Clash of giants in Italy: these are the starting lineups for Napoli and AC Milan

Undoubtedly the most interesting match of the weekend in Italy will be the one between Napoli and AC Milan this Sunday at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. There, the last Serie A champions will try to get a win to make their fans happy. But it will not be an easy task, as their rivals have proven to be a very strong team.

However, the last week was difficult for the Rossoneri. In Serie A they were defeated by Juventus at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium and lost the leadership in the standings, while in Champions League they suffered a hard blow: they lost 3-0 against Paris Saint-Germain in the third match of group F and are in the last place.

Napoli have also had problems. After winning the title last season, coach Luciano Spaletti left and in his place came Rudi Garcia. The new manager has received harsh criticism and many are not happy with him, so they need to get a win to bring calm back to the squad.

For this match Napoli coach decided that the starting lineup will be: Alex Meret; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Natan, Mario Rui; Eljif Elmas, Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zielinski; Mateo Politano, Giacomo Raspadori, Kvicha Kvaratskhelia. In addition, the substitutes will be Pierluigi Gollini, Nikita Contini, Mathias Olivera, Alessandro Zanoli, Leo Skiri Ostigard, Luigi DAvino, Andre Zambo, Gianluca Gaetano, Jens Cajuste, Jesper Lindstrom, Diego Demme, Giovanni Simeone and Alessio Zerbin.

For them it is a great opportunity

AC Milan are in third place in the Serie A standings with 21 points, 2 points behind Juventus and 4 points behind leaders Inter. Coach Stefano Pioli chose this XI: Mike Maignan; David Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Pierre Kalulu Kvatengwa, Theo Hernandez; Tiijani Reijnders, Rade Krunic, Yunus Musah; Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao. On the bench will be Antonio Mirante, Lapo Nava, Marco Pellegrino, Davide Bartesaghi, Alessandro Florenzi, Yacine Adli, Tommaso Pobega, Luka Romero, Luka Jovic and Noah Okafor.