LIVE: Italian Cup Final
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Ema Giulianelli
PM: Paolo Maldini
ZZ: Zinedine Zidane
ZZ: Hello and welcome to today's Italian Cup Final between Uwe Rösler's A.C. Milan and Giampiero Ventura's Torino. Here are the lineups for today's game at Roma's Stadio Olimpico:
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EG: Yes, thank you Zinedine up in the studio, but out here the players are lining up in the tunnel.
PM: It's so important this game because it sets Rösler off on a great start to his career in Italy. To Torino, it's not as important for Ventura who is entering his fifth year in charge of
Toro.
EG: Absolutely, no doubt Rösler will be playing his trademark 'heavy metal football' today, full of pressing and organisation on the opposition players.
PM: It's brilliant to see some change in style of play over here. It's understandable with the climate in Italy it's not always possible to play at 100% all 90 minutes. Rösler's 'heavy metal' style will definitely shock a few teams next season.
EG: It's so important for Milan and Rösler to win today as it sends them into European competition - something Milan have missed for two years running.
PM: Definitely, but that's enough now, the teams are out and the Italian Cup Final is about to begin, and it's all live here on Sky Sports Italia!
1': The teams are in position, and it's Torino's Ishak Belfodil to get us started here.
18': Tsepo Masilela will take the throw-in for Torino. Achraf Lazaar plays it back to his left-back Masilela. The South African finds fellow African Kevin-Prince Boateng in the middle. A pass from Benassi is kicked out wide left, Yarmolenko and Campbell go and chase after it - Andriy Yarmolenko wins the battle and takes the ball away. Here is the competitions top scorer Kramaric, signed from Leicester in January. He battles with Acerbi and remains in possession of the ball. Kramaric turns past Milanovic and shoots! Parried towards Sofiane Feghouli's feet!
GOAL! Sofiane Feghouli puts A.C. Milan in front after just over a third of the first-half played! 1-0 to Rösler's A.C. Milan!
A.C. Milan (Feghouli 18) 1 - 0 Torino
21': Padelli boots it forward from the goal-kick. Alex heads it straight to Torino's Benassi. Joel Campbell finds Boateng in on goal! What a block from Adil Rami! Out for a corner after a piece of magnificent defending from Rami! Alex heads away a Benassi corner.
31': Montolivo wins the ball in his own half - looking to set up a counter-attack here. Keisuke Honda flies a ball over to the right and it finds Feghouli's run! Sofiane Feghouli runs in towards goal! Feghouli!!!
GOAL! Another smasher from Sofiane Feghouli! That man is on fire today! He makes it 2-0 to A.C. Milan! Great ball from Honda as well!
A.C. Milan (Feghouli 31) 2 - 0 Torino
34': De Sciglio heads a Padelli goal-kick to Kramaric. Kramaric weaves past two of Torino's midfielders. He now finds himself bearing down on goal, Acerbi blocks his path so he cuts across... He fires a shot goalwards! Wide.
44': Abate throws it down the line to Kramaric who's been heavily involved in all Milan's attacks today. Feghouli's inside the box just. He posts the ball through Masilela's legs to find Kramaric who's heading to the byline. He fires a shot! Saved! Hits the head of Feghouli! Hits the bar! Yarmolenko now surely! Picked up by Padelli! Nail-biting moment for Torino there!
45': Gyomber to throw it down Torino's right wing. Belfodil tries to lay off Benassi but Honda runs in to gather the ball in a dangerous area. Kramaric makes a surging run towards goal! Kramaric hits it! Tipped onto the bar by Padelli! Gyomber puts it out for the corner.
HALF-TIME
A.C. Milan 2 - 0 Torino
46': Kramaric kicks the second half off for A.C. Milan.
53': Ignazio Abate is looking for options from this throw-in. Kramaric is the chosen option on the right wing. Acerbi tackles and finds the Algerian Belfofil. Kevin-Prince Boateng spots the gap in the defence, Christian Stuani makes the run, he's latched onto the ball and he's one-on-one with López!
