for the Colombian international, Bacca will be looking to continue to impress as the Serie A campaign is just a day away. Although entering a new league, Bacca’s previous tally of 20 goals last season in Spain along with winning the Europa League is not something to brush off and will be keen on impressing a new crowd.
Despite being late to the party in terms of when the player began his professional footballing career, Carlos has appeared to have shown what it takes to make a proper contribution to the Rossoneri in their journey on redeeming their stature as one of Europe’s best.
Prediction: Fiorentina 1-2 Milan
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