AC Milan vs. Crotone: Winners and Losers from Coppa Italia

AC Milan progressed to the Coppa Italias 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 Crotones 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 Mihajlovics much-changed team held on for extra time.It was in this period that Milan began to assert themselves upon the away side, bringing on established starters such as Riccardo Montolivo, Giacomo Bonaventura and MBaye Niang to try to settle the contest.Both Bonaventura and Niang played an important part in ensuring Milans victory, with the former curling in a delicious free-kick before Niang tapped in to seal the result.It was far from vintage stuff, but Milan eventually achieved what was expected of them after a strong effort from a Crotone side thaton this evidencelooks more than good enough to compete in Italian footballs top tier.Here are our winners and losers from an engrossing cup clash.Begin Slideshow
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