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The18's UEFA Champions League semifinal predictions

Our 2023 UEFA Champions League semifinal predictions are coming in hot with certified locks for a rematch of last year's instant classic between Real Madrid-Manchester City and a historic Derby della Madonnina between rivals Inter and AC Milan.

Who will contest the final on June 10 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul? Let's turn to our collection of Nostradamus-minded folks to find out.

UEFA Champions League semifinal predictions 2023

Real Madrid vs. Manchester City

El Chucky se quedó con las ganas: Salernitana y Memo Ochoa postergan la vuelta olímpica del Napoli

Napoli tenía todo listo para descorchar el champagne y celebrar sus primer título en la Serie A en 33 años, algo que de paso habría convertido en Hirving Lozano en el primer futbolista mexicano en ser campeón en Italia. Sin embargo, el Salernitana de otro azteca – San Memo Ochoa – metió la cola y les arruinó la fiesta.

Luego de la derrota 3-1 sufrida por Lazio ante Inter, Napoli necesitaba un triunfo en el Stadio Diego Armando Maradona para desatar los festejos.

Should they pop the champagne? Napoli prepare to lift their first Serie A title in 33 years

Runaway Serie A leaders Napoli could seal their third Scudetto in record fashion this weekend if they beat lowly visitors Salernitana and second-placed Lazio drop points at Inter Milan.

Victory on Sunday would move Luciano Spalletti's side to 81 points and they will become the first team to win the title with six matches remaining unless Lazio earn their first win away to Inter in more than four years on the same day.

Sergiño Dest heading to the Bundesliga? Here is what we know

I don't know if Sergiño Dest likes Berlin, but the idea of living there during the 2023-24 season is starting to take shape for the U.S. international.

According to several reports in Germany and Spain, the player who is on loan at AC Milan from FC Barcelona has reportedly agreed to a new loan deal with Union Berlin in the Bundesliga.

¡Ya es un santo! Aficionados de la Salernitana le tienen un nuevo apodo a Guillermo Ochoa

La temporada de Guillermo Ochoa en la Serie A ha sido excepcional. Tanto que sus actuaciones han hecho que los aficionados de la Salernitana crearon un nuevo apodo para alabar los milagros que obra bajo los tres palos.

Memo es un santo mexicano de Guadalajara en Salerno.

Noche de terror para Santi Giménez: Expulsado y eliminado de la Europa League

Santiago Giménez cumplió 22 años el martes pasado y la idea era celebrar con el paso del Feyenoord a las semifinales de la Europa League.

Asistente de Mourinho se va expulsado luego de darle un cariñito a Santi Giménez

En la búsqueda de un boleto a las semifinales de la Europa League, AS Roma y Feyenoord protagonizaron una áspera batalla, en la cual el mexicano Santi Giménez recibió uno que otro cariñito, entre ellos una curiosa mezcla de manotazo y arañazo que terminó con un asistente de Jose Mourinho expulsado.

Benfica fans need to be punished after throwing flares onto unsuspecting Inter supporters

There was a horrible moment during Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg between Inter Milan and Benfica in the stands of the San Siro. During the game several Benfica fans hurled flares onto unsuspecting Inter supporters.

The iconic San Siro has an interesting layout where sometimes the away supporters sit above the home fans. 

With Benfica trailing on aggregate the traveling fans turned up the heat lighting flares. The scene turned ugly when the individuals holding the flares targeted the section below them filled with Inter fans.

Juventus jumps to third in Serie A after Italy sports authority reverses 15-point deduction decision

MILAN — Italy's top sports body on Thursday canceled a decision to dock Serie A club Juventus 15 points in a case centered on the club's transfer dealings, ordering soccer authorities to hold another hearing.

With eight games left to play, the decision will lift Juventus from seventh to third in the Serie A table - with 59 points, still 16 behind leaders Napoli but back into the qualifying spots for the lucrative European Champions League.

¡Sí era penal! Huge penalty not called on Chucky Lozano as Napoli exit the Champions League

AC Milan are in the Champions League semifinals after drawing Napoli 1-1 (for a 2-1 in aggregate) in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The Rossoneri will play this stage for the first time since the 2006-07 season, but the history could have been completely different if referee Szymon Marciniak and VAR had not looked to the other side in a clear penalty not called on Mexican winger Hirving "Chucky" Lozano. 

I get that it could have been difficult to see it in real-time, but what were they doing at VAR? Watching Looney Tunes?

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