Milan certified their pass to the semifinals of the Italian Cup thanks to another brace by French striker Olivier Giroud against Lazio, in a 4-0 victory for a Milanese team that meet Inter in the next round.
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Goal poker from Milan, with another brace from Giroud, to get rid of Lazio. The Frenchman is experiencing his best moment under Italian Stefano Pioli since his arrival in Italy and was applauded by Giuseppe Meazza when he was substituted.
Milan sweeps
Last Saturday he was the undisputed protagonist of the Milanese derby thanks to a double in less than four minutes that served to come back against the leader of Serie A and that this Wednesday he repeated in the Cup against Lazio to close the clash in the first part, of new in less than four minutes.
Pioli’s men dominated the first half with solvency and scored three goals. The Italian Alessio Romagnoli leaked a great pass from the defense to leave only the Portuguese Rafael Leao, who did not miss the opportunity and beat the Spanish goalkeeper Pepe Reina low to open the scoring.
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With the game dominated by the hosts, Giroud scored his two almost identical goals just before heading into the locker room tunnel. The Frenchman made good assists from his compatriot Theo Hernández and Leao from the left profile and, well placed, he only had to push the ball to the bottom of the net.
Lazio, who lost the Italian Ciro Immobile in the 68th minute when he received a blow to the ankle, could not beat Milan in the first half, but the entry of the Spaniards Luis Alberto and Pedro Rodríguez in the second half equalized the contest in the tactical. However, the team trained by the Italian Maurizio Sarri could not prevent the Ivorian Franck Kessie from scoring the fourth and final goal of the night in the 80th minute.
The semifinals of the Italian Cup, a two-legged match in this case, will leave another Milanese derby. Juventus-Sassuolo and Atalanta-Fiorentina will be played on Thursday to decide the other two classifieds.
EFE
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