Ambrosini gives Milan the edge

A goal in added time by midfield player Massimo Ambrosini gave AC Milan a 2-1 Italian Cup quarter-final first-leg win against AS Roma last night.
 
Tomasson opener
It was the second time in eight days that the holders had got the better of the Serie A leaders after their 2-1 league win at Roma's Stadio Olimpico last week. Milan dominated the first half and home striker Marco Borriello and Ambrosini had both gone close before Danish team-mate Jon Dahl Tomasson broke Roma's offside trap and slotted the ball past stranded goalkeeper Andrea Zotti in the 39th minute.

Carew leveller
Roma seemed to have done enough for a draw when John Carew equalised in the 78th minute, chesting down a long ball in the area before spinning and shooting past Milan keeper Dida. But Milan regained the lead in the first minute of added time when Zotti parried a Serginho cross into Ambrosini's path and he side-footed the ball into an open net.

Lazio victorious
The result leaves Roma needing to build on their away goal in the return leg on 22 January. In an earlier quarter-final, Roberto Muzzi and Dejan Stankovic scored a goal in each half to give S.S. Lazio a comfortable 2-0 win over Parma AC. AC Perugia complete the quarter-final first legs when they host Juventus FC tomorrow.