<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Stefano Pioli said that AC Milan should have given themselves more than a one-goal lead in their Champions League quarter-final derby with Napoli after their fellow Italians finished the first leg with 10 men.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Milan had a quarter of an hour to extend their advantage earned from Ismael Bennacer's first-half strike when Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa was sent off for two quick-fire bookings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It's the only regret we have, we should have been more clear-headed," Pioli told reporters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It's a shame but they gave a lot. It's a good result after a good&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">performance, let's hope for the next one."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Milan now have to defend a slim lead at the Stadio Maradona in Naples, with the prospect of a semi-final clash with local rivals Inter after they handily won at Benfica on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It will be difficult match, Napoli are a good team with a lot of quality,&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">the team which up to now had scored the most goals in the Champions League," added Pioli.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We had a lot of difficult moments tonight... We're expecting Napoli to come at us and we need to put everything out there on the pitch. We won't get our approach wrong... no one here thinks we've already won."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti said he would quit if the fans didn't create</div><div style="text-align: justify;">an intimidating atmosphere for the second leg after tensions between fans and the owner Aurelio De Laurentiis bubbled over in recent weeks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Protests from hardcore supporters against De Laurentiis over what they</div><div style="text-align: justify;">believe are his attempts to remove them from the stadium has left home games flatter than one would expect after such a brilliant season for such a&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">passionate fanbase.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Napoli's four-goal home hammering at the hands of Milan in the league earlier this month was played in a bizarre atmosphere, with little chanting and even fights breaking out between home supporters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If it happens again for the second leg I will quit. For what we're&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">contending, for the sensitivity these players have because... these players&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">are sensitive to what goes on around them," said Spalletti.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We played in an atmosphere which did not help us. It's inexplicable not</div><div style="text-align: justify;">helping the team in that moment." AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>