Italian Super Cup, Juventus – AC Milan: Pre-match and probable line-ups |Juventus-fr.com

Juventus begins its year 2025 with a shock this Friday evening in the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup. The Bianconeri face AC Milan with a place in the final against Milan’s other team, Inter.

For this second semi-final of the Italian Super Cup, Juventus challenges Milan in Saudi Arabia who are clearly in their final stages. Paula Fonseca was dismissed at the start of the week, it is her compatriot Sergio Conceiçao who is now on the bench and is preparing to lead his first match. A Milan team which is very clearly aiming for final victory in this competition with a mixed first part of the season since the Rossoneri are in 8th place with 27 points. For this match, Milan will be without Noah Okafor, Alessandro Florenzi and Samuel Chukwueze, while Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Rafael Leão are doubtful.

An Italian Super Cup synonymous with priority for the Milanese and a Conceiçao who can start his Italian adventure in the most beautiful way. The ACM will be able to count on the return of Yunus Musah as well as Fikayo Tomori also in the sights of Juventus for this winter. For the rest, we will have to watch the French Mike Maignan and Théo Hernandez, as well as Tijani Reijnders in the middle and Alvaro Morata in attack who will be keen to play a bad trick on his former partners.

Motta ready to field his typical team

For Juventus, they will have to make do with a few absences, particularly defensively. Juan Cabal, Gleison Bremer and Danilo are out, as is Arkadiusz Milik in attack who could return during the derby against Toro. For this poster, Motta should line up a typical team in 4-2-3-1 with Michele Di Gregorio in goals and a 4-man defense made up of Federico Gatti, Pierre Kalulu, Nicolò Savona and Andrea Cambiaso in the corridors. A mid-two with Manuel Locatelli captain and Khepran Thuram in form after his double against Fiorentina.

At number 10, Teun Koopmeiners could start while Nico Gonzalez or Francisco Conceiçao should fight to start on the right side. Kenan Yildiz should find himself on the left in support of Dusan Vlahovic. The Serbian who will be keen to score the net for the first time in 2025. Juventus could meet Inter Milan in the final of this Italian Super Cup on Monday evening, but before that, it will be necessary to defeat the other club in the Lombard city.

Motta’s group before this semi-final

Compo probable Juventus (4-2-3-1) : Di Gregorio / Savona – Gatti – Kalulu – Cambiaso / Locatelli (cap.) – Thuram / Gonzalez (Conceiçao) – Koopmeiners – Yildiz / Vlahovic.

Compo probable AC Milan (4-2-3-1) : Maignan (cap.) / Emerson – Tomori – Thiaw – Hernandez / Fofana – Bennacer / Pulisic – Reijnders – Jimenez / Morata.

Match information

Italian Super Cup: Juventus – AC Milan