The referees for Sunday’s Serie A fixtures have been confirmed, with Federico La Penna given Napoli-Milan.

La Penna has been one of the more card-happy referees this season, showing 82 yellows and five reds in his 16 games this season, while awarding 11 penalties.

Both sides have a mixed record with the Roman as Napoli have won just one of their three matches, conceding a spot-kick in the 4-2 defeat to Sampdoria.

As for Milan, he was the referee when they were thrashed 5-0 by Atalanta in January.

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Kalidou Koulibaly announces he has his heart set on retiring at Napoli but admits it is out of his hands. ‘We’ll see what the President decides to do.’

Koulibaly has been heavily linked with moves to the Premier League and Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, given he is now 29 and his resale value is falling.

However, the Senegalese made it clear he preferred to stay at Napoli if given the opportunity.

“My family are very happy here and that makes me happy,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski has revealed he could announce a new deal ‘in the next few days’ and aims to fight for the Scudetto in 2020-21.

The Poland international has praised coach Gennaro Gattuso ahead of the match against the coach’s former club Milan, and claims he is planning with the Partenopei.

“Gattuso has a very strong charisma, like when he played. He’s a tough guy,” Zielinski told Sky Sport Italia.

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Napoli midfielder Diego Demme has ‘settled immediately’ in Campania and spoke about the big game against Barcelona in the Champions League, the Coppa Italia triumph and believes Ralf Rangnick will bring results to Milan.

The German midfielder arrived in January and has quickly established himself in the middle of the park at the San Paolo.

The 28-year-old named after Napoli legend Diego Maradona, looks forward to continuing the impressive run that already secured his first trophy, as the Azzurri picked up the Coppa Italia in June.

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Alexis Saelemaekers wants to see more of the ‘mentality’ shown against Juventus and insisted Milan ‘will do everything’ to beat Napoli on Sunday.

The right midfielder has started the last two wins against Lazio and Juventus and praised his teammates for the way they turned the game against the Bianconeri.

“It was an incredible game,” Saelemaekers told the club’s official channel. “We showed our mentality, being down by two goals and coming back to win 4-2 is incredible.

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UEFA Vice-President Michele Uva has confirmed that the two European Cups will be held behind closed doors this August.

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Juventus will host Olympique Lyonnais on Friday August 7, while Napoli visit Barcelona on Saturday August 8 in the Champions League Round of 16.

The dates have now been set to complete the Round of 16, which began in February and was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Juve lost the first leg 1-0 and will have to turn it around in Turin on Friday August 7 at 20.00 UK time.

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Pavel Nedved warns the first Juventus objective is to ‘get to Portugal’ for the Champions League, then Real Madrid and Manchester City are ‘candidates for the trophy.’

The draw has been made for the Final Eight Champions League mini-tournament, which will run in Lisbon from August 12-23 with a series of one-off knockout games.

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If Juventus do qualify for the Champions League Final Eight, Cristiano Ronaldo will be up against either Real Madrid or Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

The Bianconeri still need to overturn the 1-0 first leg Round of 16 defeat to Olympique Lyonnais in Turin.

After that, they’d be paired in the quarter-final with either Ronaldo’s old club Real Madrid or his former bitter Barcelona rival Guardiola, now in charge of Manchester City.

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Atalanta have every reason to feel confident, because Paris Saint-Germain have never beaten an Italian club in the Champions League.

The teams were paired together in the quarter-final of the Champions League, which under the new Final Eight format, will be a one-off clash on neutral turf in Portugal.

It’s the first ever Champions League campaign for Atalanta, but history is on their side anyway.

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