During their Coppa Italia quarter-final fixture AC Milan and Roma will attempt to recover from their Serie A difficulties as they fight for a place in the semi-final stage on Wednesday.
The soccer match between AC Milan and Roma brings together these teams following their intense games with breathless finishes from the weekend.
Following their thrilling encounter in Riyadh a month earlier AC Milan and local rivals Inter Milan completed a standard Derby della Madonnina match on Sunday as the Rossoneri tried to place their third victory over Inter in the current season.
The team managed by Sergio Conceicao performed admirably by preserving their lead which Tijjani Reijnders scored late in stoppage time but Stefan de Vrij produced a dramatic final-minute equalizer.
A 16-point gap between Milan and second-place Inter at present puts the Rossoneri eighth in Serie A standings while they fight to achieve European competition during their uneven season.
After their winning performance at the Supercoppa Italiana final Mila faces their season in the national Italian cup with the determination to enhance their unsatisfactory cup record.
The Lombardy club won the Coppa Italia in 1999 for the first time in 50 years yet their most recent victory occurred twenty-two years ago after losing to Atalanta BC in the quarter-finals.
The competition started at the last-16 stage for this team because they prioritized Champions League matches which recently forced them into the playoffs as well as Samuel Chukwueze scored two goals during their 6-1 victory against Sassuolo in December.
Milan (24) and Roma (22) have advanced to the semifinals more frequently than any other club after Juventus and Inter. The second-city team won their most recent match at this stage, defeating the other team 2-1 in both legs back in 2004.
Although Roma defeated the Rossoneri in their most recent Coppa match, which was contested eighteen years ago, the capital club hasn't advanced past the quarterfinals since 2017.
Reijnders scored the first goal before Paulo Dybala equalized at San Siro as the Giallorossi held Milan to a 1-1 league draw at the end of the previous season.
Claudio Ranieri, who took over his boyhood club amid upheaval on and off the field, launched a renaissance that included that outcome. Thanks to some better results, they managed to move up to ninth place before defeating Eintracht Frankfurt to go to the Europa League.
When Serie A leaders Napoli visited Stadio Olimpico for the Derby del Sole on Sunday, Roma's newly discovered fortitude was really put to the test.
Leonardo Spinazzola, their former full-back, put the Partenopei on course for an eighth consecutive victory against his previous team, but Angelino stormed into the box and scored a late equalizer as time was running out.
Despite only winning once on the road this season, Ranieri's team has now gone undefeated in seven Serie A games after dropping seven of the previous nine.
