Faced with a more aggressive Milanisti, the Romans held on before opening the scoring through Gianluca Macini (12th, 1-0). Milan were not resigned but a shot from Ruben Loftus-Cheek hit the crossbar (20th). Marked bad luck especially as Paulo Dybala directly doubled the gap with a cross shot (22nd, 2-0). All was not rosy either for the Romans, who lost Lukaku (28th) before having to continue with ten men (31st).
In the second half, AC Milan regained hope when Matteo Gabbia placed a powerful header on a cross from Rafael Leao (82nd, 2-1) But the other two goals did not fall and Milan also finished at ten following the expulsion of Theo Hernandez (90th + 2).
AS Roma will play in the semi-finals against Bayer Leverkusen, who won a 1-1 draw at West Ham after winning the first leg 2-0.
Atalanta, who surprised by inflicting a 0-3 on Liverpool at Anfield Road, lost 0-1 in the return but passed the milestone. Charles De Ketelaere entered the game (76th) while Mohamed Salah had already scored the only goal of the match from the penalty spot (7th, 0-1). Bergamo will play in the semi-finals against the winner of the duel between Olympique de Marseille and Benfica who play overtime.
