In the Napoli-Milan return match of quarter-final in the Champions League competition, nothing can be left to chance, all possibilities must be considered.
La Gazzetta dello Sport today posed an interesting and important question: "What if it goes to penalties?".
The possibilities of going to penalty-kicks is real, given the great balance between the two teams and the minimal advantage accumulated by AC Milan in the first leg at the San Siro.
Maignan and Meret are both experienced goalkeepers: for the French goalkeeper, only 33 goals conceded out of 51 taken (12 saved, including one against Salah in last season's Champions League); the Napoli goalkeeper was the hero of the penalty shootout victory in the 2020 Coppa Italia.
The newspaper, for the Rossoneri, also considers the fact that if the match were to go to penalties, it would be after 120 minutes of battle: a specialist like Giroud may therefore not be on the field.
From Theo Hernandez to Ante Rebic and Divock Origi, passing through Simon Kjaer and Ismael Bennacer, these could be the men chosen by Pioli. But everything is relative and everything is uncertain. The field will only speak tonight, as relayed by Milannews.it.
