For Andriy Shevchenko’s return to San Siro, this time as a coach, Genoa traveled to AC Milan for the second round of 16 of today’s Italian Cup. Before this meeting, Atalanta and Fiorentina had already won their tickets for the quarter-finals of the competition respectively at the expense of Venezia and Napoli.
To everyone’s surprise, it was the Genoese who opened the scoring in the first period through Leo Ostigard (1-0, 17th), central defender freshly on loan from Brighton. The big rossonera domination was then felt but without the effectiveness in the last. It was not until the 74th minute to see Olivier Giroud put the two teams tied with a skylight header (1-1, 74th). The two teams were then separated during extra time. Rafael Leão, well served by Brahim Diaz, gave the advantage to his people on a center-shot from the left (2-1, 102nd). Alexis Saelemaekers sealed the Milan qualification (3-1, 112th).
