Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Lecce
Match Time & Date:
22/06/2020
01:30 PM
Prediction: 0-1
Milan
Lecce were on top of their game in February, but all of a sudden the team suffered a dip in form. The Giallorossi failed to impress in back-to-back defeats to the likes of Roma (0-4) and Atalanta (2-7), but it remains to be seen if the coronavirus break is going to help them get back on course. Donati is suspended for the Milan game, while Deiola, Farias, Dell’orco and Barak are all out of contention with injury.
The Rossoneri, on the other hand, are eyeing a place in the Europa League. Milan have been having their ups and downs in the second half of the season, but given Lecce’s shaky defence, away win should be considered. Musacchio and Duarte are major doubts, while experienced attacker Ibrahimovic is definitely sidelined with injury. Anyhow, we are tempted to put our money on the Rossoneri, who have been producing fine displays in the Serie A ever since the club chiefs reinforced the squad.
Highlighted Player (Fabio Lucioni):
Fabio Lucioni is a product of Ternana football school. Lucioni played for the youth team of Ternana from 2002 to 2005 and he eventually made 14 appearances for the first team. The 185-cm-tall defender played for the likes of Monopoli, Noicattaro, Gela, Barletta, Spezia and Reggina in the past as well before joining Benevento in 2014.
Lucioni has established himself as a first-team regular at the club and it has to be noted that he scored three goals in 46 appearances for Benevento in the 2016/2017 Serie B campaign. The Stregoni secured promotion to the Serie A by beating Carpi in the play-offs final, meaning that Lucioni will have a chance to test a top-flight football in the 2017/2018 season.
Lucioni’s main position is centre-back and his contract with Benevento expires on June 30, 2018. The left-footed defender, who was born in Terni on September 25, 1987, has yet to earn a call-up for the Italian national football team.
Highlighted Team (Milan):
AC Milan are regarded as one of the biggest club in Italy. The Rossoneri compete in the Italian Serie A and they have won 18 domestic trophies. Speaking of the club’s European success, Milan have clinched seven Champions League (European Cup) trophies.
Milan were on the verge of beating Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final, but the Premier League outfit came from three goals behind and eventually won the prestigious trophy on penalties. The Rossoneri play their home games at Stadio San Siro (80,018), the stadium that was opened in 1926. It is well known that Milan’s bitterest rivals are Inter and there have always been fireworks when the two local rivals face each other in the Derby della Madonnina.
Milan were founded in 1899 by a lace-maker from England named Herbert Kilpin and a businessman Alfred Edwards. Milan’s home kits are red and black and that is why the team’s nickname is Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks).
The likes of Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Roberto Donadoni, Dejan Savicevic, Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Andrea Pirlo are the most famous footballers who have represented the San Siro outfit.
