Bologna have crushed Milan to win their third Coppa Italia trophy, after 1970 and 1974, because of a Dan Ndoye strike within the Closing.
The Rossoneri final gained this trophy in 2003, whereas it was the Rossoblu’s first Closing in 51 years, but it surely was additionally treasured for guaranteeing Europa League qualification.
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Santiago Castro, Ndoye and Emil Holm returned to the beginning XI, with Giovanni Fabbian most well-liked to Jens Odgaard, leaving Martin Erlic and Estanis Pedrola on the therapy desk. Youssouf Fofana and Rafael Leao have been again within the line-up, with solely Riccardo Sottil and Warren Bondo injured for the showdown on
Bizarrely, these groups already , Milan rising 3-1 winners at San Siro.
ROME, ITALY – MAY 14: Basic view contained in the stadium as followers of Bologna show a tifo previous to the Coppa Italia Closing match between AC Milan and Bologna at Stadio Olimpico on Might 14, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Marco Rosi/Getty Photographs)
Inside three minutes, Rafael Leao had turned Jhon Lucumi inside out to tug again from the by-line, however Alex Jimenez might solely hearth over from six yards beneath strain.
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Mike Maignan got here flying off his line to smother on the toes of Riccardo Orsolini, regardless of the very tight offside name, whereas Maignan received all the way down to palm the Castro glancing header off the road.
ROME, ITALY – MAY 14: Matteo Gabbia of AC Milan wins a header throughout the Coppa Italia Closing match between AC Milan and Bologna at Stadio Olimpico on Might 14, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photographs)
Lukasz Skorupski wanted sensational reactions to parry each the deflected Alex Jimenez cross off Sam Beukema and the Luka Jovic rebound from point-blank vary.
Maignan smothered a Holm header on a nook and Milan instantly countered, Lewis Ferguson booked for bringing down Rafael Leao, getting his nostril by accident smashed within the course of. Moments later, the Rossoneri have been livid after they felt Ferguson ought to’ve acquired a second yellow card for his coming along with Christian Pulisic, however the resolution went towards them, and the American was booked as an alternative for dissent.
epa12100691 Milan’s Strahinja Pavlovic (L) in motion throughout the Italian Cup closing soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna FC in Rome, Italy, 14 Might 2025. EPA-EFE/Riccardo Antimiani
After the restart, Leao squirmed away from Holm to roll throughout for Jovic, intercepted crucially by Lucumi, but it surely was Bologna who took the lead.
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Orsolini sprung the offside lure on a by ball and was tackled by Theo Hernandez, but it surely fell to Ndoye who managed to manage and smash into the online from 11 yards to open the scoring.
When these groups confronted off in Serie A on Friday, Bologna had additionally taken the lead, just for Milan to show it round after shifting to a four-man defence. Sergio Conceicao made comparable modifications right here, introducing Santiago Gimenez, Kyle Walker and Joao Felix.
Fofana surged ahead solely to over-hit the move for Jovic, who hit the side-netting, whereas Joao Felix horribly scuffed his end on the Tijjani Reijnders pull-back, then Santiago Gimenez did the identical on the Theo Hernandez help.
Ndoye drilled large from a promising place, however Milan didn’t do sufficient to get again into the sport and proceed their file of being the membership with essentially the most Coppa Italia runner-up medals, this being their tenth.
Milan 0-1 Bologna
Ndoye 53 (B)
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