For the second time in a month, Juventus will return to the San Siro to take on AC Milan, a team that has played both well and poorly lately.
In one of Serie A’s most important rivalry games, Juventus will visit the San Siro for the second time in less than a month. It’s one of the numerous oddities in the schedule that each season seems to offer, and the trip to Milan is a fitting match to occur just after the 2024 final international break.
One of the most thrilling outcomes Juventus has participated in in recent years was the 4–4 Derby d’Italia draw with defending champions Inter Milan on their first trip to Milan this season.
The second one? It will undoubtedly be difficult for an undermanned Juventus team to try to duplicate an AC Milan team that has been everywhere for the first three months of the Paulo Fonseca era.
Juventus, one of the six teams leading the Serie A standings by just two points, will take on Milan in Saturday night’s match at the San Siro. Milan is keen to return to the six-group (or perhaps even make it seven). With consecutive victories over Udinese and, more recently, Torino in the Derby della Mole a few weeks prior, Juventus entered the international break in a strong position.
As they emerge from the break, Thiago Motta is anticipating an eight-game stretch before Christmas, during which his team will participate in Serie A and the Champions League, and (a little earlier than usual) the Coppa Italia, in addition to the roster being far from full strength or anything approaching it.
However, given the traditional animosity between Milan and Juventus, this return from the November break is quite the one. Additionally, Milan has been all over the place lately, making them much harder to pin down these days.
They continue to exhibit the characteristics of the team that, within a few short weeks of Fonseca joining Milan, essentially made people want to leave. Then, at the Santiago Bernabéu, they defeat Real Madrid, the current European champions, in the Champions League.
Basically, and I can’t stress this enough, we’ll just go ahead and say Milan is “a bipolar team that doesn’t decide until kickoff whether they’ll be fantastic or suck.” Sam said this a few weeks ago.
That will undoubtedly present Motta with many difficulties as he gets ready for such a significant match at the same stadium where his team gave up four goals only a few weeks ago.
However, despite all of their problems earlier in the season, Milan is able to turn things up and achieve significant outcomes, like as their victories over Real Madrid or Inter.
Despite the fact that they lack the presence that Olivier Giroud brought in the previous two years, they are a quality side with a tonne of firepower up front. (Alvaro Morata, I adore you, but you haven’t exactly had the best season since moving to Milan.)
In reference to teams who may not be lacking a presence at the forefront of their offensive strategy. or any No. 9 selected for the Milan trip.
Even better, considering that a third of the team’s players will be absent…
Yes, it would be Motta’s Juventus, who are going through their worst squad shortage in a long time. Consequently, Motta’s matchday squad consists of just 18 men. Juventus’ bench will be as thin as it has been this season, especially because three of those players are goalkeepers.
MATCH INFO
When: Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024.
Where: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy.
Official kickoff time: 6 p.m. in Italy and the Central European time zone, 5 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 12 p.m. Eastern time, 9 a.m. Pacific time.
HOW TO WATCH
Television: Fox Deportes (United States),
Online/Streaming: Paramount+, Foxsports.com, FOX Sports app (United States); fuboTV Canada (Canada); OneFootball.com (United Kingdom); DAZN Italia, Sky Go Italia (Italy).
