AC Milan 2-1 AS Roma
A goal in added time by midfield player Massimo Ambrosini gave AC Milan a 2-1 Italian Cup quarter-final first-leg win against AS Roma last night.
It was the second time in eight days that the holders had got the better of the Serie A leaders after their 2-1 league win at Roma's Stadio Olimpico last week. Milan dominated the first half and home striker Marco Borriello and Ambrosini had both gone close before Danish team-mate Jon Dahl Tomasson broke Roma's offside trap and slotted the ball past stranded goalkeeper Andrea Zotti in the 39th minute.
Roma seemed to have done enough for a draw when John Carew equalised in the 78th minute, chesting down a long ball in the area before spinning and shooting past Milan keeper Dida. But Milan regained the lead in the first minute of added time when Zotti parried a Serginho cross into Ambrosini's path and he side-footed the ball into an open net.
MILAN: Dida; Simic, Laursen, Nesta (Costacurta 66'), Pancaro; Brocchi, Redondo, Ambrosini, Seedorf (Serginho 82'); Tomasson, Borriello (Kakà 82').
ROMA: Zotti; Zebina, Samuel, Dellas; Candela (Mancini 63'), Tommasi, De Rossi, Lima; D'Agostino (Dacourt 88'); Carew, Delvecchio.
Goals: 1-0 Tomasson (40'); 1-1 Carew (78'); 2-1 Ambrosini (91')
Source: Uefa.com
