Duel in style between Naples and Milan with the leadership at stake

Naples and Milanfirst and second classified in Serie A before on Friday the Inter regained the lead by thrashing (5-0) the Salerno with a hat trick Lautaro Martinez, the faces will be seen tonight (Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, 8:45 p.m.) in a duel in style. Whoever wins will go on to lead the table and in the event of a tie there would be a triple tie at 58 points between Inter, Naples and Milan that would add even more spice to the fight for a ‘Scudetto‘ that this course promises to be more disputed than ever.

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Chucky is back

those of Luciano Spallettiwho took the lead in the standings after beating (1-2) at the buzzer the Lazio thanks to a goal from Fabian Ruiz in the discount, they have not known defeat in domestic competition since December 22, in Spice, and accumulate eight consecutive days without losing. In addition, they recover after more than a month away from the pitch Hirving Lozanofully recovered from the dislocated shoulder he suffered with Mexico.

In this time the ‘Chuky’ has missed six games, including the Europa League tie that the Naples lost to him FC Barcelona. Spalletti He did not want to reveal if the Mexican will have minutes against him Milana team whose “physique and talent” he highlighted and which he compared in some aspects with his own: “They have characteristics similar to ours, such as dribbling and long insertions”, valued the recently named coach of the month for February by the series a

Pioli has never beaten Spalletti

His namesake on the ‘rossoneri’ bench, Stefano Piolihas a balance of eight defeats and three draws in the 11 games in which he has faced Spallettiwho has never been defeated. “Sooner or later the victory against Spalleti will come. Let’s hope it will be sooner rather than later”, said the coach of the Milan in a press conference in which he confirmed the return of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

“He is better. He has trained today with the group and will surely be tomorrow,” said Pioli, who was “satisfied” with the season that Milan is doing, although he warned that from now on “all the matches will be crucial.” starting with this Naples-Milan of real luxury.

Likely lineups:

• Naples: Ospina; Di Lorenzi, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Lobotka, Fabian; Politano, Zielinski, Insigne and Osimhen

• Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Kaluku, Theo Hernandez; Tonali, Bennacer; Saelemaekers, Kessie, Rafael Leao, and Giroud

• Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona, 8:45 p.m. (#Vamos)