With a slight advantage in hand after winning the first leg, AC Milan will hope to seal their spot in the Coppa Italia final as they welcome lower-tier side Alessandria to the Stadio San Siro on Tuesday evening. Given that this is the second consecutive season sans continental football for the Rossoneri, the club have thrown all their efforts into winning the domestic cup as an alternative route back into Europe.
AC Milan
Milan will be coming into this game having earned a hard-fought win over Torino, which extends their unbeaten run to nine matches in the league since losing in their first game of 2016. If one were to include their two Coppa Italia wins this year, this solid patch of results extends to 11 across all competitions.
Siniša Mihajlovic's side, who presently sit in sixth place, are just one point behind cross-town rivals Inter and a Europa League spot for the 2016/2017 campaign and will be hoping to secure a berth in the Coppa Italia final for the first time in 13 seasons.
Should they manage to clinch this season's Coppa Italia, it will be the first silverware for Milan since winning the Supercoppa Italiana in 2011, at the start of the 2011/2012 season. Still, despite the fact that they are facing Alessandria, a team playing in the third level, the hosts did not find the first leg as easy as fans would have expected. In fact, it took a penalty from Mario Balotelli in the second half to settle things and Mihajlovic will expect his men to put in a much better shift in front of their home crowd.
In terms of personnel, the team will still have the same players - Diego Lopez, Rodrigo Ely, Philippe Mexes and Luiz Adriano out due to injury, and young French striker M'Baye Niang recently was involved in a car accident, ruling him out for this game and potentially quite some time. Due to the absence of Niang, top goal-scorer Carlos Bacca could be accompanied in attack with Balotelli, who made a late sub appearance this past weekend against the Granata, or the Italian international could be paired with Jeremy Menez, who has only started to play following a long injury lay-off.
Alessandria
Although the visitors are currently featuring in the third tier, Angelo Gregucci's side are in the semi-finals through sheer grit and determination. They successfully saw off other Serie A sides like Palermo and Genoa as well as another fellow surprise package - Serie B outfit Spezia - to get to this juncture, and will be hoping to spring a shock upset as they arrive at the San Siro for the first time in nearly eight decades.
The last time Alessandria arrived in Milan, they were thrashed 4-0 in a match that took place well before any of tomorrow's players, coaches, and the vast majority of viewing fans were even born. And having won just one out of their past seven games across all competitions, the visitors will be keen on righting their own wobbly ship.
However, there will be some concerns, especially considering that they will be coming into this match having lost against play-off rivals Bassano over the weekend and have won just one out of their past six games across all competitions.
In defeating Genoa earlier this season, the Grigi became the first team from the third tier to reach the quarter-finals since Bari achieved this in the 1983/1984 season. And should they take it one step further and make it the final, it will be a long time coming. The last time Alessandria featured in a Coppa Italia final - which to date, also happens to be their first - was back in 1936, when they were defeated by Torino 5-1 on June 11th.
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One of these two sides will be making their first appearance in a Coppa Italia final for quite some time. Milan will be seeking to lift the trophy to give their fans something to cheer about after a difficult past few campaigns, whilst Alessandria will hope to make their Cinderella story last just a little bit longer.
All in all, this could be an interesting one to watch, but if you are too far away to make it to the San Siro to catch this Tuesday evening fixture live, no worries. LiveSoccerTV.com has options to view this match via your TV, computer, phone, or tablet.
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