MILAN – The Carpi coach Fabrizio Castori spoke about tomorrow’s match against Milan at San Siro. He said: “It is most definitely a special match, a historic moment for the club, for me and for the players. Never before has Carpi played in an Italian Cup quarterfinal and on top of that we will be playing at San Siro, which is another first for the vast majority of the players and the club. We want to do well on such a big and prestigious stage. Milan are a great team, they are certainly more used to this situation than we are but we will do our best. Mancosu is a player that has what we were looking for and I am happy with his arrival.”

MILAN – Carpi FC 1909 (Milan’s opponents tomorrow in the TIM Cup quarterfinals) have signed Matteo Mancosu from Bologna FC. The news comes from Carpi’s official website and the striker comes on loan until the end of the current season with an option to buy which will become an obbligation if the club stay in Serie A. The striker will wear the number 25 shirt.

MILANO – Sinisa Mihajlovic has called up the following 23 players for the match against Carpi.

Goalkeepers: Abbiati, Donnarumma, Livieri.

Defenders:  Abate, Alex, Antonelli, Calabria, De Sciglio, Romagnoli, Simic, Zapata.

Midfielders: Bertolacci, Bonaventura, De Jong, Josè Mauri. Kucka, Montolivo, Poli.

Forwards: Bacca, Balotelli, Boateng, Honda, Niang.

AC Milan would like to officially communicate that yesterday Rodrigo Ely broke the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. The length of his recovery will be evaluated over the next few days.