45' +6' | TIME'S UPPPP!!! SEMI-FINALS, HERE WE COME!!! THANKS LADS!!! SUPERB JOB, COACH!!! | |
45' | Éderson is shown the yellow card. | |
43' | Carnesecchi staves off Musah's deflected attempt. | |
41' | Two more changes for Atalanta: Scalvini and Koopmeiners pass the baton to Hien and Muriel. | |
38' | Leao finds Henandez, who finishes high. | |
35' | Leao is booked | |
33' | Double change for Atalanta: Scamacca and Zappacosta are subbed in for De Ketelaere and Ruggeri. | |
28' | Double substitution for Milan: on Adli and Giroud, off Reijnders and Loftus-Cheek. | |
26' | Milan on the offensive with Pulisic: Carnesecchi dives to brush his shot out for a corner. | |
24' | Another ranged shot from Éderson, with the ball deflected for a corner. | |
21' | Miranchuk's curler is slightly off target! | |
19' | Éderson shoots straight down the middle but his strike his blocked by Maignan. | |
18' | Maignan parries De Ketelaere's feeble shot. | |
16' | Double substitution for Milan: Simic and Terracciano hit the pitch for Calabria and Jimenez. | |
14' | GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL!!! WHO ELSE BUT HIM??!! TEUUUUUUN KOOPMEINEEEERS!!! Cold-blooded from the penalty spot, Koopmeiners doesn't miss and vanquishes Maignan to give Atalanta the lead! WE'RE 1-2 UP!!!WAY TO GOO!!! | |
12' | PENALTY FOR ATALANTA! As Jimenez knocks down Miranchuk in the box the referee awards the Nerazzurri the penalty! | |
10' | Again Koopmeiners! After gathering Éderson's pass, the Dutch controls the ball, turns and loosens a shot from the edge of the box. His drive ends up inches wide to the side. | |
5' | Carnesecchi remains unfazed by Milan's headed attempt. | |
3' | Koopmeiners tests Maignan once again with a ranged shot: Milan's keeper dives to glove the ball out for a corner. | |
1' | The second half begins! KEEP PUSHING!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
45' +5' | Atalanta close the first half on the offensive: albeit, no Atalanta player can find the winning deflection to capitalize on a after a great forcing! | |
45' +2' | GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!! TEUUUUUUN KOOPMEINEEEEERS!!! Atalanta equalises in a blink!!! Koopmeiners with a lovely finish to culminate the team's swifty assault! 1-1!!! WAY TO GOO!!! | |
45' | Leao gives Milan the lead. | |
42' | Change also for Atalanta: after colliding with Gabbia, De Roon forcibly exits the pitch and is replaced by Pašalić. | |
40' | Change for Milan: Gabbia is replaced by Kjaer. | |
38' | Gasperini is sent off after being booked twice in close succession. | |
36' | A great chance for the Nerazzurri: De Ketelaere's cross towards the centre of the box finds De Roon, who couldn't find a winning deflection due to a collision with Gabbia. | |
32' | Despite Milan advancing also thanks to a series of favourable rebounds, Éderson locks any outing. | |
31' | Atalanta's budding sortie culminates with De Ketelaere's cross from the left flank finding an on-rushing Holm: the Swede's volley in the follow-up ends up high. | |
19' | Carnesecchi defuses Musah's shot and flicks the ball over the crossbar. | |
1' | The Coppa Italia quarter-final kicks off in San Siro! C'MON LADS!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
Koopmeiners’ double and an excellent team performance saw Atalanta beat AC Milan 2-1 at the Meazza stadium to book a place in the 2023-2024 Coppa Italia Frecciarossa semi-finals, where Gasperini’s men will face Fiorentina.
After a Musah effort that Carnesecchi tipped over, the Nerazzurri also had a go when Holm volleyed over. In the 37th minute, De Ketelaere flicked the ball into the path of de Roon, who was denied by Gabbia; although the AC Milan defender did obstruct him, the referee did not point to the spot. After Leao had opened the scoring for AC Milan in the 45th minute, Atalanta responded immediately as Koopmeiners equalised on the stroke of half-time, assisted by Holm.
Koopmeiners threatened again at the start of the second half, with Maignan palming away a Dutchman left-footed shot for a corner. Koopmeiners fired wide on 55 minutes before Atalanta completed their comeback in the 59th minute: Miranchuk was fouled by Jimenez in the area and the referee awarded a penalty, which Koopmeiners converted perfectly to make it 1-2. The Nerazzurri looked to be on the verge of scoring again when De Ketelaere and Éderson were denied by the AC Milan goalkeeper and Miranchuk’s curling effort went just wide of the post. Éderson came close again in the 69th minute when his shot was deflected wide by Musha. Two minutes later, Carnesecchi did well to push Pulisic’s shot out for a corner. The Nerazzurri held off the Rossoneri in the final minutes to book their place in the semi-finals with a 2-1 away win.