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Juve downs Milan with Vucinic winner

An extra-time strike by Mirko Vucinic gave Juventus a 2-1 victory over AC Milan on Wednesday and a place in the Italian Cup semifinals. Milan had taken a sixth-minute lead when top scorer Stephan El Shaarawy found the target after being set up by fine approach work from Giampaolo Pazzini and Kevin-Prince Boateng. But Juve was level six minutes later when Sebastian Giovinco curled a free kick over the wall and into the top corner. Juventus snatched an extra-time winner when second-half substitute Vucinic allowed an Emmanuele Giaccherini pass to reach Paolo De Ceglie whose return pass gave the Montenegro international time to slot home the vital goal.