AC Milan progressed to the Coppa Italia’s round of 16 with a surprisingly difficult 3-1 extra time victory over Crotone on Tuesday night.
Milan were made to work hard for their win by the visitors, who lie second in Serie B as it stands and, entering the game, had only lost one of their previous 14 matches in all competitions.
After going 1-0 up through Luiz Adriano at the start of the second half, Milan were pegged back by Ante Budimir, who struck Crotone’s equaliser with a quarter of an hour to go in normal time.
The underdogs fashioned some good chances and even had a penalty shout turned down, but Sinisa Mihajlovic’s much-changed team held on for extra time.