MILAN: AC Milan made light work of Serie B side Sassuolo with a 6-1 thrashing at the San Siro to reach the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia on Tuesday, where Samuel Chukwueze scored two first-half goals.
Milan will face the winner of the last 16 tie between AS Roma and Sampdoria on Dec 19.
The game was already over as a contest by the 23rd minute after Chukwueze’s brace along with goals from Tijjani Reijnders and Rafael Leao handed Milan a 4-0 lead.
Milan added a fifth through Davide Calabria 11 minutes after the interval and after Sassuolo found a consolation goal with Samuele Mulattieri scoring three minutes later, Tammy Abraham rounded off the win in the 61st minute.
Milan are now unbeaten in seven games in all competitions after an inconsistent start to life under new coach Paulo Fonseca.
“It was a very good performance, the first half was magnificent and also helped me to rest some players,” Fonseca told Sport Mediaset.“I have only positive things to say, as we took it very seriously, I am very satisfied with the attitude of the players.”
Earlier, Bologna reached the last eight for a second straight season with a 4-0 thumping of Monza.
The two-time winners took control of the last-16 tie with two goals in the space of three first-half minutes through Tommaso Pobega and Riccardo Orsolini.
Benjamin Dominguez sealed the result in the 63rd minute, with fellow Argentinian Santiago Castro providing his third assist of the match.
Dominguez returned the favour for Castro with 14 minutes left, as Bologna notched back-to-back wins after their 3-0 victory over bottom club Venezia in the league at the weekend.
They await the winners between Atalanta and Cesena on Dec 18.
Published in Dawn, December 5th, 2024
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