Date: Thursday 18th April, 2024
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Stadio Olimpico Rome
Referee Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Goal Scorer:
Roma
After resting Paulo Dybala, Gianluca Mancini and captain Lorenzo Pellegrini for the trip to Udine, Roma will be back to their strongest against Milan, excepting the absence of suspended midfielder Bryan Cristante.
Edoardo Bove could replace Cristante in Daniele De Rossi's starting XI, while Evan Ndicka's setback means that Chris Smalling is likely to return in defence - neither Dean Huijsen nor Rasmus Kristensen were included on the Giallorossi's squad list for the knockout phase.
Ex-Milan forward Stephan El Shaarawy is set to join Dybala and Europa League specialist Romelu Lukaku in the hosts' attacking trident - the latter has scored seven times in this term's competition and 27 overall.
Roma possible starting lineup:
Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Smalling, Spinazzola; Bove, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy
AC Milan
Meanwhile, Milan also rotated their squad on Sunday, but Mike Maignan will start in goal after his absence in Sassuolo, with Fikayo Tomori - who missed the first leg through suspension - featuring just ahead of him.
Simon Kjaer was forced off by a flexor problem at the Mapei Stadium, and Tomori should beat Malick Thiaw to partner Matteo Gabbia at the heart of the Rossoneri's back four.
Tommaso Pobega is back in full training, so Stefano Pioli has an almost full squad to select from: despite impressing last time out, Luka Jovic and Samu Chukwueze - the latter of whom had two goals chalked off by the VAR at the weekend - will make way; Olivier Giroud and Christian Pulisic join Rafael Leao up front.
AC Milan possible starting lineup:
Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Gabbia, Hernandez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud
Prediction: Roma 1-1 AC Milan (Roma win 2-1 on aggregate)
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