2024-01-11 00:10:34
Atalanta beat AC Milan (2-1) in the quarter-finals of the competition this Wednesday.
Atalanta overthrew AC Milan (2-1) in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup on Wednesday at San Siro and will be accompanied in the last four by Lazio, who defeated AS Roma (1- 0). AC Milan, whose fifth and last victory in the “Coppa Italia” is starting to come back (2003), will have to wait at least another year.
Stefano Pioli’s players fell hard against Atalanta: they nevertheless opened the scoring after a superb move concluded by Rafael Leao (45th). But Atalanta, whose coach Gian Piero Gasparini was quickly excluded for refereeing disputes, immediately responded (45+2nd) with an equally superb combination, enhanced by Teun Koopmeiners.
At the hour mark (59th), the Dutch midfielder gave his team the advantage with a penalty whistle after consulting the VAR, which has been virulently criticized in Italy in recent weeks. Despite the entry of Olivier Giroud, Milan, third in the league and eliminated from the Champions League, failed to revive. This new setback should put pressure on Pioli, who is highly contested by fans. Atalanta, which won the event once, in 1963, will face Fiorentina in the semi-final who eliminated Bologna on penalties on Tuesday (0-0 ap, 5 tab to 4).
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