{"id":289140,"date":"2023-09-18T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289140"},"modified":"2023-09-18T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:22:54","slug":"tomori-issues-warning-to-sandro-tonali-ahead-champions-league-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/tomori-issues-warning-to-sandro-tonali-ahead-champions-league-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomori issues warning to Sandro Tonali ahead Champions League clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fikayo Tomori issues warning to Sandro Tonali ahead of AC Milan&#8217;s Champions League clash with Newcastle<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Milan and Newcastle will go head-to-head in the Champions League on Tuesday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fikayo Tomori has warned Sandro Tonali that friendship will go out of the window<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England international Fikayo Tomori has warned Sandro Tonali that friendship will go out of the window when AC Milan and Newcastle head into Champions League battle on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The two men were team-mates last season as Milan made it to the semi-finals of the competition and finished fourth in Serie A, but they will be on opposing sides at the San Siro following midfielder Tonali&#8217;s \u00a353million summer switch to St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea defender Tomori, 25, admits it will be god to see his former colleague again &#8211; but only after the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>He told a press conference: &#8216;Obviously it will be nice to see him again. We played a lot of games together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will be nice to see him again so soon after he left, but we are professionals. When the game starts, friendships go out of the window. We want to win.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/16\/75561441-12532003-image-m-2_1695050917019.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Fikayo Tomori has warned Sandro Tonali that friendship will go out of the window on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/16\/75561577-12532003-image-a-4_1695051083441.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>AC Milan and Newcastle will go head-to-head in the Champions League on Tuesday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/16\/75561545-12532003-image-a-3_1695051038537.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two men were team-mates last season as Milan made it to the semi-finals of the competition and finished fourth in Serie A before\u00a0Tonali joined Newcastle\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After the game, we can start being friends again. During the game, though, we are not friends.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Italians will hope for a positive start to the campaign as they attempt to bounce back from Saturday&#8217;s 5-1 derby mauling by Inter, the side which dumped them out of the Champions League last season.<\/p>\n<p>Tomori was a frustrated by-stander at the weekend as he sat out through suspension following his red card in the 2-1 win at Roma before the international break and is determined to make up for lost time after witnessing a horror show in the wake of three successive league wins.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I was disappointed not to have been able to help my team-mates on the pitch. Watching the match on TV is tough, you can&#8217;t help the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tomorrow I&#8217;ll be on the pitch, I hope. We&#8217;ll try to win and start the group well.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Milan, who received a visit from former player Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Monday morning as they finalised their preparations for the game, are expecting an all-action approach from the Magpies on their return to the competition after a gap of 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Howe&#8217;s men warmed up for the trip to Italy with a narrow 1-0 Premier League win over Brentford, and the Rossoneri are in little doubt as to what will lie ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Boss Stefano Pioli said: &#8216;[Newcastle] seem like a classic English team to me with physicality, pressure and intensity. They are very tall and dangerous on the dead ball, without neglecting their quality.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12532003\/Fikayo-Tomori-issues-warning-Sandro-Tonali-ahead-AC-Milans-Champions-League-clash-Newcastle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fikayo Tomori issues warning to Sandro Tonali ahead of AC Milan&#8217;s Champions League clash with Newcastle Milan and Newcastle will go head-to-head in the Champions <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/tomori-issues-warning-to-sandro-tonali-ahead-champions-league-clash\/\" title=\"Tomori issues warning to Sandro Tonali ahead Champions League clash\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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