Milan face Monza. The match will take place at San Siro (Milan) on Saturday, 22 October.
MILAN are again more successful in domestic competition. Last season, the Red-Blacks were back in Champions League. It was a complete failure, finishing 4th in the Champions League with Porto and Atletico. The quartet now looks much simpler, but the intermediate results have been disappointing. After playing a draw with Red Bull in Salzburg and beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-1, the Italians conceded 5 goals in two matches against Chelsea, which severely weakened the alignment. In Serie A, the wards of Stefano Pioli look much more confident. Last season saw the long-awaited “Scudetto” tournament. It doesn’t always work out, but the majority of matches are won. It was especially October, when Empoli won 3-1, Juventus won 2-0, and Verona won 2-1. For the moment, however, this means that we can only go in third place. Atalanta, Napoli, and especially Napoli did a better job.
Montza is slowly moving up to the elite level. Silvio Berlusconi was attracted to the “white-reds”. The key to his attraction was the locale, which is very close to his home. Monza quickly added, but I couldn’t make the decisive move and get out to Serie A. They finished 4th in the last season, and won the play-offs. The debutant was unable to make it in the first season after recruiting a lot bright newcomers. He suffered 5 defeats and a draw against Lecce. The board decided to rely upon Palladino after Stroppa, the mentor, was fired. Rafael, who is 38 years old, once played for Juventus and the Italian national soccer team. After winning over Sampdoria, La Spezia and Juventus, he was strong. But Empoli went 0-1 on Saturday.
There were no fights between Calcio and Calcio. The neighbors did play friendly matches quite often, and so far the Rossoneri have been pleased with their results. Milan is more determined and stronger. We placed a bet that Milan would win the first half and the match.
Prediction: Milan to win both the match and the first half.
