The Serie A title race of 2021/22 has entered the final road, as AC Milan and Napoli are chasing Inter to take the throne off from the champion. This week, Stefano Pioli’s side travelled away from home to the capital to challenge Lazio. It won’t be an easy game as they were fighting for a European seat as well. As it went on, Ciro Immobile scored an early goal and gave AC Milan a difficult start, but Pioli managed to make some on spot in-game adjustments to nullify the opposition, taking the game in their direction.
This tactical analysis will demonstrate how Milan adapted to the opposition both offensive and defensively in the game.
Lineups
Lazio’s thin squad suggested they did not have many options, especially given Pedro Rodríguez was injured, so they put Mattia Zaccagni as the left-winger, while the rest of the squad was more or less the players. However, Sarri chose Ștefan Radu as the left-back, starting Elseid Hysaj and Adam Marušić on the bench.
Pioli of course played his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation, they had more options Zlatan Ibrahimović and Ante Rebić started on the bench as Brahim Díaz and Olivier Giroud could start, alongside Junior Messias and Rafael Leão as the wingers.
