Manchester City took an early lead when Erling Haaland scored again on the pre-season scoreboard, but the four-time Premier League champions were beaten 3-2 by Italian giants AC Milan at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
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Pep Guardiola’s side lost 4-3 to Celtic at the start of their pre-season tour of the United States, and a handful of first-team players – Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Jeremy Doku, to name some) are not. However, the team is still recovering after EURO 2024. Manchester City will play two more games in the United States (against Barcelona in Orlando on Tuesday, against Chelsea in Columbus next Saturday) before returning to England to face to their rivals Manchester United in the FA. Community. Shield the following weekend, August 10.
Lorenzo Colombo scored twice in 4 minutes of the first half, and time redirected a floating cross from Samuel Chukwueze towards the far post. Marco Nasti, a product of AC Milan’s academy, scored the winning goal in the 78th minute.
Scorers: Erling Haaland (19′), Lorenzo Colombo (30′, 34′), James McAtee (55′), Marco Nasti (78′)
Start: 6 p. m. ET, Saturday, July 27) Stadium: Yankee Stadium, New York TV Channel: ESPNEonline: ESPN
As mentioned, Ederson’s long-term is a big topic of discussion as he reportedly won a bid for Saudi Arabia. Stefan Ortega started against Celtic with Ederson coming off the bench and if the Brazilian star decides to move on, Ortega will probably be smart enough to immediately become City’s new starting goalkeeper. On the other hand, Rico Lewis, Kalvin Phillips, Oscar Bobb and James McAtee received minutes against Celtic, while Grealish and Haaland are City’s big superstars, as either of them had a weak summer. Many of City’s big names are still on summer break after participating in the Copa America and the European Championship.
Pulisic will clearly be at the forefront and it is a big summer for him with a new coach in charge. Pulisic was perfect in his first season with Milan in 2023-24 (12 goals and 8 assists in 36 Serie A games is sensational) and Musah also got plenty of minutes under Pioli as Milan ended a distant Serie A run. They have been classified. for the Champions League and Fonseca’s main objective will be to triumph in the round of 16 of this renewed festival and face the Scudetto against his local rival, Inter Milan. The team Rafael Leao, Samuel Chukwueze and Luka Jovic have traveled for this preseason. excursion and provide Milan with many attacking options.
It seems that Milan will have too much for this young City, but it does not rule out Haaland and Grealish having fun. Man City – AC Milan 2-3.
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