Manchester United drawing against the likes of Club America and San Jose Earthquakes dictates some real pressure to Jose Mourinho despite the fact that the Red devils are without a significant number of their regular squad who are yet to return from the World Cup.
The Reds from Manchester would want to bounce back with a win and start the International Champions Cup on a high. They face Italy’s second most successful club after Juventus and seven time European champions – AC Milan.
WHEN & WHERE?
AC Milan vs Manchester United
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Date & Time: Thursday, July 26 – 04:05am BST
THE PREVIOUS ENCOUNTER
It’s been over eight years since Milan and United met in competitive competition, both sides reached the last 16 of the 2009-10 Champions League. United won 7-2 on aggregate. Milan would like to change the history and will definitely come at United strongly.
TEAM NEWS
Jose Mourinho will be without majority of his first team members with World Cup participation, that includes De Gea, Lindelof, Phil Jones, Pogba, Juan Mata, Lukaku, Lingard, Young, Rashford, Fellaini and Fred.
Nemanja Matic has only being part of couple of training sessions with United and it will be pretty early for him to feature for a significant amount of time like he always do under Jose Mourinho. Antonio Valencia is likely to return from an injury problem that saw him substituted after just seven minutes in the previous game. The team may consist of fellow academy players and inspiring guns like Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes and Mason Greenwood.
For Gennaro Gattuso side, Carlos Bacca, Lucas Biglia and Ivan Strinic are still on holiday following their World Cup exploits. Leonardo Bonucci was included in Milan’s ICC squad while talks continue over a possible transfer. Fabio Borini and Suso is expected to be involved once again after featuring in last week’s win over Novara.
UNITED TOUR SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero, Joel Pereira, Lee Grant
Defenders: Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, RoShaun Williams, Chris Smalling, Eric Bailly, Axel Tuanzebe, Demetri Mitchell, Luke Shaw, Diogo Dalot (injured)
Midfielders: Ander Herrera, Andreas Pereira, Scott McTominay, Ethan Hamilton, James Garner
Forwards: Anthony Martial, Juan Mata, Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes, Mason Greenwood, Joshua Bohui
AC MILAN TOUR SQUAD
Goalkeepers: A. Donnarumma, G. Donnarumma, Reina
Defenders: Abate, Antonelli, Bellodi, Bonucci, Calabria, Musacchio, Rodriguez, Romagnoli, Simic, Zapata
Midfielders: Bertolacci, Bonaventura, Brescianini, Calhanoglu, Halilovic, Kessie, Locatelli, Mauri, Torrasi
Forwards: Borini, Cutrone, Kalinic, André Silva, Suso, Tsadjout
