Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 13 April 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 13 April 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 13 April 2023
👉Bennacer-Gol, but what a Napoli!
Lightning Milan
Champions League show at San Siro: 1-0 with Kjaer off the bar.
👉Watch out for Inter
Defence rediscovered, Lukaku and pride
In Europe, you see a different Inzaghi pic.twitter.com/Y5NIMyJ1zl
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 13 April 2023
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Thursday 13 April 2023
👉Champions League Quarterfinals: First Round in Milan (1-0), the verdict on Tuesday
The Maradona decides
Bennacer’s goal, Napoli slam on Maignan’s wall
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 12 April 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 9 April 2023
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 12 April 2023
👉Benfica beaten 2-0: Semifinal is close
Dream Inter
Nerazzurri masterpiece in the Champions League
👉Milan-Napoli never seen before
Beauty at San Siro, what goosebumps
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 9 April 2023
Front Page Corriere dello Sport Wednesday 12 April 2023
👉Champions League, Quarterfinals First Leg: Splendid performance of the Nerazzurri in Lisbon
Inzaghissimo!
Simone’s Masterpiece: Inter dominate and beat Benfica [0-2]
👉Champions of Italy: Tonight Milan-Napoli
Inter, hats off
👉Viana, Sporting director of sport, is scared of Dusan: And how
“Juve, Vlahovic is not in crisis”
“With Serbia he came off the bench and scored twice: so?”
🏆👉AC Milan won the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals First Leg on Wednesday 12 April 2023 at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. In addition to the result, the cards weigh on Napoli. In the second half, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa’s naive double yellow card which left the Neapolitans down to 10 in the last quarter of an hour. Milan won this first leg thanks to Bennacer’s goal in the first half, a goal born from the great restart by Brahim Diaz.
In a nutsell, AC Milan won the first meeting between Milan and Napoli in a European competition. Milan have lost just one of their Italian derbies in Europe (W4 D4), while Napoli have recorded one win and one defeat against other Italian sides in European competition.
Everything will be decided on Tuesday, at the Maradona Stadium. A great match that will decide the challenger of the winner of Inter – Benfica.
AC Milan opened the score in the 40th minute. Ismaël Bennacer defeated Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Brahim Díaz
🏆👉AC Milan 1 – 0 Napoli, 40th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ismaël Bennacer for @acmilan with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Brahim Díaz https://t.co/9bwu9vdHti
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 12, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: Milan have won only one of their last nine home games (D3 L5) against Napoli in all competitions, namely the one in the quarter-finals of the 2018-19 Coppa Italia. Conversely, the Neapolitans have won their last three away games against Milan (all in Serie A), including the 2-1 win at the start of the season. Napoli have won all of their last three away games against Milan, their best streak ever against the Rossoneri. However, the Neapolitans have failed to win any of their last five away games against Milan in cup competitions (D2, L3). Milan reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2011/12, when they were knocked out by Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona. The last time they got through this round was in 2006-07, when they last won the competition. Napoli reached the European Cup/Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in their history. He was eliminated by Arsenal in his last European competition quarter-final appearance, in the 2018-19 Europa League.
AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Kjær, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Díaz, Bennacer, Leão; Giroud.
Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Mário Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zieliński; Lozano, Elmas, Kvaratskhelia.
2022 – 2023 UEFA Champions League
Quarterfinals First Leg
AC Milan 1 – 0 Napoli
Wednesday 12 April 2023
San Siro Stadium
Milan, Italy
21:00
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant referees: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU) and Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Goals: Ismaël Bennacer (M)
🟥 Red Card: 74′ André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (N)
🟨 Yellows: 38′ Piotr Zielinski (N), 60′ Ismaël Bennacer (M), 70′ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (N), 70′ Anguissa (N), 78′ Kim Min-Jae (N), 93′ Amir Rrahmani (N), 93′ Alexis Saelemaekers (M)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Lineup AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Kjær, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Díaz (80′ Rebić), Bennacer (67′ Saelemaekers), Leão; Giroud.
🏆👉Here are AC Milan vs Napoli official starting lineups for the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals First Leg on Wednesday 12 April 2023 at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy 21:00.
AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Kjær, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Díaz, Bennacer, Leão; Giroud.
2022 – 2023 UEFA Champions League
Quarterfinals First Leg
AC Milan – Napoli
Wednesday 12 April 2023
San Siro Stadium
Milan, Italy
21:00
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant referees: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU) and Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth official: Horatiu Fesnic (ROU)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 11 April 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 11 April 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 11 April 2023
👉Off to the Champions League Quarterfinals with three Italians
Inter, do big things
In Lisbon, the first leg against Benfica, Inzaghi plays for it all