AC Milan hosts Bologna in round 36 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Monday, May 6th at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) (Milan)
Lately, the Rossoneri show not a very good game - they won only 1 of the last 7 matches. Such a result adversely affected the situation in the Serie A standings. Gattuso's men dropped to 7th place, having 56 points. There are only 4 matches left in the league. The ending will be incredibly interesting, because many teams claim the 3rd and the 4th places, which give a right to play in the Champions League. Except for Milan, these are Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Torino and Lazio, which located one after the other in the standings with the minimum margin.
Bad results were the reason that the management had already begun to look for a replacement of Gennaro Gattuso. So far, such information appears only in the media, but if Milan does not promote to the Champions League, the bosses of the club will already be involved. To date, the most likely candidates are Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta), Eusebio Di Francesco (ex-Roma coach), Marco Giampaolo (Sampdoria), Mark van Bommel (PSV) and Leonardo Jardim (Monaco). As for the current head coach of Milan, he seems to lose control of the situation. In an interview, he complained to reporters that modern players respect neither history nor rules. In his opinion, the players used to go all out to be in Milan, but now they can’t even be shouted - they will immediately complain. The late coming of Tiemoue Bakayoko, who arrived an hour later to the training of the team, adds fuel to the controversy. As a result, all the players of Milan remained at the club’s base for 5 days, until the match against Bologna. The culprit expects a fine; other players tried to convince the coach to change his decision, but he remained adamant.
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The Red and Blues started the season with Pippo Inzaghi as a head coach. Such an appointment did not justify itself - there were players of rather high quality in the team, however, the young coach, due to his coaching inexperience, didn’t manage to pull the team together. While he was a coach, Bologna balanced on the verge of relegation, and if Inzaghi stayed with the team until the end of the season, it is likely that the club would have dropped in class.
When Sinisa Mihajlovich replaced Pippo, the situation in Bologna immediately became merry. The team quickly and confidently got out of the relegation zone, and now we can say that it will also play the next championship in the elite. The fans are particularly pleased with Bologna in home games - 5 last matches were consistently won (Cagliari - 2:0, Sassuolo - 2:1, Chievo - 3:0, Sampdoria - 3:0, Empoli - 3:1). Siniša Mihajlovich managed to get the defense going in the right direction, which can be seen by the naked eye. Currently, the Red and Blues rank 14th, with 37 points after 34 matches.
The first leg match ended without goals. Milan got a red card in the middle of the second half - Bakayoko somehow earned two yellow cards in three minutes. After sending-off, the Milanese, who had a total advantage, got hooked and had no chance to snatch victory. Thus, the unbeaten streak of Milan (6 matches) was broken in the confrontation with Bologna.
In the end of the season, Milan has fairly easy rivals, so Gattuso's men will have good chances to snatch a ticket to the Champions League. As for Bologna, the team is already devoid of motivation, as it secured a place in Serie A for the next season. Bologna looks great at home, but it will be difficult for it to gain points at San Siro.
Prediction for the match: Milan to win
