AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has chosen to stick with the same starting line-up that has already beaten Napoli twice this month for tonight’s Champions League quarter-final second leg.
All the reports leading up to the game suggested that Pioli would show loyalty to the XI that won 4-0 and 1-0 against Napoli, and he has done exactly that in a bid to secure a first semi-final berth for 16 years.
Mike Maignan is once again the starting goalkeeper again for Milan with Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez keeping their place in the defensive department from right to left.
The midfield double pivot will be Sandro Tonali and Rade Krunic on paper but with Ismael Bennacer also offering coverage from his positional as the central attacking midfielder.
Rafael Leao will be on the left wing and Brahim Diaz on the right, with the attack complete by Olivier Giroud who has shaken off Achilles discomfort to start tonight’s game at the Maradona.
Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Krunic, Tonali; Brahim Diaz, Bennacer, Leao; Giroud.
Bench: Mirante, Ballo-Touré, Rebic, Kalulu, Florenzi, Origi, Thiaw, Messias, Pobega, Gabbia, Saelemaekers, De Ketelaere.
Official Napoli XI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui; Ndombelé, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
Bench: Idasiak, Gollini, Elmas, Lozano, Olivra, Bereszynski, Ostigard, Gaetano, Raspadori.
Forza Milan!!! I hope the players don’t shit themselves and we got it
Wow he actually played Ndombele. I def got that wrong. Let’s steam roll that midfield then. Guy doesn’t have minutes in his legs
Come on lads!! We are Milan!!!
Enjoy everybody. Fingers and toes crossed.
Let’s hope we can herald our return to the big time, where this club belongs!
Forza Milan
achilles injury for politano it seems
rui as well with an injury, damn
He got the same injury as Lisandro Martínez it seems
no idea what injury he got but remember him 😀
Hell yes, forza milan