Official: AC Milan vs. Feyenoord starting XIs – three changes from Verona win | OneFootball

AC Milan welcome Feyenoord to San Siro tonight hoping for a comeback mission to make it through to the last 16 of the Champions League.

Milan conceded just three minutes into the the first leg due to a Mike Maignan howler on an Igor Paixao shot, and that certainly set the tone for the rest of the night. Feyenoord were full of intensity and aggression, which the Rossoneri – by their own players’ admissions – were unable to match.

Nevertheless, the beauty of European knockout football is that there is another 90 minutes to come and therefore the tie is only halfway done. A much better performance will be needed at San Siro tonight in front of an expectant home crowd.

Official starting XIs

There are a number of absences for Sergio Conceicao as Alessandro Florenzi, Emerson Royal and Ruben Loftus-Cheek remain injured, while Luka Jovic, Alex Jimenez, Warren Bondo and Riccardo Sottil are not in the UEFA squad list.

Conceicao has opted to name the four forwards Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao, Joao Felix and Santiago Gimenez in the side from minute one just as he did in the first leg, although none of them really had much joy on the night.

The midfield double pivot is Yunus Musah and Tijjani Reijnders which gives Youssouf Fofana some rest. The defensive line is Kyle Walker, Malick Thiaw, Strahinja Pavlovic and Theo Hernandez in front of Mike Maignan.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Walker, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Theo Hernandez; Pulisic, Reijnders, Musah, Leao; Joao Felix, Gimenez.

Bench: Sportiello, Torriani, Chukwueze, Tomori, Fofana, Bartesaghi, Terracciano, Gabbia, Camarda, Abraham.

Official Feyenoord XI (4-3-3): Wellenreuther; Read, Beelen, Hancko, Smal; Milambo, Moder, Bueno; Hadj Moussa, Redmond, Paixao.

Bench: Andreev, Ka, Stengs, Ivanusec, Carranza, Mitchell, ‘T Zand, Osman, Van den Elshout, Giersthove, Sliti.