AC Milan turned into the first group into the Italian Cup semi-finals subsequent to hanging on for a 2-1 win over Carpi at the San Siro on Wednesday.
The seven-time European champions, who have fallen on difficult times in late seasons, took a two-objective half-time lead through Carlos Bacca and M'baye Niang however Matteo Mancosu's strike right on time in the second period kept things fascinating until the last shriek.
In truth, Milan ought to have won by all the more however with only one objective in it stayed powerless.
Milan were well on top in the first period, leading the pack on 14 minutes when Bacca completed from Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda's go to score his tenth objective of the season.
Slovak Juraj Kucka ought to have multiplied the favorable position five minutes after the fact yet Serbian goalkeeper Zejlko Brkic, who had prior parried a Honda free-kick, made a marvel recovery to deny him.
Bacca turned supplier just before the half-hour mark as he teed up M'baye Niang to flame home the second.
The hosts gave off an impression of being in voyage control however five minutes into the second period, Kevin Lasagna played Mancosu in one-on-one with goalkeeper Christian Abbiati and the forward completed with aplomb.
Kucka could have augmented Milan's leeway yet again he missed the mark, shooting target simply past the hour mark.
Milan continued squandering opportunities to murder the amusement as Giacomo Bonaventura blasted inefficiently off target late on while Honda's shot was diverted behind for a corner with Brkic AWOL.
In any case, the rossoneri clutched achieve the last four.
The three other quarter-finals occur one week from now with Napoli facilitating Inter Milan and Juventus making a trip to Lazio while there will be one lower group outfit in the semi-finals as second division Spezia have third level Alessandria.
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