On the pitch Milan-Tottenham 1-0 DIRECT and PSG-Bayern 0-0 DIRECT
GOAL in the 7th minute! AC MILAN 1-0 Tottenham
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Brahim Diaz goal.
After the shot attempted by Theo Hernandez, Brahim Diaz arrived first on Forster's second clearance and scored into the net.
Fikayo Tomori not even on the bench.
This is the novelty of Milan against Tottenham at San Siro for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League.
The defender, not at his best, ends up in the stands.
On the field from the first minute Simon Kjaer, next to Malick Thiaw and Pierre Kalulu
EVE
They are the great difficulties and give great stimuli.
Stefano Pioli knows this and the starting point is precisely the recognition of the value of Tottenham, guest at San Siro for an eighth of the Champions League "difficult, as it is inevitable that it will be".
Two matches, the most important of his career, defined the Emilian coach, in the elite of continental football.
Spurs embody those virtues of "rhythm, intensity, physicality and quality" typical of English football, "to which are added the tactical dictates of a coach like Antonio Conte, who is very good at preparing matches in all their details".
Conte as an expression of that Italian school which continues to confirm itself internationally and which sees, in Pioli's thought, the Apulian coach on the podium of the best, with Carlo Ancelotti and Luciano Spalletti.
"Moreover,
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COUNT RETURNS TO SAN SIRO
Antonio Conte returns to San Siro, the stadium that gave him the Scudetto with Inter, and pays tribute to Milan on the eve of the Champions League match: "Last year they did something extraordinary, nobody expected it. It was created the right alchemy. Pioli had a very long journey before achieving victory and I am convinced that he deserved it much sooner".
For tomorrow's match, his Tottenham will first of all have to manage absences, starting with the injury of Rodrigo Bentancur: "We are coming to this match with two very young players like Skipp and Matar Sarr: they are in their first match in the Champions League. We have to try to be positive, but it is clear that in the long term it will be difficult to manage all the commitments at the same time with reduced choices, also hoping not to have other injuries.
For the moment, let's try to use this period to consolidate ourselves, tomorrow we will have to suffer.
And we will do it together."
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PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Milan (3-4-3): 1 Tatarusanu;
20 Kalulu, 28 Thiaw, 23 Tomori;
2 Calabria, 8 Tonali, 33 Krunic, 19 Theo Hernandez;
10 Diaz, 9 Giroud, 17 Leao.
(83 Mirante, 77 Vasquez, 5 Ballo-Touré, 7 Adli, 12 Rebic, 21 Dest, 27 Origi, 24 Kjaer, 30 Messias, 40 Vranckx, 46 Gabbia, 56 Saelemaekers 90 De Ketelaere) All. Pioli.
Suspended: none Beware: Ballo-Touré, Krunic, Tomori Unavailable: Bennacer, Florenzi, Maignan
Tottenham (3-4-3): 20 Forsters;
17 Romero, 15 Dier, 34 Lenglet;
23 Pedro Porro, 4 Skipp, 29 Sarr, 14 Perisic;
21 Kulusevski, 10 Kane, 7 Son.
(41 Whiteman, 40 Austin, 6 Sanchez, 9 Richarlison, 12 Royal, 16 Danjuma, 25 Tanganga, 27 Rodriguez Moura, 29 Matar Sarr, 33 Davies, 40 Austin).
Herds Conte Suspended: Hojberg Warning: Lenglet, Dier, Bentacur Unavailable: Bentacur, Loris, Sessegnon, Bissouma
Referee: Sandro Schaerer (Svi) Odds Snai: 2.55;
3.25;
2.95.
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PSG-BAYERN: MBAPPÉ TRAINED WITH mates
On the eve of the Champions League round of 16 first leg against Bayern, Kylian Mbappé trained with his Paris Saint Germain teammates.
The French champion was seen working, in the part of the session open to the media, in a group that also included Lionel Messi, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marco Verratti, Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos.
Mbappé was injured on February 1 in the match against Montpellier and the PSG medical staff had scheduled a three-week stop for him.
Instead he already trains with his teammates.
But then is he capable of playing against Bayern?
"I don't think so - replied the coach of the Parisian team, Cristophe Galtier - because he is following the rehabilitation protocol: don't forget that he had a muscle injury. We will take zero, zero,