AC Milan secured their spot within the remaining 4 of the Coppa Italia by beating Roma 3-1 at San Siro final night time in what was an entertaining contest.
Milan had been 2-0 up on the break as Tammy Abraham netted a brace in opposition to his guardian membership. The primary got here from a superb header and the second was a one-on-one probability he completed effectively, with each assists from Theo Hernandez.
Artem Dovbyk did rating early within the second half off the bench to cut back the deficit, however then January additions Santiago Gimenez and Joao Felix linked up after approaching – the previous organising the latter – to revive the two-goal lead.
Tough with the sleek
The three-1 scoreline might make it appear as if Milan had fairly a snug night, although the stats present that Roma got here and gave it an actual go as they had been anticipated to having regained some confidence beneath Claudio Ranieri.
Milan edged possession very barely and had the next Anticipated Objectives determine, however the large possibilities had been equal at three every. Roma had extra complete pictures, pictures heading in the right direction and corners.
In fact, it was the Rossoneri’s medical edge – one thing not often stated this season – that allowed them to attain throughout the important thing phases of the sport. Scoring 3 times from an xG of two.03 is a welcome shock.
Constructing a streak
Milan (25) is without doubt one of the three groups to have reached the Coppa Italia semi-finals not less than 25 occasions, alongside Juventus (36) and Inter (29).
Not solely that, however the Diavolo have remained unbeaten for 11 consecutive residence video games in a single season for the primary time since 2012/13 (13, with Massimiliano Allegri as coach).
Whereas there’s a nonetheless lots of work to do to shine the performances, Sergio Conceicao has not less than are available in and constructed on the concept of San Siro being a fortress and continues to get pleasure from home cups.
Tammy, Theo and signings steal the present
Tammy Abraham is the third participant to attain for each Roma and Milan within the Coppa Italia within the final 20 seasons (since 2005/06), after Marco Borriello and Stephan El Shaarawy.
Earlier than Abraham, the final Milan participant to attain a brace in opposition to Roma in all competitions was Zlatan Ibrahimović (on 26 October 2020 in Serie A).
No Serie A defender has contributed to extra targets than Theo Hernández (9, like Denzel Dumfries and Nuno Tavares) this season in all competitions: 4 targets and 5 assists for the Frenchman.
Theo is the one Serie A defender to have scored not less than 4 targets and offered not less than 4 assists this season in all competitions.
Earlier than João Félix and Santiago Giménez, the final two gamers to contribute to a objective on their debut for AC Milan in a single match had been Christian Pulisic and Tijjani Reijnders on 21 August 2023 (vs Bologna in Serie A).
João Félix is the primary AC Milan participant to attain on debut since Álvaro Morata final August (vs Torino in Serie A).