Italian derby between Milan and Naples, Inter returns to Portugal – Corriere.it

We thank Patrick Kluivert, former AC Milan centre-forward: the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League is a smile on our teams. Someone up there loves us: there really could be an Italian in the final in Istanbul. Pioli, Spalletti and Inzaghi ended up in the same part of the draw.

Milan and Naples will compete immediatelythree times in a month considering that there will be a delicious appetizer in the league, on the evening of April 2 at the Maradona, where the teams will return for the crucial second semi-final.

Napoli, as far as they are doing, are the favourites with a view on the semi-final, a goal never achieved in its history. But Milan, the tough one that Pioli has redesigned with a three-man defense, can overturn the prediction: the difference is there at the moment, but not abysmal. And then we will have to see the psychological implications of a challenge that already makes us palpitate. The tension of certain nights will flatten the values. Spalletti has designed a perfect team, beautiful, elegant, highly motivated. But the reasons are not lacking even for the Devil, who can put his glorious history in Europe on the scales.

Inter with Benfica

Inter is also smiling. Benfica are a very bad customer, they have already eliminated Juve in the groups, he has little of Portuguese football and a lot of European, vertical and movement, inspired by his coach, the German Schmidt: serve Inter better. But considering who the Nerazzurri could draw, a favorable draw. Real Madrid and Chelsea, like last year, will face each other in the quarterfinals and the winner will find the winner of Manchester City vs Bayern Munich. In short, the giants are all on the other side of the board. Let’s take advantage of it.