The drums of war are beating in the UEFA group stage, and the focus of the first day falls on the "Group F of Death", AC Milan starts a fierce battle with Newcastle at home. Both teams have invested heavily in this tournament and have been making a lot of reinforcement moves. AC Milan's new players have been performing well and their strength has been further improved, while Newcastle's overall performance has declined despite the introduction of AC Milan's midfielder Sindo Donnelly and other players at a high price. This trend, coupled with AC Milan's 4 wins and 2 losses in their last 6 UEFA Europa League home matches, gives them the edge in this match. (Now 643 Wednesday at 00:45am is not to be missed!)
AC Milan had a stunning run in the last UEFA Europa League competition reaching the last 4. This summer, the team underwent a drastic reform, with the number of new players joining and leaving the team reaching double digits. Despite the big changes in the "Red and Black Army" lineup, manager Pioli skillfully adjusted the players to quickly establish a tacit understanding between them. Especially the transfer from Chelsea, Kristian Pleszczewski and Rawdowszczuk, their outstanding performance helped AC Milan to win all the first three matches in the league. However, the 1-5 loss to Inter Milan in the last round was a blow to the team, and I believe they will go all out in this match and try to win to save their face.
Newcastle are finally returning to the top flight competition since they quit the UEFA Europa League 20 years ago. The club have invested over £130 million in reinforcements in the hope of doing well in this year's tournament. They acquired Sindo Donnelly from AC Milan for £55 million, but the 23-year-old Italian international may not be available for this game due to injury.
