Carlo Ancelotti faces his former membership on Tuesday night time when Actual Madrid tackle Milan within the Champions League league part.
Ancelotti lifted the trophy as a participant and supervisor for the Rossoneri and stays honored in Italy’s trend capital. The all-time nice coach has blossomed right into a perennial victor of the competitors at Madrid, however not a lot has gone his method initially of the 2024/25 season.
The tragic occasions which proceed to unfold within the south of Spain means Madrid’s La Liga conflict with Valencia was postponed on the weekend, that means their final outing earlier than Tuesday’s recreation was their 4-0 defeat to a rampant Barcelona in El Clasico on 26 October.
Ancelotti’s aspect enter this contest having gained two of their opening three league part video games, with Vinicius Junior inspiring Madrid to a come-from-behind 5-2 win over Borussia Dortmund final day out.
Paulo Fonseca has endured an up-and-down begin to life as Milan supervisor, with their home inconsistency leaving them seventh in Serie A. They did, nevertheless, safe their first league part win on Matchday 3, beating Membership Brugge 3-1 having beforehand misplaced to Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen.
Right here is 90min’s information to Actual Madrid vs Milan within the Champions League.
Actual Madrid vs Milan H2H File (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Actual Madrid |
Milan |
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Actual Madrid 0-4 Barcelona – 26/10/24 |
Monza 0-1 Milan – 02/11/24 |
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Actual Madrid 5-2 Borussia Dortmund – 22/10/24 |
Milan 0-2 Napoli – 29/10/24 |
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Celta Vigo 1-2 Actual Madrid – 19/10/24 |
Milan 3-1 Membership Brugge – 22/10/24 |
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Actual Madrid 2-0 Villarreal – 05/10/24 |
Milan 1-0 Udinese – 19/10/24 |
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Lille 1-0 Actual Madrid – 02/10/24 |
Fiorentina 2-1 Milan – 06/10/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/stay stream |
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United Kingdom |
discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports activities 4 |
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United States |
Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, TUDN USA, UniMás |
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Canada |
DAZN |
Madrid shall be boosted by Rodrygo’s return to the matchday squad after a quick spell out on account of harm and the Brazilian might come straight again into the Madrid XI on Tuesday night time. Antonio Rudiger also needs to be match to function regardless of issues over his knee.
Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe will as soon as once more function up prime, doubtlessly alongside Rodrygo, whereas veteran Luka Modric shall be thought-about in the midst of the park. There’s some fear over midfielder Federico Valverde’s workload, however the Uruguayan might nicely come by to begin.
Madrid are nonetheless with out Thibaut Courtois, David Alaba and Dani Carvajal.
Actual Madrid predicted lineup vs Milan (4-3-3): Lunin; Vazquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Valverde, Modric, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinicius, Mbappe.
Tammy Abraham returned to Fonseca’s squad at Monza on Saturday, however the Milan boss will doubtless follow Alvaro Morata up prime on Tuesday. The Spaniard broke by in his homeland’s capital a decade in the past.
Abraham could also be off the harm listing, however the Rossoneri are nonetheless with out Alessandro Florenzi, Luka Jovic and Mattia Gabbia. Metronomic midfielder Ismael Bennacer can also be set to overlook out once more with an ankle harm.
Rafael Leao has proven indicators of rediscovering his most electrifying type in current outings and can be a part of Morata and Christian Pulisic in Milan’s frontline on Tuesday.
Milan predicted lineup vs Actual Madrid (4-3-3): Maignan; Royal, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Fofana, Reijnders; Pulisic, Morata, Leao.
Milan have been so up and down initially of Fonseca’s reign, however each opponent has an opportunity towards Madrid in the meanwhile.
Vini Jr spared their blushes on Matchday 3 with an impressive hat-trick earlier than Ancelotti’s aspect had been blown out of the water by Barca on their earlier outing. The mini-break they’ve loved on account of their postponed fixture on the weekend will do Madrid some good and they need to seem rejuvenated on Tuesday night time.
Outdoors of their shock Derby della Madonnina triumph, the Rossoneri have fallen quick towards superior opposition this season and, whereas Madrid will hand them durations of management in Tuesday’s recreation, their proficiency up prime will show far an excessive amount of for the guests to deal with.
