In the early morning of January 14, Beijing time, the third round of the Italian Cup began to compete, AC Milan met genoa at home, and before this game, AC Milan hero Shevchenko led the team to meet the old club. AC Milan dragged the match into extra time after conceding one goal first, and in extra time they scored two goals in a row to seal the victory and finally beat their opponents 3-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.
In this match, AC Milan lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation. The goalkeeper is No. 16 Menion, the backfield four are No. 20 Kalulu, No. 46 Gabia, No. 23 Tomori and No. 19 Theo, the double-back No. 8 Tomori pairs with No. 33 Clunic, the front three are No. 30 Mesiárs, No. 27 Daniel Maldini and No. 12 Rebic, and the top is No. 9 Giroud.
In the 5th minute of the first half, Clunic's header hit the crossbar and AC Milan missed a great opportunity. In the 12th minute, Messias fired just over the crossbar at the back post. Genoa took the lead in the 16th minute when Ostigo received a corner kick from his teammate and scored it, making it 1-0. In the 30th minute, Tonari fired a long-range shot from the front and the ball was deflected off goal. In the 42nd minute, Portanova deflected the ball from close range in front of goal.
In the 68th minute, Messias nodded the ball inside the penalty area and the ball went just over the crossbar. In the 74th minute, AC Milan equalised when Te O's cross from the edge of the box was met by Giroud's header from inside the penalty area, making it 1-1. In the 79th minute Leo crossed from the flank and Giroud's header was deflected off the post. In the 88th minute Florenzi fired a long-range shot from outside the box, and the angle of the ball was too right for the opposing goalkeeper to get.
In 90 minutes, the two sides fought 1-1, and the game went to extra time. In the 103rd minute of extra time, Leo broke away from the defense on the flank and shot like a cross, and AC Milan rebounded 2-1. In the 113th minute, Theo assisted Salmales to break the goal and AC Milan changed the score to 3-1.
In the final 120 minutes of the match, AC Milan won the Genoa team 3-1 with goals from Olivier Giroud, Leo and Salemackles, winning four consecutive wins in all competitions and successfully reaching the next round of the Coppa Italia. Genoa did not win five consecutive games.