João Félix scored on his debut and Tammy Abraham netted a double against his parent club to earn Milan a 3-1 win over Roma in their Coppa Italia quarter-final at the San Siro on Wednesday.
Abraham, who joined Milan from Roma in August on a season-long loan deal, put the hosts in front with a header in the 16th minute before punishing his old teammates again three minutes before the break.
The Roma substitute Artem Dovbyk pulled one back nine minutes into the second half, before Félix came off the bench and netted in the 71st minute, two days after his arrival on loan from Chelsea. Milan, five times winners of the Coppa Italia, will meet either Inter or Lazio in a two-legged semi-final.
In Spain, a stoppage-time goal by the 20-year-old striker Gonzalo García earned Real Madrid a hard-fought 3-2 win over local rivals Leganés in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.
Luka Modric and Endrick gave Real a two-goal lead with strikes early in the first half but Juan Cruz reduced the deficit from the penalty spot in the 39th minute after a handball inside the box by Real defender Jacobo Ramón. A deflected strike from Cruz in the 59th minute levelled the match but substitute García scored the winner for Real in the 93rd minute, netting a towering header from a Brahim Díaz cross.
The defending champions Bayer Leverkusen came from 2-0 down to beat rivals Cologne 3-2 after extra time and advance to the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal.
Victor Boniface scored what proved to be the winner in the 98th minute, but only after Patrik Schick had scored his second goal of the night in the sixth minute of stoppage time to force the extra half an hour.
Damion Downs and Linton Maina had scored either side of half-time to put Cologne in control before Schick pulled one back in the 61st minute, and there was even more drama late on as Cologne had a 111st-minute equaliser chalked off by VAR for offside.
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Eight sides were in action in the Coupe de France last 16, where Ligue 1 side Nice were dealt a shock 2-1 defeat by fourth-tier Stade Briochin. Ligue 2 side Guingamp also knocked out top-flight competition, beating Toulouse 2-0, Strasbourg fell 3-1 to Ligue 1 rivals Angers and Cannes won 5-3 against SU Dives.
Source: theguardian.com
