Milan (AP) – AC Milan Defeating 10 Lecce 3-0 on Tuesday Italian Cup Keep running in the 16th round for what may be the best chance of this season’s trophy.
Santiago Guimenez, Christopher Nucank and Christian Purisic Jamil Siebert, who was scored after Lecce Center, was sent off due to a foul on Nkunku
Milan will then face Lazio. Lazio is one of the biggest seed teams to be given goodbye in the opening two rounds.
Milan was not seeded this season as he finished eighth in Serie A last season. Bologna beat Milan in the Cup final last season And despite finishing ninth in the league, he won the seeds ahead of Milan.
The eighth place finish meant that Milan missed out on European competition this season. Therefore, returning coach Masimiliano Alegrie labelled the Italian Cup as a primary purpose.
Milan opened a cup play with a 2-0 victory over Bali on August 17th. Allegri was stopped in both Cup matches following an ugly explosion directed at referees in the Italian Cup final as Juventus’ manager in 2024.
After dropping the opener in Serie A, Rossonelli won three straight league games. Now they have won four consecutive matches in a row in every sport.
Lecce is in the final spot of Serie A, with 1 point from four games.
Mexican striker Gimenez scored the first goal of the season in the 20th minute after being set up by Davide Bartesagi.
Nkunku added another after the break with an acrobatic close-range effort. It was his first score since joining from Chelsea in August.
Pulisic also used one touch to redirect the cross from Youssouf Fofana minutes after getting out of the bench. It was Purisic’s third goal in two matches after a standout US assist in Milan’s victory at Udinese on Saturday.
Milan also hit woodworking three times.
Udinese and Cagliari Advance
Previously, Udinese defeated Palermo 2-1 with goals from Nicolo Zaniolo and Lennon Miller. Cagliari defeated Furosinone 4-1.
Udinese plays Juventus, while Cagliari plays Naples.
New Stadium Planning
Milan and Inter Milan announced an agreement between construction company Foster + Partners and Manica to Design on Tuesday New Stadium If the city council approves the sale of Sansilo to the club.
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