The days of glory and winning titles as a norm are behind Milan and Juventus, but these two clubs are so big and are so well-supported that nobody can deny them the greatness nor can consider their clash as anything less than a spectacle.Let’s write a new chapter! 🔴⚫ #MilanJuve: ready for a big night 💪 #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/agEVEMTMhU— AC Milan (@acmilan) January 23, 2022 These two greats of European football have met each other 173 times in Serie A. Milan have won 51 times while Juventus have come out on top in 67 matches. The Turin side also hold the upper hand when it comes to recent meetings. They have won 14 of the last 20 games, losing just four. Milan, however, are unbeaten in the previous three games.What more of an incentive one needs to better oneself than being pitted against one of the best teams in the country? That will surely be the thinking of Stefano Pioli, the Milan coach, who must prove that his team’s defeat against Spezia in their last Serie A match was nothing more than a bad day. Besides, there will be a personal challenge for Pioli too – because he’s yet to record a win over his tonight’s counterpart Massimiliano Allegri. In the 15 matches in which the two coaches have been on the opposite sides, Allegri has tasted success in 14 of them.But Pioli would have to do it with a depleted squad. His centre-back pair Simon Kjaer and Fikayo Tomori are injured, while Franck Kessie and Fode Ballo-Toure are at the AFCON. Pietro Pellegri also remains on the sidelines and is injured.Throwback to 6th April 1997. Milan 1-6 Juventus.#VintageJuve ⚫⚪ pic.twitter.com/DNmpZ0JBEh— Kamran Khan (@KammyJuventino) January 22, 2022 Juve, on the other hand, are almost complete. The only absentee, albeit an important one, is Leonardo Bonucci. Oh, and Aaron Ramsey – in case you still consider him to be a Bianconeri first-teamer after being frozen out for so long.Milan need a win to keep some sort of pressure on Inter, their rivals who look determined to run away with the Scudetto. Juventus are still in a bit of a transition period with a qualification for the next season’s Champions League looking like the best that they could achieve this year. In either case, they have millions of fans and dozens of trophies behind them as they go head to head. And of course, there is the future – and it will surely be bright.SERIE A – ROUND 23FridayHellas Verona – Bologna 2-1 (1-1)/Caprari 38, Kalinic 85 – Orsolini 14/SaturdayGenoa – Udinese 0-0Inter – Venezia 2-1 (1-1)/Barella 40, Dzeko 90 – Henry 19/Lazio – Atalanta 0-0SundayCagliari – Fiorentina17:00: (2.85) Spezia (3.30) Sampdoria (2.65)17:00: (1.18) Napoli (8.00) Salernitana (19.0)17:00: (2.20) Torino (3.50) Sassuolo (3.50)20:00: (4.50) Empoli (3.80) Roma (1.85)22:45: (2.70) Milan (3.25) Juventus (2.85)***odds are subject to change
