Napoli vs Milan: match worth a spot in the Champions League semifinals

Napoli and Milan duel in Italy to decide a place in the semifinals of the Champions League. The clubs from the south and north of the country face each other at 4 pm (Brasília time), with the home team playing at home to turn the score around. The team red-blackwho has won the tournament seven times, won 1-0 last Wednesday at the stadium San Siro. In Diego Armando Maradona, any victory for the home team on goal difference would win decisively in extra time. No more away goals criteria.

Back to the team commanded by Luciano Spalletti is the Nigerian osimhen, Italy’s top scorer, who was left out in the first game. He encounters Kvaratskhelia, one of the revelations of the season.

_{Chelsea x Real Madrid and Napoli x Milan face each other in the Champions League seeking a place in the semifinals – (Reproduction/Instagram/@championsleague)}

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Milan also drew this weekend: 1-1 with Genoa out of home. The coach Stefano Pioli is not lacking, the recent visit to the napoli brings back good memories. At the beginning of the month, in Italian Championshipthe visitors were thrashed 4-0 by the excellence of Rafael Leão It is Brahim Diaz.

The Neapolitan team has never beaten Milan in non-Italian matches. Apart from the first and only confrontation in the history of Champions League won by the Milanese, the six clashes of the Italian Cup all ended with negative results: four defeats, two draws and no division. Despite this, Luciano Spalletti’s team still dreams of continuing to improve and wants to leave their mark even more in a historic season that will come true with the Italian championship.

Milan, meanwhile, ended an 11-year drought without reaching the quarter-finals of the European competition and now have another quick game ahead of them. The club has not reached the semi-finals since the 2006-07 season, which marked the team’s last league title. The superiority in the direct confrontation with Partenopeus can be a great advantage for Stefano Pioli’s teachers and students: there are 161 matches, 64 wins, 50 draws and 47 defeats in the history of clashes.

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_{Giroud and Kim Min-jae in action in Milan vs Napoli, in the Italian Championship – (Reproduction/GE)}

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Napoli v Milan information

Champions League quarter-final second leg

• Local: Diego Armando Maradona, Naples, Italy
• Day and time: 04/18, 4 pm (from Brasilia)
• Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
• Where to watch: Space and HBO Max

Probable lineups

• Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus and Mario Rui; Ndombélé, Lobotka and Zielinski; Politano, Kvaratskhelia and Osihmen. Technician: Luciano Spalletti
• Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori and Theo Hernández; Tonali, Krunic and Brahim Díaz; Bennacer, Rafael Leão and Giroud. Technician: Stefano Pioli

Featured Photo: Italian duel decides a place in the semifinal, and national league leaders need to reverse disadvantage. Source/GE