MILAN: Joao Felix scored on his debut and Tammy Abraham netted a double against his parent club to earn AC Milan a 3-1 win over AS Roma in their Coppa Italia quarter-final tie at the San Siro on Wednesday.

Milan, five-time winners of the Coppa Italia, will meet either Inter Milan or Lazio in the twolegged semi-final.

Abraham, who joined Milan from Roma in August on a season-long loan deal, put the hosts in front in the 16th minute before punishing his old teammates again three minutesbefore the break.

Roma substitute Artem Dovbyk pulled one back nine minutes into the second half, before Felix came off the bench and netted in the 71st minute, two days after his arrival on loan from Chelsea, after collecting fellow new signing Santiago Gimenez`s through ball.

Milan struck with their first real chance. Roma keeper Mile Svilar parried a ferocious Tijjani Reijnders shot, the ball fell to Theo Hernandez who sent a cross back across the area and Abraham hung in the air before steering hisheader into the far corner.

The goal brought Roma out of their shell but Milan struck against the run of play after regaining possession in midfield.

Hernandez drove forward before rolling the ball out to Abraham all alone just outside the box, with time to close in on goal before driving his shot past the onrushing keeper.

`Everybody knows how I feel about Roma, it`s a club that means a lot to me. It wasn`t nice, Abraham told broadcaster Mediaset after he was booed by the away fans. I think theythought I celebrated but I didn`t celebrate, I was just thanking God. This is football, it happens.

Roma made three changes at the start of the second half, and that decision paid off when Angelino`s cross took a wicked deflection off Milan defender Kyle Walker and Dovbyk was at the back post to poke the ball home from close range.

But Felix`s goal ended the match as a contest, when he beat the offside trap to find himself one-on-one with the keeper and calmly chipped the ball over Svilar.-Agencies