Capello: Without Osimhen Napoli’s Champions League match against Milan is 50/50
There continues to be some mystery surrounding the condition of Osimhen a few days before the Champions League clash between AC Milan and Napoli.
Legendary manager Fabio Capello believes that AC Milan’s Champions League tie against Napoli will become a 50-50 if Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen misses the games through injury.
Despite the general optimism of the past few days suggesting that Osimhen will be available for the first leg, there now seems to be very little hope.
Naples-based paper Il Mattino (via SempreMilan.it) for example are sure he will be absent for the first game.
The Nigerian striker should therefore not make it back in time for the first leg match of the Champions League quarter-finals but the focus then shifts to whether head coach Luciano Spalletti can use him off the bench and if he makes it back for the second leg.
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Capello spoke during an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport and admitted his belief that there is one player who can shift the balance in favour of Napoli, with his comments relayed by SempreMilan.it.
“Napoli has strengths and weaknesses. One? Di Lorenzo one-on-one with Leao is hard. Milan will think about this, then it will depend on Osimhen,” he said.
“If he doesn’t play, it’s 50-50. If he plays, he moves 5% by himself. Pioli in these days will have to understand how not to let him get the ball while Spalletti will work on his head: he must convince Napoli that they are fine, even if in Lecce…”
Meanwhile, there continues to be some mystery surrounding the condition of Osimhen a few days before the Champions League clash between AC Milan and Napoli.
Despite the general optimism of the past few days suggesting that Osimhen will be available for the first leg, there now seems to be very little hope at least from local media, as the paper Il Mattino (via SempreMilan.it) are sure he will be absent for the first game.
The Nigerian striker should therefore not make it back in time for the first leg match of the Champions League quarter-finals.
On Sunday he trained separately against and his recovery for the match is unlikely, so the best that head coach Luciano Spalletti can hope for is to have him available for the bench.
With Giovanni Simeone also out injured, it should be up to Giacomo Raspadori to lead the line for the Neapolitans at the San Siro.
