The visitors offered nothing at either end of the pitch, and Milan capitalised on three goals in the first half, Giroud scored a brace.
The second was a quieter affair as Milan had the game all but won already.
Franck Kessie’s 79th-minute goal was the final nail in the coffin for Lazio, As The Biancocelesti are out of the Coppa Italia.
AC Milan won a convincing victory over Lazio Fc in the Coppa Italia quarter-final.
Starting Lineup:
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Mike Maignan;
Davide Calabria, Pierre Kalulu, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez;
Sandro Tonali, Franck Kessie;
Junior Messias, Brahim Diaz, Rafael Leao;
Olivier Giroud.
LAZIO (4-3-3): Pepe Reina;
Elseid Hysaj, Luiz Felipe, Patric, Adam Marusic;
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Danilo Cataldi, Toma Basic;
Felipe Anderson, Ciro Immobile, Mattia Zaccagni.
Goals:
Romagnoli pierces the defensive line with an absolute peach of a pass for Leao, who steams through on goal and slides a shot right under Reina to make it 1-0!!! What a pass, and what a well-taken goal for the home side.
Diaz feeds Leao in the box, who weaves out of a challenge before squaring the ball back to Giroud. The Frenchman makes no mistake, smashing the ball home and leaving Reina with no chance as Milan go 2-0 up.
Diaz again strides forward untouched before finding Hernandez on the run outside him. No one gets a touch on the left-back cross, which goes right across the face of the goal until Giroud taps it in at the far post. Who makes it 3-0.
4-0, Maldini swings a free-kick into the box, and in the ensuing chaos, Kessie thumps a low, hard shot beyond everyone’s reach and into the back of the net.
Rafa Leao post-match reaction:
“After the derby – a crucial game for us – we arrived for tonight fired up, and I thought we had an extraordinary performance. It was the correct result.
“Now we’re in the semi-final, the Coppa Italia is a competition Milan wants to win.
“I am always ready to help my team with goals or assists, but the most important thing is that the team got into the semi-final.”
Stefano Pioli post-match reaction:
“We made the most of the derby victory to give ourselves even more energy, belief and conviction,
“The whole atmosphere is very positive. We were focused and in control for the full 90 minutes.
“These are always special games to prepare and very stimulating. The Coppa Italia is a competition both clubs want to win, so we will try to give our best against opponents we know are very strong.”
What lies ahead for Ac Milan and Lazio?
Milan becomes the second side to reach the semi-finals of this season’s Coppa Italia with that thumping win.
However, their city rivals Inter have already made it, and a potential clash of the titans may await the Lombardy public in the next round.
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