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Extended Clip - Napoli vs Milan Champions League Preview: Can Victor Osimhen Inspire Famous Comeback?
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After AC Milan beat Napoli in the first leg of the quarterfinal of the Champions League at the San Siro, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese debate and analyze if Victor Osimhen can help overturn the 1-0 deficit in the return leg at the Stadio Diego Maradona in Naples.
This is a clip from the weekly Thursday episode of the Italian Football Podcast.
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Transcript
Match Preview
00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome to the Italian football podcast. Just moving on to that then, the second leg coming up then, you feel like Milan are strong favourites, don't you?
Milan's Favorable Odds
00:00:14
Speaker
I think it's 60-40. I just don't see how Milan go into this game. OK, that's not that strong. That's not that strong. Well, I think 60-65, 60-65 somewhere there. I think Milan are clear favourites.
Player Impact: Osseman, Anguissa, and Kim Min-Jae
00:00:26
Speaker
Yes, Napoli are at home. It does Osseman play. I think he will make a start. Now, how good he is is something else. But above all, without Anguissa and without Kim and Jay.
Milan's Psychological Edge
00:00:39
Speaker
I feel like the suspensions are massive, there's no doubt about that. Milan I feel have the counter attacking game that the game is set up perfectly for Milan's style of play with the counter attacking and pace of Liao. I feel like that is just that really just
00:00:57
Speaker
it plays into their hands. And I think psychologically, there's no doubt, as we again, we already discussed last week, psychologically Milan have the edge. They've got back to back wins in 10 days. They won 4-0 after the last time they went to Naples and won the last three games in Naples psychologically. In terms of condition, I mean, I thought Milan would be in better condition in this game. I actually thought Napoli's condition actually looked quite good. So I guess we see what happens this weekend.
Napoli's Strategy and Osseman's Fitness
00:01:25
Speaker
If I'm Napoli, I rest the whole team this weekend against Verona. They've won the league. They're going to win the league. Just rest everyone. Rest all of them. Just play Kim Min-J and Anguisa because they're suspended and everybody else rest all the other players. But for me, if Napoli wants to go through in this tie, Osseman has to be back and he has to be fit. Not just back, but
00:01:51
Speaker
hobbling around. I feel like if Osseman doesn't play or he isn't anywhere close to fitness, I can't see Napoli going through. I think Milan go through. I don't see Napoli go through regardless.
Impact of Osseman's Absence
00:02:06
Speaker
Well, you know what? Arigosaki said he sees it as 50-50. I see it as 50-50 if Osseman is back and he's fit. If Osseman doesn't play, I would even go as high as 70-30 to Milan because I just don't see the same pattern again that we've seen in the last two games with Milan.
00:02:24
Speaker
you know, comfortably, you know, the no cutting edge for Napoli, Milan comfortably defending them and then just killing them on the counter. That's what I see. And then Napoli getting more and more desperate and pushing more men forward in the second half. And then that even opens them up even more to it to a counter. So I think it's all on Aussieman. It's all it's all on Aussieman. I mean, Spelletti says 100% he will be available. That's what he said. But
00:02:50
Speaker
We'll see. He doesn't mean he's 100% fit. He said he's 100% available. That is going to be huge. That is going to be absolutely huge.