AC Milan had an easy time of it against Serie B side Sassuolo, winning 6-1 at the San Siro on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. Samuel Chukwueze scored two first-half goals.

Milan will play the winner of the last 16 tie between AS Roma and Sampdoria.

The game was already over as a contest by the 23rd minute. Chukwueze had already scored twice, and Tijjani Reijnders and Rafael Leao had also found the back of the net, giving Milan a 4-0 lead.

Milan got their fifth just before the hour mark, thanks to Davide Calabria. After Sassuolo managed to pull a goal back through Samuele Mulattieri, Tammy Abraham wrapped up the win in the 61st minute.

Chukwueze got the first goal in the 12th minute. Reijnders passed the ball to him and he went one-on-one with the goalie. He missed the first shot but then tapped the rebound in.

Just five minutes later, Reijnders fired a shot into the net from outside the area, and Chukwueze got his second in the 21st minute, curling a shot beyond the keeper after a lay-off from Tammy Abraham.

Two minutes later, Loftus-Cheek made a no-look pass to Leao in the area, who struck a powerful shot low into the far corner.

Milan manager Paulo Fonseca made eight changes to the starting side that beat Empoli 3-0 at the weekend, and at the start of the second half he made four substitutions.

One of the replacements, Christian Pulisic, sent a lofted cross into the box which came off the post. Calabria was quickest to react and converted when the ball came back out.

Mulattieri's shot got past Milan keeper Lorenzo Torriani, who came on at half-time, to finally give Sassuolo something to cheer about. Abraham finished off the rout, tucking his finish past Sassuolo keeper Giacomo Satalino.

Bologna also cruised into the quarter-finals with a 4-0 home win over Monza, with the goals coming from Tommaso Pobega, Riccardo Orsolini, Benjamin Dominguez and Santiago Castro. They await the winners between Atalanta and Cesena.