Team news: Napoli were without the suspended Kim Min-jae and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa as well as without Giovanni Simeone, while Milan had to do without Sergiño Dest, Aster Vranckx, Yacine Adli, Tiémoué Bakayoko and Zlatan Ibrahimović who were out of the Champions League list. Kickoff time for the second leg of the 2022/23 Champions League quarterfinal was 21:00 CET at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Goals: Giroud (43′), Osimhen (93′)
S.S.C. Napoli (4-3-3) – Luciano Spalletti
Alex Meret; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani (74′ Leo Skiri Østigård), Juan Jesus, Mário Rui (34′ Mathías Olivera); Tanguy Ndombele (63′ Elif Elmas), Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zieliński (75′ Giacomo Raspadori); Matteo Politano (34′ Hirving Lozano), Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Unused: Gollini, Idasiak; Bereszyński; Gaetano.
AC Milan (4-2-3-1) – Stefano Pioli
Mike Maignan; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjær, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernández; Sandro Tonali, Rade Krunić; Brahim Díaz (59′ Junior Messias), Ismaël Bennacer, Rafael Leão (84′ Alexis Saelemaekers); Olivier Giroud (68′ Divock Origi).
Unused: Mirante; Ballo-Touré, Florenzi, Gabbia, Kalulu, Thiaw; Pobega; De Ketelaere, Rebić.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL).
This is it, a decade of sweat and blood to be defined at this precise moment. Our wake-up call was that big defeat against Napoli. In the 10s Milan was a mid-table club, Milan could at least compete with Juve and Roma but Napoli and Sarri were a certain defeat. Napoli got Diego’s spirit he will be the twelfth player, they wrote history already reaching this stage, and they want more, Osi and Kvara and Rui are worth double. Milan has a 7 on their arm, the colors of a Champion. Maldini had plenty of time to tell them what… Read more »
Tense but I believe we are going to go through going to b a tough match
All you gotta say is Forza Milan
I really pray Tomori doesn’t give Osimhen a penalty.. Pioli needs to attack strongly in d first 15-20mins in other to try and break Napoli’s spirit, if we defend deeply it will be a big disaster
Enjoy the show
I think we lost this tie in the first leg when we not only parked the bus and failed to score against a 10 man napoli team, we almost even conceded. The worst part is.. it gave Napoli the moral boost that they now know how pathetic we can be against high press. Lets hope leao/diaz pulls out a few rabbits out of their hats to save us. The team looks.. scared. No idea why.
Forza Milan.
That’s how we played the first leg as well in the beginning stage then we pick until the red card and then we lost it as well but let’s pray for favour here
True. Hoping for the best.
This miss is gonna cost us. Kessie’s absence is definitely stinging us hard. We really need a proper CDM this season to start playing 4-3-3 while ALL of our mids are attack minded.
Excuse me, Krunic came by and said ” The President was overrated”
I taught Theo was the pk taker what the hell giroud unbalanced this game now with a goal what’s all this.it’s a more pressure for Milan now that am sure off I pray just pray it didn’t come back to hurt them
Great .. luck is all in Napoli’s favor today it seems lol
Giroud missed a penalty and Leao almost gave away a penalty! It’s going to be a long long night
Fun fact..
Napoli completed 121 passes and we completed only 61.
possession?
51% to 49%.
Do you know what that means?
we CANT even pass.
If we lose, we are the ones to blame. We really need a new assistant coach to Pioli who actually knows what he’s doing and improve the technical aspects of our pathetic technical skills in game!
Wait… Why is Origi warming up?
Pioli… Please dont do this shit!
THIS IS WHY LEAO IS IRREPLACABLE.
Just pay the kid. Yes, he’s lazy sometimes but when he’s on, he does more than some of the other guys do in 90mins
Just shut up and pay Leao. When he’s on, he’s ON!
AMEN !
Bravo Leao 100percent his goal
We are dominating and people are just starting to talk shit.
Enjoy the show guys, Milan is winning!
As time passes Calabria is fading a little bit. But I can honestly say this has been his best game in a while. First 45 mins he had kvaradona neutralized .
Messias? OK now I’m shitting my pants
Fresh legs bro . I wouldve put the saladman but for 35 mins or so , i expect messias to run his socks off
Why the fuck is Origi coming on!?
Calabria is taking too much time block in kavatshalia by the time he is into box
And yet he is doing awesome tonight. Why are you all just waiting for him to slip? Chill.
Ahhh Tomori
Give every penny we have to Leao and Mike
SUPER MIKE… SUPER MIKE.. .SUPER MIKE
Mike is magician no doubt about it
YESSS
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
MILAN MILAN MILAN
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Now only Inter stands in the way!
This is exactly what these Shitty racist Napoli fans deserve.
FORZA MILAN!
Need to stop subbing off our stars before the game is done, imagine going into overtime without Leao. Now to send Inter packing.
This should’ve been a 3-1 game is we didn’t miss the chances we had. Absolute masterclass in defending except that one Tomori Slip. Calabria.. What a performance. Just Shut down Krava Completely. I don’t think I have seen Krava pass through our captain EVEN ONCE! And Magic Mike.. We now know he is literally the only one who can be compared to Courtois! We can seriously dream of Istanbul at the moment! As for Leao… if we have any dumbasses who appears on a Milan blog to complain about Leao, whoever they are.. we all can safely say they are… Read more »
Honestly, it’s sad to see kvaradona look so ordinary any time he plays against Milan. Is this the Victor they were clamouring for? Yeah he got a goal but throughout the game, our defense had him in their pockets. What can I say about Mike? Thank you Donna! Leao faded towards the end but what a run it was to set up Giroud… I kinda didn’t like the fact that we allowed Napoli play a lot with the ball but I guess the end justifies the means. I think we can kick inter out but I don’t want us to… Read more »
Good game. I see a lot of people complaning that we play to defensive. If this was seria A i would have agreed. But CL knocout stage is diferent. I think that playing defensive with counters actualy benifits us in CL. First because we are not the favorites and don’t have the quality to openly go blow for blow with other big teams. Second, because we are not the favorites other teams play more openly against us, which makes it perfect for hiting them with counters. And third, Pioli tactics are best on counter attacks. He struggles tacticly when we… Read more »
This team, what’s not to love about this bunch! There are, in my opinion, three players that deserve a special mention in last night’s win. Three tireless silent heroes – Calabria, Tonali and Theo. They worked their hearts out last night for whole 90 minutes.
Forza Milan let’s go instabul for the final great team spirit good defending Forza Milan for Life
Only posting now, was enjoying that win and performance. What a miracle team. Leao is just wow. Makes it look so easy. Giroud fought like a true warrior for every ball. Calabria played like maldini the 3 games agaisnt napoli. Diaz helped in defense a lot, especially agaisnt the georgian. Thro what a player, best in the world for that position. Magic mike is just magic, thank you dollarruma. Krunic superb in his dm postion, became a headache for napoli. Ben and tonali ran their so ks off all game, true warriors. Tomorri was awesome too, kjaer a real general… Read more »
You missed the part about Cardinale being an as-hole and not giving Maldini any budget for this crucial stage.
We are on thin ice in the league, we may lose CL next season and that’s on him. Everyone is overachieving, the only one holding this team down is the owners.