Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 238. (Read 92666 times)

Napoli's players are shaken after their defeat by AC Milan. In the next match, expect Napoli to be as impressive as before as losing a match won't make any big changes in the team. So I hope this match will ensure Napoli victory.

Thomas Tuchel wasn't sacked because of his poor performance but instead sacked because of the disagreement he was having with the then new owners of Chelsea in regards to the transfer window. If you remember correctly, Todd Boehly was highly interested in Cristiano Ronaldo due to the benefits of having a star player in the squad but Thomas Tuchel had other plans and I think this was were their issue started from. Also if you remember, Todd Boehly take over came with sacking other personals that was in Abramovich administration so Thomas Tuchel had to go. When he was sacked, their where statement form football journalist that the sacking had nothing to do with the bad form the team was on but other factors like what I have said above contributed.

I'm not a big fan of Frank Lampard as a coach but I believe he'll become a great coach someday, he just needs to relax and go back to learning because just been a good player and a club legend doesn't mean that you'll automatically become a great coach. Frank Lampard isn't ready to become a top coach yet, he needs to go back to manage teams in the championshilp as Vincent company has done then promote that team to the premier league and that's how his path to the premier league would had gone and he'll gather enough experience that way to lead teams to success in the premier league.

After Napoli's 4-0 defeat against Milan in Serie A I thought it was just an accident. Expected Napoli to dominate the Champions League and beat Milan easily. But we don't see that. Napoli lost 1-0 against Milan in the Champions League match. Milan's defense is very strong. Napoli players could not score any goal despite attacking a lot. As Milan already won 1-0 in the first leg. They will try to draw the match in the second leg. And because Milan's defense is so strong. And so it will be very difficult for Napoli to win the match. But the match is Napoli's home match. Napoli have the ability to beat Milan by a big margin if the home Napoli players are confident.

Napoli had to fight hard to beat Ac milan. Two consecutive defeats made the mentality fall when facing Ac milan. I would even judge that people would really believe that Osimhen comeback would have a good impact on Napoli and that is very natural because he is the heart of Napoli in scoring goals.  However, what Napoli should be aware of is the revival of Leao and Giroud performance in the second leg later because the two Ac Milan stars were able to provide quite a strong problem for Napoli's back line.

For a big score I think it might be difficult to happen even if this were to become a reality only the team that scored the first goal would do that. most likely the score of the second leg will end with a thin score even if a draw is a pretty big chance.

Two times napoli was playing against ac milan without osimhen. Napoli was losing two times in a row against ac milan. That proves how important osimhen is to the club. The secondary striker can do nothing against ac milan. Victor osimhen sometimes was giving some golden chances for their team mates to make goals. Kvarat doesn't have chemistry with elmas. That is also giving a huge impact on the team.

The great news is if spalletti already confirmed that osimhen will be playing in the second leg.

https://football-italia.net/spalletti-confirms-osimhen-return-and-reflects-on-napoli-loss-to-milan/

The chance for napoli to make its comeback against ac milan is still there since napoli was only losing 1-0 in the first leg against ac milan.

I hope that kvarat and osimhen will make lots of goal against ac milan in the second leg.

No matter how hard you do it, Victor Oshime can not be halted especially this season, he's being a victor for the Napoli side, although, the head coach Luciano Spalletti has been a boneheaded person for saying they can win without Victor Oshime, so how far did it go ?

He's been the number nine in the world currently even with all of the best attacking midfielder's to give him support, he's been banging goals and pushing the team upwards. He's had a huge role for his side being sixteen points past Lazio in the Seria A standing. In the next game he will be present at the Diego Maradona Stadium. He'll be victorious alongside his squad against Ac Milan.

If in the second leg it turns out that Osimhen has recovered and is playing for Napoli against AC Milan. then maybe I wouldn't hesitate to bet on Napoli in that game. because I'm pretty sure the match will be more interesting and Napoli will be favored in that match. But that doesn't mean I underestimate AC Milan. because I also know that Milan is a strong team and also has a superior mentality in the Champions League than Napoli. but I feel confident in Napoli's superiority because when Osimhen is present on the field, I always see Napoli's players become more confident in building attacks. which will make Napoli's attack line even sharper if Osimhen is around.

Yeah I agree, right now Victor Osimhen is man of the moment for the Napoli and their success in Serie A and Champions League with his absence they already suffered badly in their last two games against AC Milan so now most chances he will be available for the second leg and done his job for having dream end of this season because currently they are having good combination which can bring success for them with they are already at the top of league in Serie A and their new challenge is reaching into last four of the Champions League.

If they are able to do this surely this could be amazing stuff now we have to watch AC Milan how they will handle this all and their last two successes will give them confidence for the third win or draw, or their season is going to end in Champions League with this match.

Napoli has no more experience in Champion League and lead until quarter final is this season become best achievement, but has good performance in domestic league not guarantee for Napoli winning against AC Milan. Seems has psychologically effect after Napoli defeating in domestic league with 4-0 and Milan can continue the impressive performance on second leg indeed won 1-0.

For Napoli chance lead to semifinal is not close, they have second leg and 90 minutes for scoring two goals above if want get first experience lead until semifinal of champion league. Serie A team seems dominance in champion league quarter final because they have three team and potential with final stage have participants from Serie A after Inter winning 2-0 on first leg and potential with Serie A semifinal match.

Change of ownership and then sacking of Thomas Tuchel bring down badly this one of the best club in Premier League because new management completely fail to understand the chemistry of this club, and they have done few changes which have bad impact on this club and its success now they need a long time strategy for having better and successful unit which bring golden days back, and they are able to win trophies again.

