About Milan resting players. This is the team they fielded last Saturday, in a 2-3 home loss to Udinese:
26 Marco Storari (G)
25 Daniele Bonera (D)
5 Alessandro Costacurta (D)
19 Giuseppe Favalli (D)
24 Leandro Grimi (D)
17 Dario Simic (D)
32 Cristian Brocchi (M)
20 Yoann Gourcuff (M)
27 Sergio Serginho (M)
15 Marco Borriello (F)
7 Ricardo Oliveira (F)
And this is the team that played Liverpool on Wednesday:
1 Nelson Dida (G)
3 Paolo Maldini (D)
13 Alessandro Nesta (D)
44 Massimo Oddo (D)
23 Massimo Ambrosini (M)
8 Gennaro Gattuso (M)
22 Kaká (M)
18 Marek Jankulovski (M)
21 Andrea Pirlo (M)
10 Clarence Seedorf (M)
9 Filippo Inzaghi (F)
Slightly different.
Less need to protect starters in this upcoming match, but uncertain who will play. Still, many bench players like to grasp the opportunity to show what they can do. Like Europe's other powerhouses Milan is extremely deep. In spite of fielding their second stringers against Udinese the game was very even:
AC Milan
Shots (on Goal) 22(9)
Fouls 16
Corner Kicks 3
Offsides 5
Time of Possession 52%
Yellow Cards 2
Red Cards 0
Saves 4
Udinese
Shots (on Goal) 18(7)
Fouls 15
Corner Kicks 3
Offsides 1
Time of Possession 49%
Yellow Cards 1
Red Cards 0
Saves 7