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120' +1
One minute of stoppage time.
FULL-TIME: AC MILAN 4-2 TORINO
120'
Another Torino cross comes in, and Donnarumma claims it. He falls on the ball to make sure, killing a little bit more time.
118'
The referee slips over at the edge of the Torino area. Always enjoyable.
Laxalt lifts a cross in from the left byline, but Izzo can't connect properly with his volley and it bounces over the bar.
117'
Hernandez crosses from the left. It floats all the way over to Castillejo at the far side of the area and the Spaniard shapes for a left-footed volley back across goal. He doesn't make a clean connection, and the ball spins straight up in the air before being cleared.
116'
Into the final five minutes now, and Milan are happy enough to keep hold of the ball and count the seconds down.
113'
Torino need to come up with something quickly. Lyanco attempts a first-time shot from range but it's an unconvincing side-foot, and it's blocked straight away anyway.
112'
Lyanco enters the game and replaces T. Rincón.
D. Laxalt enters the game and replaces L. De Silvestri.
Double change for Torino - Lyanco replaces Rincon.
Laxalt finally comes on, in place of De Silvestri.
111'
Z. Ibrahimović gets yellow.
Yellow card Zlatan Ibrahimović
110'
This game was still firmly in the balance just four minutes ago. It isn't any longer.
108'
Z. Ibrahimović has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by Rafael Leão.
GOOOALL! IBRAHIMOVIC GETS HIS GOAL, THAT'S 4-2! Torino have let the game slip from their grasp here. Throwing men forward, Castillejo gets at them down the right and finds Leao in the area. He controls it and tees up Ibrahimovic, who sidefoots a simple finish into the top-right corner.
Leao gets a deserved assist, he's been excellent since coming on.
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106'
H. Çalhanoğlu has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by F. Kessié.
GOOOALLLL! 3-2 MILAN, CALHANOGLU AGAIN! He gets in behind down the left and unleashes a searing left-footed shot across goal and into the far bottom corner. Sirigu got a touch, but he could only help it on its way.
Kessie, on the pitch for less than a minute, was the man to set Calhanoglu through on goal.
105' +2
HALF-TIME: AC MILAN 2-2 TORINO
105'
F. Kessié enters the game and replaces A. Rebić.
Belotti feeds Millico in space on the left. He comes infield and looks to bend a right-footed shot inside the far post, but Kjaer gets a vital block in.
One minute of stoppage time.
Milan make another change, Kessie coming on for Rebic.
We're off again. 15 minutes to settle it, or it's on to penalties.
104'
Laxalt is being readied for Torino.
102'
Romagnoli tries a long ball forward to Leao. From halfway inside his own half to the edge of the Torino area, it's a laser-guided pass, but Leao is crowded out and can't bring it down.
100'
Bennacer rushes a corner and wastes it completely, essentially passing it to a Torino player at the corner of the area. Torino look confused to get the ball back so easily and take their time passing out out, but De Silvestri is eventually fouled in midfield.
98'
Mazzarri has just been booked on the touchline for complaining about a free-kick.
96'
Rebic crosses from the left. Castillejo gets over to head it back across goal, but there's no Milan player anywhere near and Torino can take their time working it clear.
94'
Verdi bends the free-kick in towards the far post, but Donnarumma is on hand to tip it over for a corner. He punches that clear too.
93'
A. Conti gets yellow.
Conti sees yellow for stepping across Verdi and bringing him down on the left. Verdi did him with some very quick feet, feinting right and bursting left.
92'
Milan get an early corner on the right, as Bennacer looks for Ibrahimovic and Izzo puts it behind.
90' +6
FULL-TIME: AC MILAN 2-2 TORINO
90' +3
Three minutes of stoppage time still to play. Will these teams go for the win, or settle for extra time?
90' +1
H. Çalhanoğlu has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by Samu Castillejo.
Five minutes of stoppage time!
Castillejo gets the assist, keeping his head and teeing up Calhanoglu for the shot.
GOOOALLL! 2-2! CALHANOGLU OFF THE BENCH! A long throw comes in from the left, it bounces through to Castillejo who plays it back to Calhanoglu at the edge of the area. He fires a powerful right-footed area which flies into the top-left corner, with a nasty deflection off fellow substitute Djidji.
90'
V. Millico enters the game and replaces Álex Berenguer.
Torino kill a few more seconds with a sub, as Berenguer walks off incredibly slowly to be replaced by Millico.
We're back underway in extra-time. Milan were on top for the last few minutes, can they build up that pressure again?
