Rossoneri Round-up for 28 January: Don’t expect Piatek & Cutrone to play together anytime soon for Milan

Krzysztof Piatek was subbed on for Patrick Cutrone in the match against Napoli, and if Gennaro Gattuso’s comments after the match are to believed, don’t expect the two of them to be playing on the pitch very much anytime soon.

Gattuso told DAZN that he could see Piatek and Cutrone playing at the same time, but just not yet, saying:

Yes, but not right now. I don’t like getting pinned back with a line of four in midfield, otherwise you risk losing too much ground.

For now, they won’t play together, because it’s an issue of balancing the team. When we did use two strikers, we were too unbalanced, so I won’t do that for now.

To be fair to Gattuso, Milan did seem to get overwhelmed in midfield when playing in a 4-4-2 with two wingers and two strikers, and including Lucas Paqueta pretty much means that Milan will be playing with three central midfielders from here on out.

With Milan shelling out so much cash, Piatek will probably get the starting nod more often than not, and maybe that’s for the best, with Cutrone not feeling the pressure to be the star at this point in his career.

On to the links.

AC Milan and Italian Football Links

Recap of Milan’s draw with Napoli. [AC Milan Offside]

Tactical review of the draw. [AC Milan Offside]

Riccardo Montolivo could go to China to make room for Yannick Carrasco to join Milan. [AC Milan Offside]

AS Roma blew a three goal lead to draw 3-3 with Atalanta. [Chiesa di Totti]

World Football Links

Santos Laguna beat Chivas de Guadalajara 1-0 to end Chivas’ unbeaten run to start the Clausura 2019 season. [FMF State of Mind]

Monterrey beat Club América 3-2 in a match that featured four red cards and a missed penalty. [FMF State of Mind]

Millwall fans shamed themselves and England before and during the FA Cup match against Everton. [Royal Blue Mersey]

Recap of Leeds United’s come from behind win over Rotherham United. [Through It All Together]