The massive victory at home to Napoli brought Milan back to the top of Serie A.
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AC Milan regained control of the top of the standings after beating Napoli 3-1 in the continued Italian Serie A at San Paolo, Monday (23/11) early morning Western Indonesian Time.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the star of the Rossoneri’s victory by scoring two goals and Jens Hauge’s goal at the end of the match. While the hosts had time to reply through goals from Dries Mertens.
Additional three points to bring Milan to collect 20 points, two points ahead of Sassuolo. Meanwhile, Il Partenopei is still stuck in the sixth ladder with 14 points.
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Lineups of Players
NAPLES (4-2-3-1): Alex Meret; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Kostas Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Tiemoue Bakayoko; Hirving Lozano, Matteo Politano, Lorenzo Insigne (c); Dries Mertens.
Cadangan: Nikita Contini, Eljif Elmas, Nikola Maksimovic, Stanislav Lobotka, Fernando Llorente, David Ospina, Faouzi Ghoulam, Kevin Malcuit, Diego Demme, Piotr Zielinski, Andrea Petagna.
AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Alessio Romagnoli (c), Theo Hernandez; Ismael Bennacer, Franck Kessie; Alexis Saelemaekers, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ante Rebic; Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Cadangan: L. Colombo, Diogo Dalot, Antonio Donnarumma, Brahim Diaz, Jens Hauge, Matteo Gabbia, Samu Castillejo, Leo Duarte, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Andrea Conti, Rade Krunic, Sandro Tonali.
Summary
The course of the match
1. FIRST HALF KICK OFF
8. Kans Milan! The pressure was launched by the visitors, got a shooting space in the penalty area, Ante Rebic’s volley was not too dangerous for Alex Meret’s goal.
15. Practically the first 15 minutes belonged to Milan who were able to dictate Napoli’s game.
20. GOAL! Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s accurate header after receiving Theo Hernandez’s cross leads to the bottom corner of the net and Meret can’t reach it!
27. Kans Napoli! Dries Mertens’ kick which led to the corner of the goal was still pushed over by Donnarumma! Before long, Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s effort hit the crossbar.
39. Hirving Lozano shot a long-range shot that flew off the mark.
HT. Naples 0-1 Milan
46. SECOND HALF KICK OFF
54. GOAL! Milan’s counter-attack started with Ante Rebic’s movement on the left and sent a cross to the far post. The ball was struck by Ibrahimovic to increase Milan’s advantage!
61. Canceled! Ibrahimovic has just scored a hat-trick, but in the replays it is clear how he was offside before scoring.
63. GOAL! Receiving the ball in the penalty box, Martens shot a hard shot from close range which Donnarumma failed to dammed!
65. RED CARD! Il Partenopei’s struggle to pursue a goal deficit met new challenges after Tiemoue Bakayoko was sent off for a second yellow card.
71. Kans Napoli! Escaping the offisde trap, Andrea Petagna ran alone into the Milan penalty box and fired a shot which Donnarumma’s feet could still stop from close range!
88. Kans Napoli! Fabian sent a shot along the ground from in front of the penalty box, but the ball was still thin to the right side of the Milan goal.
95. GOAL! Jens Hauge stabbed into the box before sending a left-footed shot that tore open Meret’s goal to seal Milan’s win tonight.
FT: Napoli 1-3 Milan
Live Streaming Napoli vs AC Milan
The 8th Giornata 2020/21 between Napoli and AC Milan will be broadcast on beIN Sports 2 on Monday (23/11) evening at 02:45 WIB.
Check out the full TV schedule here.
| TV station | beIN Sports 2 |
| LIVE streaming | Vidio |
When is the Napoli vs AC Milan match?
| Competition | Napoli vs AC Milan |
| Date | Monday, November 23, 2020 |
| Kick-off | 02:45 WIB |
| Stadium | St. Paul |
Napoli squad predictions
Rising player Victor Osimhen picked up an injury during the international break and will be replaced by Dries Mertens.
Meanwhile, Amira Rrahmani and Elseid Hysaj were also confirmed to be absent because they were diagnosed as positive for Covid-19.
| Position | Estimated starting line-up for Napoli (4-2-3-1) |
| Goalkeeper | Meret |
| Defender | Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui |
| Defender | Bakayoko, Fabian Ruiz Lozano, Zielinski, Insigne |
| Striker | Mertens |
AC Milan squad predictions
Rafael Leao is the only Rossoneri player to miss for the Rossoneri with a thigh injury while on international duty.
Ante Rebic has recovered and he is expected to be able to help Zlatan Ibrahimovic to break through the opposition defense.
| Position | Estimated composition of Milan’s first team (4-2-3-1) |
| Goalkeeper | Donnarumma |
| Defender | Calabria, Kjaer, Romagnoli, Hernandez |
| Defender | Kessie, Bennacer Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu, Rebic |
| Striker | Ibrahimovic |
Preview
Gennaro Gattuso will compete cleverly with his former teammate, Daniele Bonera, after AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli and his assistant coach contracted the corona virus so they could not accompany the team to the San Paolo.
The Partenopei have the upper hand if they look at the last 11 games against Milan, they have never lost and won six in between.
However, the Rossoneri should not be underestimated either as their away games have a very positive record.
Pioli’s side have not lost away from home in the last 14 games in all competitions, won nine and the last time the Rossoneri had a better streak than that, was in 2004 with Carlo Ancelotti leading the team to a 15-game winless streak.
Victory is a mandatory game for both teams, Napoli will try to match the points for the visitors and push to the top, while Milan try to keep their distance from their rivals.
Currently, Milan are only one point ahead of Juventus, who had just won over Cagliari.
Prediction: Napoli 1-1 AC Milan
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