89'
Milan are just hitting hopeful balls forward now. They're running out of ideas.
87'
Hernandez crosses from the left, but neither Rebic nor Castillejo can get a touch to it and it squirms out for a throw-in on the other side. Torino are almost there.
86'
Verdi steps between two Milan midfielders and bursts down the left, but his final cross is overhit. There was a man at the back post if he'd got his head up for a look, but he opted to play it into an area instead of picking out a target.
85'
Rebic crosses deep from the left, but Castillejo can't reach his leg up high enough to bring the ball down and it spins out for a goal kick. Milan are huffing and puffing, but that last bit of quality just hasn't been there.
84'
Rebic and Hernandez combine to fire in a cross from the left, which just evades Leao. Castillejo then hooks a ball in from the other side, but Izzo puts off Ibrahimovic enough to cause him to mess up the header.
82'
K. Djidji enters the game and replaces Bremer.
H. Çalhanoğlu enters the game and replaces R. Krunić.
Third and final change for Milan. Calhanoglu comes on for Krunic.
Mazzarri makes his first switch, as unstoppable goalscoring machine Bremer is replaced by Djidji.
81'
Ibrahimovic has his first sight of goal, but he probably shouldn't take it. He shoots first time with passing options around him, and scuffs a shot across goal and well wide from 25 yards.
79'
Torino break from the corner. Belotti brings the ball down the left and tees up Aina, 20 yards out. He aims right-footed for the bottom-left corner, but his well-struck shot fizzes wide of the near post.
78'
Another Milan corner is cleared. Again it's in towards Romagnoli, but he can't rise high enough this time.
77'
Leao is involved straight away as he almost works a shooting angle at the edge of the area. He decides against it and the ball is worked to Castillejo on the right, whose cross is deflected straight to Sirigu. He appeals for a handball, but there's nothing given.
76'
Rafael Leão enters the game and replaces G. Bonaventura.
Pioli makes his second attacking change of the night, Leao coming on for the goalscorer Bonaventura.
75'
Berenguer and Verdi combine from the free-kick as it's taken short. Berenguer gets into the penalty area and looks to bend a right-footed shot from a tight angle, but he gets it all wrong and it flies across goal and wide.
74'
R. Krunić gets yellow.
Krunic is booked for bundling Verdi to the ground. Torino have a free-kick by the left corner of the penalty area.
71'
Bremer has scored a goal for Torino! Assist by O. Aina.
GOOOALLL! TORINO LEAD, BREMER AT THE DOUBLE! Aina was Torino's best player in the first half. He's been quiet so far in the second but he delivers a killer ball, picking the ball up on the left, working it onto his right and putting in a superb cross for Bremer to glance inside the back post from six yards. Nobody tracked him.
Aina gets an assist with a lovely right-footed cross from the left.
69'
The game has really opened up in the last 15 minutes or so, both teams committing men forward in greater numbers. It's difficult to call who gets the next goal; both teams are threatening in flashes but neither sustaining much pressure.
67'
Verdi picks the ball up at the right corner of the Milan area and looks to bend a left-footed shot, but it's immediately blocked.
65'
Z. Ibrahimović enters the game and replaces K. Piątek.
Piatek is off, perhaps for the last time in a Milan shirt, and Ibrahimovic is on.
64'
Belotti looks to lift a pass in behind for Berenguer, as Torino break quickly. It hits a Milan defender and Belotti wants a free-kick for handball at the edge of the area, but nothing is given.
63'
Ibrahimovic is being readied on the touchline. Piatek hasn't completed a pass since half-time, so it wouldn't be surprising to see him make way. He's been getting into aread but not getting on the end of passes.
61'
Rincon attempts a long ball forward for Belotti from the halfway line, but it flies over his head and bounces through to Donnarumma.
59'
Castillejo sets Rebic in behind down the right. He pulls it toward Piatek, but Izzo is on hand to hoof it clear.
58'
Aina gets back to deny Castillejo with a slide tackle, the ball going behind. He doesn't get the ball and it cannons behind off Castillejo, so you'd imagine either a free-kick or a goal kick is coming. Corner.
The corner reaches Romagnoli, but his header flashes over the bar from the middle of the penalty area.
57'
Belotti is indeed back on, though he is still hobbling a little bit.
56'
Belotti goes down in some pain, after seemingly taking a kick in the back of the ankle from Romagnoli. He gets back up after a moment or two of complaining.
53'
S. Kjær gets yellow.
Kjaer is booked for a bad sliding challenge on Berenguer.
