Pioli Opt For No Rotation Against Lecce, Despite Upcoming Roma Clash
Today, AC Milan takes on Lecce at San Siro in an attempt to gather confidence before playing Roma in the first leg on Thursday. According to a report, Stefano Pioli has chosen to field the best team and has not chosen to rotate.
This afternoon, the Rossoneri have the chance to extend their winning streak to seven games, which would be quite remarkable. However, some may have anticipated rotation given that Thursday’s matchup with Roma in the Europa League quarterfinals is set to take place.
According to Tuttoport (via MilanNews), this won’t be the case because today at San Siro, the best team possible will essentially take the field. It’s not because of a technical choice made by Pioli that players like Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ismael Bennacer, and Malick Thiaw will get some rest.
Pioli made it quite evident during his press conference yesterday that Milan will approach this season finale game-by-game: “The focus is only on tomorrow’s match.” If there are any adjustments, they will be from circumstances I observed this week rather than from Roma. For that game, there is time to recuperate.
Pioli’s logic makes sense because they can’t afford to lose this momentum just yet. Besides, there will be four whole days to regain strength for the Roma match.
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