Lineups confirmed for Napoli v Milan clash

Milan are playing Napoli for a place in the Champions League semi-finals and the Rossoneri have a slender lead from the first leg. Defender Simon Kjaer appeared in the press room and gave his thoughts on the game.

"It's these games that give me the motivation to train every day. It's a big game for the team, maybe one of the best of my career. We have to be solid, fight together, even in difficult moments like the first ten minutes of the first leg."

Elsewhere, Luciano Spalletti said Monday that the return of star striker Victor Osimhen will more than make up for other key players missing in Napoli's Champions League quarter-final showdown with AC Milan.

"We have a few absences... but we earn more with the presence of Osimhen than we lose with those absences because he will probably be left one-on-one as Milan come after you, they like to press," Spalletti told reporters.

Both teams will fight to progress to the next round of the Champions League at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Napoli starting XI: Meret (GK); Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Jesus, Rui; Ndombele, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia.

AC Milan starting XI: Maignan (GK); Theo Hernandez, Tomori, Kjaer, Calabria; Leao, Tonali, Bennacer, Krunic, Diaz; Giroud.

 

April 18, 2023