Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti says he will start with two strikers.
And Robin van Persie will provide a goal threat from the bench.
Last Friday I heard that RVP had been in full-contact training for a week, doing everything the other players were doing, although Arsene would deny that.
How fit and sharp is Robin van Persie? Fit enough to hit one killer shot, I’d say.
Ancelotti said, ” We will certainly be playing with two strikers because we are at home and, for games like this which you have got to win, you have got to have two forwards on the field.”
What does he mean by that?
Pato and Inzaghi?
Pato and Gilardino?
Or does he mean Pato and Kaka ?
If Seedorf is out, Yohan Gourcuff can play wide left, as he did when he came for Seedorf against Lazio in Saturday’s 1-1 draw.
Gourcuff is a tall, slim, right-footed French lad who can score goals. He is classy, quick, technical and good-looking – a typical Milan player. I’m sure Arsene Wenger would love to sign him. If Gourcuff plays, it’ll be interesting.
However, Italian football places a lot of emphasis on age, on seniority, on pecking order. So we may not see much of Gourcuff.
If Milan start with two strikers, and Arsenal play 4-5-1, it could be 0-0 at half-time.The team that scores first will go through. And Robin Bang! Persie could make the difference.
Winning this one would be everything to Arsene, to Gallas, to Fabregas, to all the Gooners in Milan today.
No English club has beaten AC Milan at the San Siro.