Pato bring AC Milan to Semi Final
Alexandre Pato scored two goals in the first half as AC Milan beat Sampdoria 2-1 in the semifinals of the Italian Cup to be achieved.
The Brazilian striker opened the scoring at Luigi Ferraris stadium in 17 minutes before his second five minutes later.
Samp pulled a goal six minutes into the second half of Stefano Guberti, but the guests could not get the draw against the leaders of Serie A.
Milan's victory was thrown into a game of the semifinal against Palermo.
Milan dominated possession and deserved place. Thiago Silva headed a corner into the area of Duck and the right foot strike to beat Sampdoria goalkeeper Costa Junior.
The hosts had little time to react than doubled the advantage of Milan in the middle of the first half.
Urby Emanuelson newcomer Pato introduced into the box and hit the ball past Costa Junior 15 meters.
Samp could have reduced the deficit before the break, but the bullet holes on loan from Manchester United striker Federico Macheda from outside the region was the goalkeeper Flavio Roma AC Milan in place.
The hosts pushed aggressively in the second half and were rewarded when Massimo Maccarone nodded Guberti section.
Junior Costa then made a good effort to save 10 meters Robinho to keep his team in the game.
On the hour mark, the right foot strike from the edge of the area forced Macheda Rome to stretch to clear.
There was added drama when Antonio Cassano in the game with Milan in the 78th minute against the team he left in acrimonious circumstances during the winter holidays.
He has to threaten to score, but the long-term effort whistled work.
