Milan ousted Napoli and are looking for eighth

He Milan This Tuesday broke the dream of Naples to win his first Champions League. A goal from Olivier Giroud allowed the team Stefano Pioli finish judging in this quarterfinals where they won the first leg (1-0) and tied the second leg (1-1). the value of Victor Osimhen for him Naples He arrived late, with a minute left before the discount ended. 1-1 leads Milan to the ‘semis’.

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He MilanEuropean champion in 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003 and 2007, wants to win his eighth Champions League and certainly in Istanbul, where he lost on penalties in 2005 after a historic comeback from Liverpool from Rafael Benitez. Milan is the team that has won this trophy the most times after Real Madrid (14).

He began, as usual, the Naples (so close to his third ‘scudetto’) like a storm, fully focused on the attack, knowing that he was forced to come back from the goal he had scored Ismaël Bennacer on the road However, despite the offensive force with which they started the second leg, despite their ambitious game, aggressive in the best sense, Napoli had problems when it came to creating opportunities.

And it is that in defense of Milan Simon Kjaer and Davide Calabria shine their own light, to a very high degree, making things difficult for the stars of Naples, Victor Osimhen (which barely appeared in the first part) and Khvicha Kvaratskheliawhich began to appear more in the second.

It is a Naples without two main pieces, Zambo Anguisa in the middle (sent to the first leg) and Kim Min Jae in defense (by the accumulation of cards. This is a good test for the team of Spalletti turning against him Milan and he didn’t get over it. Sandro Tonali this Tuesday saw a yellow keep him out for the semifinals, where he will face Milan Inter or Benfica, that this Wednesday they will play their return match. In the first leg, 0-2 for Inter. Aim for the Milanese derby in the semifinals.

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Not only did Napoli not advance, but Mario Rui committed a penalty on Rafael Leao, although, fortunately for the side, Meret, goalkeeper for Spalletti’s team, saved Olivier Giroud in the 22nd minute. The French striker was a maximum penalty.

But Giroud had a chance to defend himself. In the 43′, Leao put together a stellar play, where he outpaced three opponents and assisted the French attacker, who finished with his left foot. A great action, a great goal. Giroud had a good chance before. The night turned out to be very complicated for Naples.

In the second half, Kvaratskhelia made some good plays, but it was not finished. Napoli attacked, but the truth was that they could not overcome Milan’s well-organized defense. To make matters worse for those at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, in the 82nd minute Maignan, again a hero for his team, saved Kvaratskhelia from a penalty. The ultimate punishment was by the hand of Fikayo Tomori. Naples fought until the end and, with a minute to go before the break, they equalised osimhen with a header. There is no more time.