Champions League
Apr 18, 2023 8.00pm
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FT Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli)
  • Victor Osimhen 90'+3' goal
  • goal Olivier Giroud 43'

How AC Milan could line up against Napoli

How AC Milan could line up against Napoli

AC Milan aim to complete the job in their all-Italian Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday, as they take on Napoli with a one-goal lead from last week's first leg.

Following his side's 1-0 win at San Siro, Stefano Pioli made wholesale changes at the weekend, as all 10 outfield players from Wednesday's game were rested and only goalkeeper Mike Maignan kept his place.

Not only will Pioli revert to a full-strength lineup in Naples, but Milan could be unchanged from last week's clash in the second city, as Sandro Tonali joins first-leg goalscorer Ismael Bennacer in midfield, with Fikayo Tomori and captain Davide Calabria returning in defence.

While Calabria will again be tasked with nullifying the threat of Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Tomori teams up with old partner Simon Kjaer in hope of keeping Serie A top scorer Victor Osimhen at bay.

Up front for the visitors, Olivier Giroud will seek his seventh goal in the Champions League this season, as Divock Origi is among those who drop to the bench.

Fellow forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored nine times in the Rossoneri's 2011-12 campaign, is still injured and was left out of the Rossoneri's Champions League squad in any case.

Having been instrumental in Bennacer's winning goal and also starred in a 4-0 league victory at Stadio Maradona earlier this month, Brahim Diaz returns as part of Giroud's supporting cast; Rafael Leao lines up on the left flank.

AC Milan possible starting lineup: Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Hernandez; Krunic, Tonali; Diaz, Bennacer, Leao; Giroud

> Click here to see how Napoli could line up for this contest

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Who will win Tuesday's Champions League clash between Napoli and AC Milan?
Napoli 65%
Draw 16%
AC Milan 18%
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