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Understrength Milan pay the price


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ROME, Italy -- AC Milan's hopes of winning three trophies this season were ended after they were unceremoniously dumped out of the Italian Cup 6-4 on aggregate by Udinese on Wednesday.

Milan are through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and are joint-leaders of Serie A.

But a second-string side failed to get the better of an Udinese team that dominated the match from start to finish to overturn a 3-1 rst leg deficit.

Udinese now play Roma, who booked their place in the last four earlier in the day by beating Fiorentina 7-6 min a penalty shoot-out.

Two clinical finishes from Vincenzo Iaquinta and Stefano Mauri put Udinese in control at the Friuli stadium before Jon Dahl Tomasson replied for the visitors 13 minutes from time to keep the tie alive.

But Milan's Georgian defender Kakha Kaladze needlessly brought down David Pizarro in the box to concede a penalty which David Di Michele converted before another Mauri strike in stoppage-time completed a convincing home win.

Nine-man Roma triumphed on spot kicks after a 1-1 aggregate stalemate to clinch a place in the last four.

Roma defender Matteo Ferrari scored the only goal of the night in regulation time, putting through his own net in the 12th minute.

Ferrari was later sent off before his Roma team-mate Daniele De Rossi joined him for an early bath in Florence.

Fiorentina won the second leg of their quarterfinal tie 1-0 over the 90 minutes to level the aggregate score and extra-time failed to separate the sides.

Victory for Roma kept alive their disappointing season and meant a 'winning' start for Bruno Conti, who took charge of the ailing Serie A club on Monday following the resignation of Luigi Del Neri.

Conti was a member of the Italy team that won the 1982 World Cup which was captained by Fiorentina coach Dino Zoff.

On Thursday, Sampdoria will be looking to claw back a 2-0 deficit when they host Sardinian side Cagliari. The winner of that match will meet Inter Milan in the last four.


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