AC Milan beat Bologna to keep Euro hopes alive

ROME: AC Milan kept alive their hopes of European football next season by coming from behind to beat Bologna 3-1 in Serie A on Friday in a warm-up for next week´s Italian Cup final.

Santiago Gimenez´s brace and a Christian Pulisic strike turned around a match which looked set to be Bologna´s when Riccardo Orsolini lashed in his 13th goal of season three minutes after the break.

A third straight league win moved Milan up one place to eighth, within three points of fourth-placed Juventus, Roma and Lazio with two matches remaining in their league season. Juve are at Lazio on Saturday while on Monday Roma -- who host Milan next weekend -- travel to Atalanta who are five points ahead of that trio and favourites to claim one of the two remaining spots in Europe´s top club competition.

League leaders Napoli and Inter Milan are contesting the Scudetto and have already obtained qualification.