AC Milan Defender Reveals Secret in Taming Napoli Star Victor Osimhen

• Fikayo Tomori has reacted after AC Milan's draw against Napoli
• The Italian giants progressed to the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League at the expense of Napoli
• Tomori played a key role as Milan managed to keep Victor Osimhen at bay

AC Milan centre-back Fikayo Tomori has disclosed the secret in defending Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen.

The English defender alongside Simon Kjaer kept Osimhen at bay for most part of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final clash at the Diego Maradona stadium.

The Nigerian managed to score but it was too late as the Serie A leaders were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League 2-1 on aggregate.

“Obviously Victor is having a great season and I know how dangerous he is. I just tried to make sure I got my body in between in and the ball at all times as much as possible,” Tomori told CBS, as quoted by completesports.com.

Napoli try to bounce back at Lecce with Milan showdown looming

Football

“I was disappointed he managed to score at the end. I just tried to get to him as tight as possible and try not to give him a lot of space," added the defender.

According to the Milan defender, the plan was to frustrate the Naples club, having already taken a first-leg lead.

“We actually frustrated them and we limited the amount of times that the ball could get to him in dangerous areas, and when the ball actually came we defended really well, we got tied to him, we had a lot of cover," he continued.

“Coming into a game like this with a player of that quality you know that you have to be tied to him, you have to be switched on and I think we were today (Tuesday).”

Ajax assistant coach calls out own fans after player is struck by flare mid-game

Football

French forward Olivier Giroud opened the scoring after connecting to Rafael Leao's pass before Osimhen levelled late in the game.

Nigerian celebrities support Osimhen

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Nigerian celebrities Peter Okoye and Cubana Chiefpriest were spotted at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Italy during the Champions League clash between Napoli and AC Milan.

It was fight-to-finish on Tuesday night, but Milan scraped out a hard-fought draw to end Napoli’s dream of a semifinal.

Having won 1-0 at the San Siro a week earlier, the Rossoneri took the lead again in Naples, courtesy of an easy finish by Olivier Giroud.

AC Milan interested in Greenwood

Mason Greenwood could soon be provided with a way back to professional football after it emerged that AC Milan are interested in signing him this summer.

Greenwood has not played a single minute of football for over a year now after he was suspended by Manchester United following the sexual assault claims levelled against him.

With the dropping of charges by the Crown Prosecution Services in February, the path was cleared for the striker to make a comeback to football. United, however, declined to rush the process and promised to undertake internal processes before providing a way forward.