GOAL! Torino have pulled one back! It's game on here at the Stadio Olimpico! 37 minutes to win back this game for
Toro!
A.C. Milan 2 - 1 (Stuani 53) Torino
56': Montolivo finds Honda to his left. Kramaric is once again on the ball for A.C. Milan in the final third. He bursts past Acerbi and Milanovic and fires a shot on target! Saved! Padelli has got down well to stop that.
70': Hirving Lozano comes on for Sofiane Feghouli who's played wonderfully today.
81': Gyomber to take a throw-in in dangerous territory here. Campbell is tackled but it falls for Gyomber again. He sends in a floating cross into the six-yard box, Stuani gets his head on it!
GOAL! Torino have pulled it back in the final! What a story! It's Cristhian Stuani once again! It's all level here!
A.C. Milan 2 - 2 (Stuani 81) Torino
86': Gyomber takes the free-kick for Torino in his own half. Campbell now back to Acerbi. Larrondo tries find Stuani but is tackled by Nigel de Jong before he can do so. Abate now has it. Hirving Lozano cuts inside with the ball at his feet. A great display of agility from Lozano! He gets to the edge of the box and now it's Yarmolenko! Hits it! Corner. Joel Campbell hoofs it as far as he can away from the goal.
END OF 90 MINUTES
A.C. Milan 2 -2 Torino
91': Torino restarts the game for us in the Stadio Olimpico.
97': López with the free-kick for Milan. Launches a high, searching ball into the Torino box. Kramaric gets hold of it. Vives tackles the Croat. Abate has the ball from the clearance, Honda now. A ball flies over Masilela's head to Abate. Hirving Lozano drills a ball in low into the six-yard box! Kramaric is there! It hits his heel and finds the net!
GOAL! Kramaric scores! He's deserved that all game has the boy! It's gone in off his heel! Milan take the lead again! 3-2!
A.C. Milan (Kramaric 97) 3 - 2 Torino
105': A ball floats in from the corner... Larrondo is there!
GOAL! Larrondo has pulled it back for Torino once again! Another bullet header from a Torino head! It's level again!
A.C. Milan 3 - 3 (Larrondo 105) Torino
HALF-TIME IN EXTRA-TIME
A.C. Milan 3 - 3 Torino
110': Gyomber wins the header and Boateng clears further towards Alex. Knocked down to Montolivo by the Brazilian. Montolivo flies a ball over to Abate, he drills the ball in at knee-height! Kramaric is there!
GOAL! Kramaric volleys it in! Milan take the lead for what should be the final time! That must be it now! It's 4-3!
A.C. Milan (Kramaric 110) 4 - 3 Torino
118': De Sciglio wins the ball off Stuani in his own box. A triangle is played, going from De Sciglio, to Alex, then to de Jong. Yarmolenko is found by the Dutch midfielder. Honda here. Plays it to Kramaric at knee-height again. Hirving is in tonnes of space out right. He meets Masilela on the edge of the box but Kramaric's run is found!
GOAL! Kramaric has won the Cup for Milan! That's completed his hat-trick! What a performance from that boy! No doubt he is in Rösler's plans next season! Brilliant interplay from Lozano and Kramaric!
A.C. Milan (Kramaric 118) 5 - 3 Torino
120': Yarmolenko heads the ball down for Kramaric. Boateng tackles and now Padelli has possession. It's a shocking kick out from the keeper and Honda heads it down for Yarmolenko. The Ukrainian plays a one-two with Montolivo, he spreads the play to Hirving Lozano who's cut inside here. He shields the ball from both Torino's centre-backs...
GOAL! Lozano has completely finished off Torino here. No coming back for
Toro now! They've just given into Rösler's expectations of Milan and they've been torn apart. Milan will be playing in the Europa League next season.
A.C. Milan (Lozano 120) 6 - 3 Torino
121': Padelli hoofs the ball up from the goal-kick and that's it! Rösler earns his first piece of silverware for the San Siro club! What an achievement for the German mastermind!
FULL-TIME
A.C. Milan 6 - 3 Torino
