Paulo Dybala was on the score sheet when these two parties met in the December Serie A meeting, and the Argentinian came close to repeating the performance within 10 minutes, but his powerful header after a corner routine went directly to Mike Maignan .
Minutes later, attention to the Roma striker on loan to the home team, when Abraham gave Milan the lead. A Tijjani Reijnders -shot was reserved for Theo Hernandez, whose cross was met by the Englishman who planted a header in the lower corner.
The head fight went through a large part of the first half – Eldor Shomurodov and Fikayo Tomori did not succeed in holding up both ends up close before Niccolo Pisilli led an Angelino cross on the bar after half an hour.
That meant a persistent pressure of pressure for the men of Claudio Ranieri, but their efforts to find an equalizer before the break, were shaken when Milan caught them on the break.
Hernandez was again the provider by playing in Abraham, who sent his eighth strike in all matches in the past Mile Svilar.
Svilar did better within minutes after the restart, told a Kyle Walker header over the bar and denied the full-back its first goal in Italy.
Walker's happiness remained shortly after his deflection in the center of Angelino distracted the ball to the path of Artem Dovbyk, who tapped home to reduce the shortage within 10 minutes after the turnout.
In response, Milan had twice the parts of their fans, only to realize that Hernandez's free kick was just widely flashed and a tidy Alex Jimenez finish was not allowed for offside.
But where Jimenez failed, debutants Santiago Gimenez and Felix succeeded within the last 20 minutes – Felix defeated the offside trap when Gimenez threw the ball through and the Portuguese lifted the ball over the advancing Svilar.
I thought Giallorossi thought they had closed the gap within minutes when Reijnders changed the ball into his own net, but Var saved his blush and saw an offside against Dovbyk in the structure.
An 11th consecutive home game unbeaten for Sergio Conukicao's side retains hope for just a second Coppa Italia title since the 1970s and ends Roma's undefeated run in domestic competitions.
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