Well, it's finally here, the moment we've all been waiting for, the clash we've been anticipating: Milan - Juventus. Top of the table vs second-place. A thrilling encounter at the San Siro.
Or at least, it had the potential to be exciting. But then Antonio Conte had to go and put pen to the lineup card. The Juve coach once again trotted out his 3-5-2 lineup, and has made the, shall we say, interesting decision to start Quagliarella and Boriello up top together.
Max Allegri sticks with his 4-3-1-2 formation, although injuries force him to use Emanuelson in the trequartista role, with both Kevin-Prince Boateng and Clarence Seedorf injured. Mexes replaces Alessandro Nesta in defence, and with Zlatan Ibrahimovic still suspended, Robinho and Pato lead the attack.
Lineups
AC Milan Starting XI (4-3-1-2): Christian Abbiati, Ignazio Abate, Philippe Mexes, Thiago Silva, Luca Antonini; Antonio Nocerino, Mark Van Bommel, Sully Muntari; Urby Emanuelson; Alexandre Pato, Robinho
Milan Bench: Daniele Bonera, Filippo Inzaghi, Gianluca Zambrotta, Marco Amelia, Massimo Ambrosini, Mario Yepes, Stephan El Shaarawy
Juventus Starting XI (3-5-2): Gigi Buffon; Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio, Marcelo Estigarribia; Fabio Quagliarella, Marco Borriello
Juve Bench: Mirko Vucinic, Alessandro Del Piero, Simone Pepe, Marco Storari, Martin Carceres, Alessandro Matri, Emanuele Giaccherini