Inzaghi on target as AC Milan win
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Inzaghi's goal clinched AC Milan's last-eight cup place
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ROME, Italy -- European champions AC Milan set up an Italian Cup quarterfinal clash with AS Roma, after completing a 2-0 aggregate win over Sampdoria on Thursday.
The two teams currently top Serie A and met in the final of last season's Italian Cup, which Milan won 6-3.
Milan, who beat Sampdoria by the only goal in the first leg, broke the deadlock in the 13th minute when Filippo Inzaghi scuffed a Kakhaber Kaladze cross across the line.
Sampdoria pressed in the second half, but the closest they came to scoring was a minute from the end when reserve keeper Valerio Fiori palmed Corrado Colombo's header round the post.
Milan were joined in the last eight by Juventus, who beat Siena 2-1 earlier in the day to complete a 4-2 win on aggregate.
Juve took the lead just before halftime at the Stadio delle Alpi when Alessandro Del Piero beat the offside trap and slid the ball under keeper Marco Fortin.
Fellow Italian international Mauro Camoranesi fired in the second goal from the edge of the area in the 52nd minute.
Igor Tudor then handled which allowed Siena striker Nicola Ventola to pull one back from the penalty spot, but the visitors never looked capable of closing the deficit.
In the last eight Juventus will face Perugia, who eliminated Chievo Verona on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, Udinese followed up their 1-0 first leg win over Bologna with a comfortable 3-0 second leg victory.
The goals came from striker Carsten Jancker, defender Alessandro Pierini and a Marek Jankulovski penalty.
