Naples, Osimhen will be there against Milan in the Champions League. The latest news – Corriere.it

got back. Napoli finds Victor Osimhen again, a few days before the match against Milan which counts for the semi-final of the Champions League. An extra weapon for Spalletti is that his reference center forward didn’t have him against Milan either in the league, on 2 April, or in the first leg of the quarter-finals last Tuesday at San Siro. Victor will be there and can shift the balance of the game. The Nigerian center forward played the entire training session on Friday morning with the rest of the team, officially recovered. He will be called up for Verona. He could be spared in order not to risk anything in view of Tuesday’s challenge, but his use to try and put minutes into his legs is not excluded.

It is useless to go around too much the match in which Osimhen can’t wait to be there against Milan on Tuesday 18th, he wants to try to make a comeback — Napoli lost 1-0 at the San Siro — . He will come face to face with an old and dear acquaintance of his, the Rossoneri goalkeeper Maignan. They were together at the time of Lille and the Nigerian center forward had expressed himself as follows: For everything, an episode from March 2020. Osimhen answers questions on Instagram and at one point they ask him: is it easy to score a penalty against Maignan?. Victor replies decisively: No! Almost all players lose to him. Too strong!. The challenge has already been launched.

Osimhen had stopped on his return from the international break due to a muscle injury. He therefore did not play in the championship match won by Milan 4-0 at Maradona, just as he was not at San Siro on Wednesday in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. But already at the end of that match Spalletti had anticipated that his offensive totem would return in the second leg at the Maradona. His return is obviously very important for Napoli, even just looking at the numbers of a record season: 23 appearances with 21 goals in the league, 5 appearances and 4 goals in the Champions League. A dragger.

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On Thursday Osi did a part of the session with the group, today he’s back totally at Spalletti’s disposal. Simeone, on the other hand, underwent therapies: his return is expected at the end of April.