Welcome to live coverage of the Coppa Italian quarter-final between Sampdoria and AC Milan. Kick-off is at 16:30 UK time.

GOAL!! Samp try to play their way out of defence, but Accardi dithers on the ball and Emanuelson nicks the ball from him. The debutant slips the ball through to Pato on the edge of the box, and the Brazilian nutmegs his marker and smashes the ball into the top corner!

Ziegler is penalised for hauling Pato down. Samp are struggling to contain the league leaders at the moment.

That's Pato's ninth domestic goal of the season!

GOAL!! Robinho and Merkel slightly bungle a short corner but the German still gets his cross in. Thiago Silva heads the ball down and Pato fires past Da Costa with a rasping clinical finish!

Van Bommel is shoved over in midfield as he jumps for a header with Mannini.

Maybe spoke too soon... possession is given away cheaply to Guberti, but Samp can't make the opportunity count.

A good showing so far from Milan's hastily thrown together midfield.

Robinho plays a ball across the edge of the box for Merkel to hit first time, but Palombo intercepts at the crucial moment.

Ziegler brings down Robinho out on the left wing. Milan try to take it quickly but the referee calls them back. The second attempt is easily cleared.

Pato has a strike from the edge of the box blocked for a corner. Samp clear the set piece.

Mannini fires in a dangerous ball but it's out of Maccarone's reach.

Robinho is picked out by emanuelson and hits the back of the net... but the Brazilian was a few yards offside.

Reto Ziegler sends in a cross, but Roma is equal to it.

Yepes makes his presence felt. The Colombian is a centre-back by trade, but filled in the centre of the park at the weekend.

Van Bommel has revealed that he only left Bayern Munich for Milan because of his falling out with coach Louis van Gaal.

Play goes from end-to-end in the opening

The match is underway!

Antonio Cassano returns to his old club, but has been left on Milan's bench, while Massimo Maccarone makes his debut for Samp. Mark van Bommel also makes his debut for Milan.

The teams emerge ahead of this last-eight clash. Later tonight, Napoli face Internazionale in the Coppa while Barca and Real Madrid are in Copa de Rey action.

Sampdoria: Da Costa; Zauri, Volta, Accardi, Ziegler; Poli, Palombo, Tissone, Guberti; Macheda, Maccarone.

Milan: Roma; Oddo, Papastathopoulos, Yepes, Antonini; Van Bommel, Thiago Silva, Emanuelson; Merkel; Pato, Robinho.