Torino came out of the blocks pretty quickly in the first half, but they're feeling their way into things a bit more in the second. Berenguer gets behind down the left and Kjaer comes flying out, sliding through him and conceding a free-kick by the left corner flag.
51'
The ball sits up nicely for Krunic outside the area, to the right of centre. It's a similar position to where he fired wildly over the bar from in the first half and, true to form, he fires wildly over the bar.
48'
Milan get a free-kick in midfield as Belotti inadvertently elbows Bennacer in the face. He had his arms up as he went up for a header and caught him, rather than it looking like anything malicious.
47'
Castillejo comes down the right and pulls off a nice turn to hold off two defenders at the corner of the penalty area. He can't find a ball in or room to shoot, but he plays the ball back into midfield and Milan retain possession.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: AC MILAN 1-1 TORINO
45'
Bennacer puts Conti under unnecessary pressure with a high ball across defence, but he deals with it well, heading calmly back to Donnarumma.
We're back underway, as Milan get the ball rolling for the second half.
42'
Milan get a free-kick some 30 yards from goal, slightly to the right of centre. Bennacer looks to lift it towards Piatek to knock back from the byline, but the set-piece is slightly overhit and it bounces behind for a goal kick.
40'
Another decent chance comes Rebic's way. He shoots from close range in the area, but there's a block and a save and it dribbles behind for a corner.
39'
Milan look to have had the wind taken out of their sails by that equaliser. They weren't exactly all over Torino, but they would have been satisfied with a 1-0 lead well earned at half-time. Krunic comes forward down the right and shoots from range, but it flies some distance high and wide.
37'
A. Rebić gets yellow.
A. Izzo gets yellow.
Rebic is booked after swinging an elbow at Izzo in midfield, reacting to some close defensive attention.
Izzo is booked as well for holding onto Rebic in midfield.
36'
Rebic should have scored at the other end, and Torino punished him straight away.
34'
Bremer has scored a goal for Torino! Assist by S. Verdi.
GOOOAAALL! Torino equalise, Bremer out of nowhere! Verdi plays a delicious first-time pass over the top for the marauding defender down the right. He looks to have delayed the shot perfectly, waiting for Donnarumma to go down before lifting it over him - but he slides it calmly under the keeper instead. Lovely goal.
Verdi gets a beautiful assist, a lovely chipped one-two over the defence.
33'
Hernandez delivers a good ball through the legs of a defender from the left, but Nkoulou is ahead of Piatek to put it behind.
32'
Torino build an attack through the middle, with Lukic and Belotti involved. Di Silvresti is in space on the right, but they don't use him and the move doesn't really go anywhere.
30'
T. Hernández gets yellow.
Hernandez is booked for a heavy tackle on Rincon.
29'
Milan get a little lucky as a Torino cross from the left drops kindly for Romagnoli, and his attempted clearance deflects behind off Belotti.
28'
Bremer heads Castillejo's corner clear. Aina, who has started this game very well indeed, pulls off some slick footwork to work the ball properly clear of danger, before exchanging passes with Lukic and winning a throw-in in the Milan half. Good play from Torino's best performer so far.
27'
The corner is cleared but the ball comes back in from the left, and Aina has to be alert at the far post to turn it behind again.
26'
Two Torino defenders fail to clear the ball properly and Hernandez pounces, winning a corner as he spanks a cross against a defender from the byline. Sirigu is furious with his defence for not getting it away.
25'
A big round of applause goes round the stadium on 24 minutes for Kobe Bryant. The ball comes to Castillejo at the right corner of the area. He slows to walking space before darting to his left and firing low towards the near post, and Sirigu does well to tip it round the corner.
24'
Berenguer and Hernandez do battle at the corner of the Milan penalty area. Berenguer wants a penalty as he goes down under pressure, but a free-kick goes against him for handball.
22'
T. Rincón gets yellow.
Berenguer gets in behind down the left and looks to pull a low ball back for Belotti, but Romagnoli gets ahead of him to swipe the ball clear.
Rincon gets the first yellow card of the night for impeding Krunic.
21'
Torino have taken a foothold in the game in the last five minutes or so. They're seeing a lot more of the ball, and seem to have a bit more patience about themselves than they did in the opening stages.
19'
The ball breaks for Aina by the left byline. Unable to find an angle for a cross, he goes back to Berenguer at the edge of the area but Milan shepherd him away from danger and win the ball back.
18'
The corner is delivered straight in the second time around, and Kjaer rises to head it clear at the far corner of the six-yard box.
