Ac milan vs Sassuolo 6-1 Highlights | Coppa Italia

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AC Milan booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia in very convincing fashion, putting Sassuolo to the sword in a 6-1 win.

The damage was done in 11 first-half minutes as Samuel Chukwueze scored a brace either side of a long-range striker from Tijjani Reijnders, then Rafael Leao got a fourth.

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Davide Calabria got the fifth before a consolation from Sassuolo’s main threat Mulattieri, but Tammy Abraham added some gloss back to the scoreline.

The result means that Milan are through and were able to manage some players’ workloads in view of the game later this week. Roma or Sampdoria await in the next round.

With an eye on the Atalanta game on Friday and with both Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez out, Paulo Fonseca made eight changes to the starting line-up from the team that beat Empoli. The likes of Filippo Terracciano, Davide Calabria, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham got the nod, but Youssouf Fofana, Tijjani Reijnders and Rafael Leao remained in the XI.

Milan had the first big chance of the game less than two minutes in, and it fell to Loftus-Cheek. A lovely overhead flick from Abraham found Leao whose attempted dribble into the box was tackled into the path of the English midfielder. His first-time shot was hard but straight at the goalkeeper Satalino and parried away.

The ball was in the back of the net after eight minutes as Abraham provided a powerful header from a chipped Leao cross, though the offside flag was raised as the winger had just strayed a couple of yards while making his run.

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