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I am sure the match report will be here soon.
In the meantime, here is the report from the Bernabeu …
Elsewhere … Real Madrid beat Chelsea 2-0.
The referee has just booked Milan captain Calabria. You would think he would be quite happy at this point.
Full time! Milan 1-0 NapoliIt was a very even game but Milan just edged it thanks to Ismaël Bennacer’s first-half goal. I think it will be a fascinating game in Naples next week.
Milan’s Rafael Leao (left) and Olivier Giroud celebrates with their teammates and the fans. Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/Reuters90+4 mins: Saelemaekers goes down in the box and wants a penalty. As has become standard in this match, Milan have gone down laughably easy. He seems surprised to not get a penalty, instead he gets booked, as does Rrahmani for pointing out Milan have theatrical.
90+2 mins: Milan are just trying to see out the added time here by keeping the ball. They decide to attack but Leao whacks a shot into orbit from 30 yards.
90 mins: Five minutes added on.
89 mins: Milan’s goal is currently their only shot on target in the entire match … well it was until Leao just hit one straight at Meret.
87 mins: Elmas lifts a very straight free-kick into the box but it is easily headed away. The ball comes back via Politano, who lays it in to the path of Di Lorenzo but his jabbed shot is well saved by Maignan.
Seconds later, substitute Oliveira gets across Kjaer but just heads a cross over the bar.
85 mins: Giroud receives a pass from Leao, he turns on the ball in the box but his shot is immediately blocked.
I will say Napoli at this point but I am not an expert.
@Will_Unwin I can hear San Siro sing a version of the Argentina World Cup song … whose fans are singing it, Napoli’s? I assume they altered the lyrics? Is it in relation/dedication to Maradona in light of their likely winning their first scudetto since his time in Naples?
— Plata & Salud 🌞 (@Plata_Salud_) April 12, 2023 83 mins: Admir Pajic says: “Regarding your question about the Milan derby at semifinals, we have already had one in Champions League semifinal. In 2002-03 Milan won on the away goals (0-0, 1-1).
“Also, in 2004-05, Milan beat Inter in quarter final. Milan won the first leg 2-0 and then took the lead through Shevchenko only to get game interrupted.”
81 mins: Hernandez, one of the great actors of our time, goes down under a challenge from Elmas to earn a free-kick just outside the box.
Diaz off, Rebic on for Milan.
Kvaratskhelia and Rui off for Napoli. Damage limitation?
79 mins: Kim piles through the back of Saelemaekers and a free-kick is given. The defender is absolutely fuming and gets a booking for dissent. He is out of the second leg.
77 mins: I think the referee has done the match officials there.
Milan need to make the most of this advantage. Saelemaekers does his best by cruising through the Napoli defence but he is stopped before he can shoot.
75 mins: RED CARD! Anguissa gets a second booking and is off the pitch. The midfielder stretches for the ball and seems to get a touch but Hernandez goes down in agony, claiming to be kicked in the stomach. The referee buys it and pulls out a yellow, then a red.
Napoli’s Andre Anguissa kicks the ball as he challenges Theo Hernandez of Milan. Photograph: Jonathan Moscrop/Getty ImagesHowever Hernandez goes down as if he was poleaxed and having had the wool pulled over his eyes, referee Istvan Kovacs showed the Napoli player a yellow card and a subsequent red. Photograph: Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images73 mins: Rui lifts a free-kick into the box and straight out for a goal-kick. That is poor from Napoli.
It turns out Di Lorenzo was booked earlier. Strict stuff from the ref.
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71 mins: Hernandez drives Milan forward but is brought down by Anguissa, who is booked and then Di Lorenzo gets a good talking to.
A cross is lifted into the Napoil box and Giroud decides to go for an overhead kick but he barely makes contact.
69 mins: Elmas controls a pass into the path of Anguissa but he hits it straight against his team and it goes out for a goal-kick.
Lozano is off with proper striker Raspadori coming on.
67 mins: Saelemaekers is on for Bennacer.
65 mins: Milan controlling possession, which has been rare in this match. Everything looking quite calm at San Siro.
Napoli’s Stanislav Lobotka (left) tussles with Milans Ismael Bennacer. Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA63 mins: Kvaratskhelia sends Kjaer down the Bakerloo, while he is on the Victoria but Calabria bails out his teammate with a fine tackle.
61 mins: Bennacer goes into the book for catching Anguissa on the top of the foot. Not a great challenge from the former Arsenal man.
59 mins: Lozano goes down inside the box after a shoulder from Hernandez. The Napoli man moans a lot but there is nothing in it.
57 mins: Spalletti is looking a touch irked on the sidelines.
55 mins: Diaz’s feet are too quick for Rui, who can only trip him to stop the Spaniard. Milan are very reliant on Diaz and Leao to create something for them.
53 mins: Kvaratskhelia is having great involvement and in Osimhen’s absence, the Georgian needs to be more influential.
Di Lorenzo controls a pass inside the box and fires a goal but a red and black shirt is in the way. Napoli are on top.
51 mins: Kvaratskhelia cuts in from the left and lifts a cross into the box which Elmas flicks towards goal, forcing Maignan to back track and palm over the bar.
49 mins: A very quiet start to the half.
47 mins: Calabria gives Kvaratskhelia an ankle tap to make sure he knows the full-back will be there all the time.
The referee needs to have his tech tuned up so we have a break.
Second halfHere we go again!
Kári Tulinius says: “In World Cups, it’s fairly common to see a good team from a country with no history of excelling at World Cups, come up against a mediocre team with stars on their jersey, and the latter inexplicably winning, as if history is lifting them up. To me it’s always seemed a fairly nonsensical way of looking at football, but on the other hand, it’s hard to argue against the inspirational power of narratives. I wonder if something like that is helping Milan tonight.”
It is one to ponder.
Half time reading:
Joe Pearson says: “If I shave my head and wear black, does that qualify me to be a Serie A manager? My beard is already grey. Just asking.”
Pioli is more stylish than Spalletti, who wears a woolly hat to make sure I can tell them apart.
Half time! Milan 1-0 NapoliA funny old half of football. Napoli look like they were going to rip Milan apart but the hosts kept their cool and looked dangerous on the break, culminating with the Bennacar opener. Since taking the lead, Milan have looked the better team.
45+3 mins: It is kicking off in the box and the referee is having a word with all parties. It is tense stuff.
Another corner does eventually come into the box and Kjaer attacks it with gusto, smashing a header off the bar.
A flying Simon Kjaer heads goalwards. Photograph: Spada/LaPresse/Shutterstock45+2 mins: Giroud holds up the ball and lays it off to Tonali, whose sweeping shot is deflected wide. The corner comes in and Meret flaps at it, pushing it out for another set-piece on the other side. Napoli have been rattled by the opener.
45 mins: Four minutes added on.
44 mins: Hernandez gets caught on the knee by Lozano and stays down. In the end, Leao kicks the ball out. It might have been better to carry on with the attack.
The referee books Pioli for something or other. I’ll assume for moaning (general).
42 mins: Well … that was against the run of play. Napoli’s midfield fell apart in a split second there.
Lozano and Hernandez square up to one another. It’s all fun and games.
The Milan fans are loving life.
GOAL! Diaz spins in the centre circle to see off two Napoli midfielders, he gets to the edge of the box and sends the pass out to Leao, who crosses to Bennacer to fires through Meret.
A thumping finish from Ismael Bennacer shoots past Napoli’s Mario Rui (left) to open the scoring. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty ImagesGOAL! Milan 1-0 Napoli (Bennacer, 40)Bennacer finishes it off but Diaz deserves all the credit.