17'
Belotti wins Torino's first corner of the night, hitting a cross straight into Romagnoli from the right. It's taken short to Berenguer, and his cross is put straight behind for another.
16'
Milan are good value for their early lead. Possession has been fairly even, but they've looked more likely to do something with it in the opening stages.
15'
Aina delivers another decent cross from the left, but this time Kjaer is positioned well to power a header clear.
12'
G. Bonaventura has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by A. Rebić.
GOOOAAL! Milan lead 1-0, it's Bonaventura who pops up with the finish! It's a good move from the hosts. Castillejo robs Verdi just inside the centre circle and feeds Rebic down the left. He does a quick stepover to buy himself a yard of space and drills a low cross in from the edge of the area, with Bonaventura turning it home at the back post.
Rebic does well for the assist, working a bit of space for himself and putting it on a plate for Bonaventura.
11'
Castillejo does deliver the free-kick left-footed and it's a good ball. Piatek tries to meet it at the far post but ends up sprawling over Aina and missing the ball. Milan win a corner, which is cleared.
10'
Hernandez wins a free-kick on the left after being pushed to the ground by Verdi. Castillejo looks to be the man to swing it in from close to the touchline.
9'
Piatek and Rebic have a two-on-two break down the left, but the former's pass is easily picked up by a covering defender.
8'
Hernandez gets a warm round of applause for shepherding Verdi out for a Milan goal kick.
7'
Another opportunity for the hosts! Hernandez bursts forwards brilliantly from left-back, exchangng a one-two with Rebic as he drives down the channel. He gets in behind and pulls the ball back towards Piatek from the byline, but it's straight to a Torino defender.
5'
Now Berenguer is offside at the other end, after Izzo had lumped a ball over the top for him to chase.
3'
Rebic is flagged offside as a ball breaks to him just past the centre circle.
2'
Aina delivers a good ball in from the left, along the line of the six-yard box. There are a couple of Torino players lurking in the area, but Romagnoli gets it clear.
1'
We're off and running! Torino get the ball rolling and immediately fire a ball forwards down the right, but it goes out of play by the corner flag.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Coppa Italia quarter-final, as Stefano Pioli’s AC Milan host Walter Mazzarri’s Torino at San Siro.
These two sides might be in mid-table in Serie A, but a win here tonight would put them into the last four – and within touching distance of silverware.
AC MILAN (4-4-2): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Andrea Conti, Simon Kjaer, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Samu Castillejo, Ismael Bennacer, Rade Krunic, Giacomo Bonaventura; Ante Rebic, Krzysztof Piatek.
SUBS: Asmir Begovic, Hakan Calhanoglu, Matteo Gabbia, Davide Calabria, Antonio Donnarumma, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Suso, Lucas Paqueta, Franck Kessie, Rafael Leao.
TORINO (3-4-1-2): Salvatore Sirigu; Armando Izzo, Nicolas Nkoulou, Gleison Bremer; Lorenzo De Silvestri, Tomas Rincon, Sasa Lukic, Ola Aina; Simone Verdi; Alex Berenguer, Andrea Belotti.
SUBS: Antonio Rosati, Samir Ujkani, Wilfried Stephane Singo, Diego Laxalt, Vincenzo Millico, Koffi Djidji, Michel Ndary Adopo, Lyanco.
The teams are on their way out of the tunnel, and we’re almost ready to start. The two sides are wearing black armbands in memory of the late Kobe Bryant tonight, with a tribute in the stadium ahead of kick-off.
But, speaking of taking your chances, you'd have to imagine Ibrahimovic is itching to get involved. Rebic has played well, finishing aside, but Piatek hasn't been hugely involved - only Donnarumma has played fewer passes than him for Milan, and he hasn't had a shot yet.
Well! After a generally pretty good performance, Milan looked dead and buried but Calhanoglu stepped up at the end with a good strike and a kind deflection. Bremer's unexpected double, one a run and finish from nowhere and the other a flicked header from close range, had turned the game around following Bonaventura's early opener. Milan had chances throughout but the best fell to substitute Ibrahimovic at the death, the big Swede side-footing over the bar from close range after good work from Leao. 30 more minutes!
It's been entertaining again, and both sides have had good chances. Sirigu has saved well from Calhanoglu and Hernandez, while Aina drew a good stop from Donnarumma at the other end.
There won't be a Turin derby in the semi-final, as it had looked until the dying moments of normal time. Milan go through to face Juventus with the first leg on February 12, and the second on March 4. Fiorentina and Inter play tomorrow for the chance to face Napoli in the other semi.
That's it from me here tonight. Until the next time, arrivederci!
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