Coppa Italia official line-ups: Milan vs. Roma

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 02: Kyle Walker of AC Milan looks on during the Serie A match between AC Milan and FC Internazionale at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on February 02, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Milan start Kyle Walker, Christian Pulisic and Tammy Abraham in the Coppa Italia quarter-final, but not Rafael Leao, where Paulo Dybala, Eldor Shomurodov and Alexis Saelemaekers lead the way for Roma.

It kicks off at San Siro at 20.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The winner must be decided on the night and if the score is level after 90 minutes, they go directly to a penalty shoot-out, without the need for extra time.

The winners go on to face either Inter or Lazio in the two-legged semi-final.

Both sides have been very active in the January transfer window and many of those new signings are in the squad here, but largely on the bench awaiting their debuts.

Walker already started the Derby della Madonnina, where Milan had victory snatched from their grasp in stoppages by Inter for a 1-1 draw.

Youssouf Fofana was suspended for that match and returns here, while Abraham faces his former club flanked by Christian Pulisic and Alex Jimenez, as Rafael Leao is dropped to the bench.

Deadline day arrivals Joao Felix, Santiago Gimenez and Riccardo Sottil are on the bench, but Warren Bondo is still recovering from a muscular injury sustained at Monza.

Roma have new buys Lucas Gourna-Douath, Victor Nelsson and Anass Salah-Eddine on the bench, while Devyne Rensch is in the starting XI again.

Having rested numerous star names for the Serie A draw with Napoli, which was also snatched in stoppages, Claudio Ranieri brings Dybala, Leandro Paredes, Mats Hummels and ex-Milan winger Saelemaekers back into the side.

However, Artem Dovbyk and Lorenzo Pellegrini are again benched for the Giallorossi, who won their most recent Coppa Italia meeting with Milan back in January 2007.

Milan vs. Roma line-ups

Milan: Maignan; Walker, Tomori, Pavlovic, Theo Hernandez; Musah, Fofana, Reijnders; Jimenez, Abraham, Pulisic

Milan bench: Sportiello, Torriani; Bartesaghi, Gabbia, Terracciano, Thiaw; Camarda, Chukwueze, João Félix, Gimenez, Jović, Leão, Sottil

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Hummels, N’Dicka; Saelemaekers, Koné, Paredes, Pisilli, Angelino; Dybala, Shomurodov

Roma bench: De Marzi, Gollini; Abdulhamid, Nelsson, Rensch, Salah-Eddine, Sangaré; Gourna-Douath, Cristante, Pellegrini; Baldanzi, Dovbyk, El Shaarawy, Soulé

Ref: Piccinini

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