The best chance of the night came deep into the game when Calhanoglu fired over the bar on front of an empty goal after 75 minutes. "It's part of the game, but it's important to be there and in the right place, at the end of the game he was in a terrible state and it seemed like the end of the world," said Gattuso of the Turkish midfielder. Serie A top scorer Ciro Immobile returned from injury but also missed several chances to break the stalemate notably a header cleared by Gianluigi Donnarumma after 62 minutes.?️ View the post-match reactions from the boss, @ignazioabate and Alessio #Romagnoli: https://t.co/69pHdmcypa?️ Gattuso: "Mi godo il secondo tempo. La mia testa è già a Udine" Tutte le interviste a @MilanTV nel post #MilanLazio a San Siro: https://t.co/Ty1tPM6ttt pic.twitter.com/d3l2iqmYbh
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Sergej Milinkovic-Savic also tested goalkeeper Donnarumma, before substitute Patrick Cutrone's header was cleared by Thomas Strakosha only for Calhanoglu to send the rebound over an open goal. "We were lucky too, Donnarumma pulled off a miracle on Immobile -- that's football, mistakes are there," added Gattuso. "It was important not to concede a goal, a goal that is worth double away from home, we were good and in the first half it went well."#TIMCup #MilanLazio“Grande prestazione, meritavamo la vittoria", così mister #Inzaghi ai microfoni di ? #LSC
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Meanwhile, Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi revealed Cutrone had approached him after the game to apologise after scoring a controversial goal on Sunday with his arm. The second leg will take place at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on February 28. Lazio have reached the final in three of the past five years, and were beaten in 2015 and 2017 by Juventus, who also beat Milan in 2016.RESULTS:AC Milan 0 Lazio 0It's all square at San Siro as the first leg of the #TIMCup semifinals ends 0-0 / Pareggio a reti inviolate nell'andata delle semifinali di Coppa Italia ?#MilanLazio 0-0 pic.twitter.com/dp5303YfpM
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