LIVE MN – Chelsea-Milan, official line-ups have been released: all confirmed among the Rossoneri

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These are the official formations of Chelsea and Milan:

CHELSEA: Kepa; Fofana, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly; James, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount; Sterling, Aubameyang. Available: Bettinelli, Mendy, Jorginho, Pulisic, Chalobah, Broja, Zakaria, Ziyech, Gallagher, Azpilicueta, Havertz, Cucurella. Coach: Potter.

MILAN: Tatarusanu; Dest, Kalulu, Tomori, Ballo-Touré; Bennacer, Tonali; Krunic, De Ketelaere, Leao; Giroud. Available: Mirante, Jungdal, Diaz, Rebic, Origi, Pobega, Gabbia, Gala, Coubis. Coach: Pioli.

19.44 – Click HERE to see the images of the Curva Sud Milano procession towards Stamford Bridge.

19.18 – The procession of the Curva Sud Milano will start shortly towards Stamford Bridge where tonight at 9 pm Milan will face Chelsea on the third day of Group E of the Champions League. As usual, the hottest part of the Rossoneri fans are singing several chants to support Pioli’s team in view of the match against the Blues.

19.17 – Milan arrived a few moments ago at Stamford Bridge. The Rossoneri players are now on the pitch of the Chelsea stadium where they will play against the Blues at 9 pm. As evidenced by the images from Sky, the Milan managers Paolo Maldini, Frederic Massara and Ivan Gazidis are also present on the sidelines, as well as the board member Giorgio Furlani.

19.00 – There are two hours to go until the kick-off of the match. Soon there will be the usual procession of the Curva Sud Milano that will meet at Earl’s Court and then all together will walk up to Stamford Bridge.

17.58 – As anticipated yesterday by MilanNews.it (HERE THE PREVIEW), Gerry Cardinale has arrived in London and this evening will be present at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea-Milan. Paolo Scaroni, president of Milan, and Gordon Singer were also present with him.

17.05 – Fikayo Tomori, AC Milan defender, expressed himself to MilanTV on the eve of Chelsea-Milan on his return to Stamford Bridge: “I had already come as an opponent at Stamford Bridge with Derby County and I know what it means, but doing it in the Champions League and with Milan it will be different. I am ready for this match and I can’t wait to take the field; even before the draw I felt that we would have picked Chelsea … It will be great to see faces I know and go back to a place where I have London is beautiful … this will be a fantastic match and the goal is to return to Milan with the three points. “

16.30 – Alessandro Alciato, who spoke to “Tutti convened” on Radio 24, revealed this background on Milan and yesterday’s pitch-inspection at Stamford Bridge: “When Milan arrived to walk around Stamford Bridge, Pioli asked for a speech to Giroud: the Frenchman said he was proud to play this game and that it is time to win in Europe too. Then there was applause, certain speeches are not made by chance “.

15.40 – These are the Rossoneri who are not available:

Ibrahimovic (injury, not included in the UEFA list)
Maignan (injury, removed from UEFA list)
Calabria (injury)
Theo Hernandez (injury)
Florenzi (injury)
Bakayoko (not included in UEFA list)
Adli (not included in the UEFA list)
Vranckx (not included in the UEFA list)
Thiaw (not included in the UEFA list)
Messias (injury)
Saelemaekers (injury)
Kjaer (injury)

15.20 – Below is the list of available players, included in the UEFA list, for Stefano Pioli for tonight’s match against Chelsea:

Goalkeepers: Tatarusanu, Mirante, Jungdal
Defenders: Kalulu, Tomori, Dest, Ballo-Touré, Gabbia, Coubis
Midfielders: Tonali, Bennacer, Pobega, Krunic, Gala
Forwards: Giroud, De Ketelaere, Leao, Brahim Diaz, Rebic, Origi

15.02 – Wednesday night between Chelsea and Milan will be a special match for several players, above all for Fikayo Tomori who at Stamford Bridge and with the blues was trained both as a player and as a man. With the blue jersey of London, Tomori has made the whole process of the Academy and played in the first team 27 total matches in which he also found 2 goals and 1 assist. Since joining the Rossoneri, however, in January 2021, the English central has played 72 games for the Rossoneri, finding 2 goals against Juventus and Liverpool, and winning the nineteenth Scudetto as a protagonist.

14.45 – As documented by our correspondent in London, Stefano Pioli stopped with the fans present to take pictures outside the Royal Garden Hotel, where AC Milan are staying in anticipation of tonight’s match.

14.22 – Danny Makkelie will be the referee of Chelsea-Milan, a match valid for the third day of group E of the Champions League scheduled for today at Stamford Bridge. The Dutch whistle will direct the Rossoneri for the second time in his career: the only precedent dates back to last season, when Makkelie directed the match played at San Siro between Milan and Liverpool which ended 1-2.

14.04 – Not only on the pitch, Chelsea and Milan have always had intertwining also in the market. The most recent are Bakayoko, Giroud and Tomori. While the first signing of the Rossoneri from the blues was Greavers, back in 1961. In 2002 Dalla Bona arrived, but the experience was not positive. From that moment on, the London-Milan axis heats up: Crespo (2004), Shevchenko (2008), Essien (January 2014), Torres (summer 2014), Van Ginkel (summer 2014), Pasalic (2016) and Bakayoko ( 2018)

13.46 – In one week, Milan will challenge Chelsea twice, in the matches valid for the third and fourth round of the Champions League group stage. Tomorrow evening at 9pm Italian time they will take the field at Stamford Bridge, on Tuesday 11th, again at 9pm, the theater will be San Siro. These are matches number 44 and 45 for the Rossoneri against an English team. The balance, up to now, speaks of 12 games won, 13 drawn and 18 lost: a score to improve.

13.28 – According to what was learned by the MilanNews.it editorial team, with the simultaneous absences of Davide Calabria, Theo Hernandez and Simon Kjaer, the captain for tomorrow night’s match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge will be Ismael Bennacer.

13.14 – The match between Chelsea and Milan, valid for the third day of the Champions League group stage and scheduled for Wednesday 5 October at 9 pm at Stamford Bridge, will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video with the commentary by Sandro Piccinini and the technical commentary by Massimo Ambrosini. It will also be possible to follow the match with the live text on MilanNews.it.

13.00 – Eight hours until Chelsea-Milan kick-off, a match valid for the third round of the Champions League groups. Rossoneri first in the group at 4 points, while the blues are last at 1 point. It will be a match to be experienced between the Rossoneri and the blues! In the meantime, thanks to our textual live you can read the curiosities about the match, but also the most important information during the approach to the big match tonight. Stay with us!