AC Milan finally secured a place in the Coppa Italia final after beating Lazio in a penalty shootout, after a 0-0 draw during normal time at the Olimpico.
Both teams are both eager to qualify for the top of the party so as to lower the order of their best players. In this time Lazio acting as host, Simone Inzaghi apply formas 3-5-1-1 with Ciro Immobile as the spearhead who sustained Luis Alberto as the attacker hole behind him.
Meanwhile, Milan who have a heavy schedule this week also still maintain their starting eleven. Gennaro Gattuso who reportedly will save Patrick Cutrone, in fact still play the top score it since the first minute. The composition of the players did not change, exactly when defeating AS Roma last week.
It took victory because of the 0-0 result in the first meeting and this time competing at home, making Lazio immediately kicked off since the first leg. Driven by Marco Parolo, Lucas Leiva, and Sergej Milinković-Savić, I Biancocelesti tried hard to dismantle a very solid Milan defense with duo Leonardo Bonucci and Alessio Romagnoli.
Lazio had to rack my brain and choose the option kick distance, but the strategy did not produce maximum results. Recorded of 21 shots performed, only 6 are on target. On the other hand Milan is more effective. Only 12 kicks to the goal they missed, and 5 of them led to the goal.
However, none of which led to goals in the Olimpico. The 90-minute score is 0-0, and when it goes into extra-time, none of the players register their names on the scoreboard. As a result, the game must proceed to the round of penalties to determine the winner.
In this round of Gianluigi Donnarumma show action. Two kick executives Lazio, Sergej and Lucas Leiva, raw in hand, then kick Luiz Felipe floated high over the ruler. Only four of the seven successful Lazio kicker goalkeeper Donnarumma. Milan, on the other hand, were on the brink of losing their first two executives, Ricardo Rodríguez and Riccardo Montolivo, finally returning to the Olimpico party thanks to Bonaventure's successes, Borini, Bonucci, Çalhanoğlu and Romagnoli completing the task.
A 4-5 penalty score for Milan's victory and they deserved to advance to the final, challenging Juventus who won 2-0 on aggregate over Atalanta. The top party will be held on May 9, 2018 at the Olimpico.