Round and very convincing victory for Milan, which advances to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup with a show of strength against Sassuoloforced to play the part of sparring partner without the possibility of appeal in the 90 minutes plus injury time at San Siro. The second round of 16 of the cup ends 6-1 for the Rossoneri, who see Chukwueze score twice, the usual Reijnders, Leao, captain Calabria and finally Abraham too. A Rossoneri-tinged party.
In the pre-match Fonseca had declared his intentions to try to reach the final of the tournament and the ambitions were clearat least in intentions and ferocity, already with Sassuolo. And he also confirms in the post: “Today it was important to look at the seriousness of the team: they entered the field with attitude, with mentality. In other matches we hadn’t had this attitude. Do we have a chance of winning it? Yes. The quarterfinals will be here at San Siro, then there would be the two semi-finals. I believe we could do something important.”
His counterpart in black and green, Grosso, sees the glass decidedly emptier after the heavy punishment: “The match was difficult, the opponent showed up to bring home the qualification. There is disappointment with the result and having abandoned this Cup but the format is difficult for those coming from behind. It wasn’t our priority but we could have done better things. We’re keeping this defeat, but we’re keeping it because it’s also useful for understanding how nice it is to then reap satisfaction.”