Graham Potter was not experienced for managing club like Chelsea so his strategy and few changes hurt them badly now we have Frank Lampard which is doing caretaker duty which is not easy but most chances he will try to have things in positive way even there is no chance for them to have rank near 7 number in league table or beat Real Madrid in second leg.

Yeah right. That AC Milan has experience and a long history in the Champions League. so mentally the Milan team is much more prepared. but actually Napoli just had bad luck at the moment. because they have lost in 2 consecutive meetings from Ac Milan as a result of Napoli having a forward crisis at the moment. especially since Osimhen is yet to recover from injury. because if Osimhen had not had the injury then I think the result would have been different this time.

in the second leg Napoli will indeed be in a slightly depressed condition because they have left behind by 1 goal in the first leg. but if Napoli's injured forwards come back then I think Napoli can make a splash in the second leg.

For Napoli they will try hard to score early because this will affect their spirit to dominate the game. Ac milan will be lucky enough if they are able to maintain the advantage they have and for sure they will play carefully in the second leg later.  automatically Napoli will play more aggressively to put pressure on ac milan to break the opponent's mentality if they are able to score early.

In terms of experience, Ac Milan is the perfect team in the Champions League. They can repeat this if they can beat Napoli in the second leg later. Osimhen will play in the second leg that is a big strength for Napoli to get a win in the second leg.

But this goal could still give them a big advantage as they will start the next match without pressure, while Napoli will be required to score fast in order to get everything to the zero point. Despite the performance of Napoli in the Serie A this season, Milan has great history in the Champions League with 7 titles. On the other hand, Napoli has no history in this competition, but that doesn't deny that they are trying to achieve something this season. However, these two defeats against Milan in both Serie A and the Champions League could affect them psychologically in the next match.

I chose Ac milan to calm the second leg match. no matter how difficult it is, I will believe that Ac milan will be able to overcome Napoli and advance to the semifinals. I am not going to watch or compare the games they will play in Serie A even if it is important for them. which however the ucl and serie A matches are quite different because Ac milan has done their best in the ucl this season I don't think they will waste the opportunities they have.

indeed winning with a narrow score has not provided comfort for ac milan but they have better capital to look at the second leg. I hope AC Milan can repeat the big win at home to Napoli.

I thought that Benfica would be some challenge for Inter but they weren't so. I mean this 2-0 win by Inter should be enough to finish the job in Giuseppe Meazza.

I don't think Benfica can retaliate in the second leg while they can't even get a decent result in a home game. I thought they would be a more difficult opponent for Inter compared to Porto. Because Benfica have been experiencing a much better season than Porto so far. But instead Inter got a more advantageous win away already. Inter were even out-of-form in the Serie A but Benfica still couldn't benefit from the situation.

Napoli's loss to AC Milan just shows how important Victor Osimhen is to the Napoli team. They found themselves not been able to do almost anything without his presence to lead the attack. His got the speed, the energy, body balance, the accuracy to find the required goal to put his team in a good winning position in any game his played. AC Milan did beat them in the Italian League and as such, this game was supposedly one game where Napoli ought to have challenged themselves but, it was the opposite all along as AC Milan did almost all the playing and attacking. They've got the first match advantage, let's see how Napoli replies in the second leg.

You have to also consider the position of Verona I know that they are at the bottom of the table and may want to try to move from the last three teams in the league.

It still may not change anything.

Of which AC Milan was one of the teams that beat them.

Just back from Injury, he may not play and perform as expected.

Playing against Real is psychological warfare. The guys don't get tired, they have an endless energy. Thanks to Lampard, they played into Real's hands by keeping sterling and felix incompetent on the field. He did what everybody wanted to do to that annoying cucurella. The guy ruined Chelsea this season, the guy crushes every ball, he has zero technical knowledge, I got cancer all season watching this with his curly head. I wish they'd sent this along with Potter. Besides, no matter what combination you make from this chelsea team, you will finish the match with 10 players 2-0 to a champions league king like real. Real Madrid showed that they are the king of the Champions league as always. Regardless of Chelsea's situation in the league, the fact that they play so superiorly against Chelsea in an arena such as the Champions League, that they do not rely on their tactics and make tactical changes even after 10 opponents remain, that changes such as asensijo and rudiger affect the game, it is a proof that Real is Real. reminded once again. The turnovers of a team like Chelsea in their own region in such a competition showed that Chelsea made the wrong choices and the inadequacy of their squad. Real Madrid always plays very right football in this arena with the right front area pressure, the right defense and attacking understanding.

I strongly believe in Napoli's victory in this second match.
If you look at the bookmakers, the highest win probability among the 4 matches is Napoli's:


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Reasons to believe in a victory:

1 - Napoli will have a much easier game ahead of them against Verona, they will be able to spare some players and if they lose they won't mess up the Italian championship, unlike Milan who have an important game against Bologna to defend their position to qualify for next year's Champions.

2 - Napoli will play at home

3 - Napoli only lost 3 games in the Italian championship, they are a very hard team to beat, and I don't believe it will happen again, even more in sequence.

4 - There are good chances for Osimhen to play, he is an important reinforcement.

Only if Napoli plays a VERY bad match to lose this one and/or the classification.
I am totally betting on Napoli.

Victor Osimhen is a real goal machine guys
he scored a lot of goals and Napoli doesn't work 100% without him
i have a lot of respect for this player, who scored 21 goals!